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Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH

Acronym: Wuppertal Institut

General Information

Identification Code: 697632046506-18
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Entity Form: gGmbH
Registration Category: Think tanks and research institutions
Registration Date: 5/12/2022
Last Update: 5/7/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: The Wuppertal Institute is an implementation-orientated research institute with roots in North Rhine-Westphalia and a global horizon for sustainability and transformation research. Its activities centre on the development of transformation processes to shape a climate-friendly and resource-efficient world. The overriding goal of the Institute's work is to help to respect the planetary boundaries. The research carried out by the Institute focuses on specific social problems with the aim of building a better understanding of change processes as well as generating target and system knowledge, thereby allowing the Institute to serve as a catalyst for transformation processes.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Digital economy and society
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Food safety
  • Institutional affairs
  • Research and innovation
  • Transport
Levels of Interest:
  • national
  • sub-national
  • european
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: The Wuppertal Institute is mainly following the policies and funding programs climate, environment and energy and as they are often related to sustainable topics. In particular, our research focuses on the following key areas energy transition, climate-friendly primary industry, mobility, limiting climate change, prosperity, consumption and lifestyles, digital transformation, changing cities and urbanity and circular economyActivities that arise in this context include i.a. analyses, consultations, hearings, roadmaps, for example: - Project CINTRAN: Decarbonization will lead to deep structural change with socio-economic, political and demographic implications in carbon-intensive regions. CINTRAN investigates the dynamics of structural change to understand what determines the pace of transformation and the capacity of regions to adapt. It combines quantitative and qualitative methods in a highly transdisciplinary framework focusing on four highly fossil-fuel dependent regions in Greece, Poland, Estonia and Germany. - Project NDC ASPECTS: The NDC ASPECTS project will provide inputs to the GST and support the potential revision of existing NDCs as well as development of new NDCs for the post-2030 period. The project will particularly focus on four sectoral systems: energy-intensive industries, transport & mobility (land-based transport and international aviation & shipping), buildings, and agriculture, forestry & land-use. For each of those sectors we will undertake „Sectoral Conversation“ to co-create evidence-based narratives with sectoral experts and stakeholders. These narratives can then be translated into global pathways informing the Global Stocktake as well as national pathways for strategically selected countries for each of the four sectors. - Project RurEnergy: The Chinese government aims to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. Rural houses account for one third of China's total building stock and for more than 20 per cent of final energy consumption, where heating and cooking consume most energy in rural houses. Energy consumption in rural areas has received little attention. Most rural houses are built by local construction workers and are not energy efficient. Dispersed coal and unprocessed biomass are the major sources for conventional heating and cooking. Such a combination makes rural energy consumption particularly carbon- intensive, causing adverse impacts on people’s health and well- being. Sustainable energy consumption in rural China is vital for decarbonisation and sustainable development. Building envelope energy retrofitting and sustainable heating and cooking technologies are available on the market and have already been piloted in rural China. Scaling up these pilots has encountered various barriers, ranging from lack of awareness among rural households, high costs and limited access. The Wuppertal Institute participates in various calls for proposals of the EU research program (e.g. HORIZON Europe). For a complete overview of the projects of the Wuppertal Institute, please visit: https://wupperinst.org/en/research/project-overview The Wuppertal Institute is not a lobby organization, but an independent, non-profit think-tank. Communication: The Wuppertal Institute is committed to communicate our scientific research results as transparently as possible to policy makers as well as to the general public. Our full list of publications is accessible at our website: https://epub.wupperinst.org/solrsearch/index/invalidsearchterm/searchtype/simple
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Döppersberg 19
Post Code: 42103
City: Wuppertal
Country: GERMANY
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EU Office

Address: Döppersberg 19
Post Code: 42103
City: Wuppertal
Country: GERMANY
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 28
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 28
Members F T E: 2.799999952316284
Info Members: angestellte Personen des Wuppertal Instituts

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Organisation Members: Mitgliedschaften und Netzwerke sind unter folgendem Link einzusehen: https://wupperinst.org/das-institut/netzwerke