Our figure of the month 02/2023: Demand for environmental professionals in Germany 2021
The consequences of climate change are increasingly being felt in Germany. It is estimated that since 2000, damage caused by climate change impacts in Germany has averaged 6.6 billion euros per year. The floods in the Ahr valley and the…
New videos on the CRED project: How can climate risks and climate adaptation be integrated into macroeconomic modelling?
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has published two informative videos about the CRED project. In addition to insights into the management of climate risks and climate adaptation with macroeconomic…
Virtual training: Using macroeconomic models to assess the impacts of climate change and adaptation on national economies.
This training is offered to share experience from the CRED programme in piloting the development and application of such models in Georgia, Kazakhstan and Vietnam. The CRED programme developed together with experts from the Institute of…
Our figure of the month for New Year's Eve 2022: Who is still building – in 2023?
The recent development of building permits has both caused excitement in the construction industry and dampened the anticipation of Christmas and the turn of the year. Increasingly, the question arises whether households can afford to…
Our figure of the month for Christmas 2022: Advent, Advent, no lights are on
Data from the German Federal Network Agency on realized electricity consumption by month shows that in previous years, however, peak values were not reached in December but in January. This is apparently due to the higher number of public…
Our figure of the month 12/2022: Water extraction almost halved since 1991
Since 1991, water extraction has been almost halved through the use of water-saving technologies and processes and amounts to approximately 28 billion cubic meters per year. The energy sector, the manufacturing industry and private…
Our figure of the month 11/2022: Nine times higher transport performance of passengers in coach transport
Long-distance bus transport experiences the greatest ups and downs in passenger transport
The boom in long-distance coach transport, triggered by the liberalisation of the market in 2013, came to an end even before the Corona crisis and…
GWS participation in OCED panel discussion on " Skills Assessment and Anticipation for the Green Transition"
The transition to a green economy is changing the demand and supply of skills and jobs. Various challenges and methodologies exist to identify these skill needs. The OECD is currently organizing four thematic workshops to, among others,…
Our figure of the month 10/2022: No water shortages expected from hydrogen production in Germany
The National Hydrogen Strategy formulates the goal of a production capacity of 10 GW of green hydrogen by 2030[1]. Although the discussion about the production of green hydrogen often focuses on the sufficient availability of electricity…