Scientific support to current discussions on sustainable resource use – national, European and international level

The focus of this research project is on analysing the potential greenhouse gas (GHG) savings of resource efficiency (RE) and circular economy (CE) measures, and on identifying measures with a…

Laufzeit: 2022–2025

Provision of consultancy services to create a climate vulnerability and risk assessment of the Maltese economy

Due to its geographical location in the Mediterranean as well as its geophysical characteristics as a small islands region, Malta is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In addition to…

Laufzeit: 2021–2024

Integrated Assessment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Transformation Pathways towards a Resource-Efficient and Greenhouse-Gas-Neutral Germany (FKZ 3721 31 101 0, ReFoPlan)

The “SDG pathways” project develops and applies a modeling approach for integrated sustainability assessments of ambitious resource- and climate policy transformation pathways for Germany. Applied…

Laufzeit: 2021–2023

Digitalisation and natural resources

The aim of this research project is to improve knowledge about the resource intensity of digital transformation in Germany. With the help of suitable data models, the use of natural resources (raw…

Laufzeit: 2020–2023

Clean Sky 2

On behalf of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), GWS analysed the multi-national World Input Output Database (WIOD, Release 2016). The study focused on the economic significance of aviation sectors…

Laufzeit: 2020–2020
Ressourceneffizienz und natürliche Ressourcen im internationalen Kontext

Resource efficiency and natural resources in an international context

Global primary raw material extractions have been growing continuously for decades. Sustainability research therefore stresses the need for more appropriate considerations of planetary boundaries…

Laufzeit: 2020–2023

Quantitative Assessments of Environmental Indicators

GWS developed a state of the art algorithm which applies alternative statistical evaluation methods for trend assessments and projections of environmental indicators. The applied evaluation…

Laufzeit: 2017–2017

DownScaling CLImate imPACTs and decarbonisation pathways in EU islands and enhancing socioeconomic and non-market evaluation of Climate Change for Europe, for 2050 and beyond

The project SOCLIMPACT aims at defining climate change impact-chains and low carbon transition pathways in European islands for 2050 and beyond, and analyzing their corresponding macro-economic…

Laufzeit: 2017–2020
Sportstätten im demografischen Wandel

Sportstätten im demografischen Wandel (engl.)

In diesem Forschungsauftrag für das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) wurde gemeinsam von 2hm und GWS eine quantitative Abschätzung der Auswirkung des demografischen Wandels…

Laufzeit: 2013–2014
Modelle, Potenziale und Langfristszenarien für Ressourceneffizienz (SimRess)

Modelle, Potenziale und Langfristszenarien für Ressourceneffizienz (SimRess)

The SimRess project analyzes the potential effectiveness of policy measures and mixes in the field of resource policy. Considering a time horizon through 2050, the project will interpret model…

Laufzeit: 2013–2016

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