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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…
GWS at the EcoMod 2022 in Ljubljana
The annual conference of the EcoMod Network (International Conference on Economic Modeling and Data Science) took place this year in Ljubljana (Slovenia) from September 14 – 16. GWS contributed two presentations. Maximilian Banning…
5-day training in Uganda on modeling and evaluation of climate change mitigation measures with the model e3.ug
During the training from September 5-10, 2022, in Entebbe (Uganda) with representatives from politics, science, statistics and NGOs, first study results of the DIAPOL-CE project „Climate-economy modelling in Uganda“ were presented and…
5-day training in Kazakhstan on macroeconomic evaluation of climate change impacts and climate change adaptation with the model e3.kz
The hands-on training for the e3.kz model (economy, energy, emission model for Kazakhstan) on macroeconomic evaluation of climate change impacts and climate change adaptation took place in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) from Sept. 12-16, 2022.
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Register now: GWS at the GIZ Future Forum 2022
On 14th of September Dr. Christian Lutz will present findings on macroeconomic assessment of climate change risks from the CRED-project at the GIZ Future Forum 2022. To register for the virtual event, please register via the registration…