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Future-proof Digitalisation

We need policy guidelines for the digital economy. Germanwatch addresses the opportunities and challenges of the digital economy to voice public interest in the common good.

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Policy Advisor – Digitalisation and Climate Protection, Co-ordinator – Digitalisation

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Report | 29.01.2025

Strong stance against the influence of Big Tech

Together with 40 civil society organisations, trade unions, and businesses across Europe and the US, Germanwatch urges the European Commission to resist political pressure from Big Tech companies and prioritise the decisive enforcement of Europe’s digital laws.

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Future-proof Digitalisation Blog post | 04.06.2024

Bridging digitalisation and sustainability

The climate crisis and democracies under pressure – just two of the EU’s many challenges that the two-edged sword of digitalisation both alleviates and aggravates.

Vorschau EU Agenda Offener Brief

Report | 29.05.2024

Shaping the EU's Future: Recommendations for the EU Strategic Agenda 2024–2029

Alle fünf Jahre kommen die Staats- und Regierungschefs der Europäischen Union (EU) zusammen und legen die politischen Prioritäten für die nächste Legislatur in der Strategische Agenda fest. Ein Monat vor Annahme der Agenda 2024–2029 wendet sich ein breites Bündnis von zivilgesellschaftlichen Akteuren, Unternehmen und Organisationen an die Staats- und Regierungschefs. Sie fordern in einem offenen Brief eine Strategische Agenda für eine klimaneutrale, grüne, faire und soziale EU.

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Report | 22.04.2024

Germany, Poland, and France: The Weimar Triangle needs to turn green

The EU’s ability to enact ambitious climate policies relies on effective leadership and demonstrated commitment from influential Member States. Representatives from leading think tanks, environmental NGOs, businesses, and scientific institutions in France, Germany, and Poland, are calling for the establishment of a 'Green Weimar Triangle' to renew trilateral climate dialogue among the three countries.

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Future-proof Digitalisation Position Paper | 20.11.2024

Rethinking Online Advertising

Financing digital services almost exclusively through personalised advertising poses considerable risks to democracy, social cohesion, informational self-determination, climate and national security. The new European Commission should take digital fairness seriously and push for a ban on personalised advertising to bolster alternative advertising models.

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Future-proof Digitalisation Position Paper | 2. June 2023

The Digital Product Passport

The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is comparable to a comprehensive digital index card or a “digital CV” that the EU seeks to introduce for a wide range of products. It is intended to provide information needed, for example, for more efficient repair and recycling of products. We believe that the DPP has a significant potential to pave the way towards a more circular economy as it can address the information deficit along a circular value chain that often impeded circularity.

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Future-proof Digitalisation Paper | 28. February 2021

Digitalizing the Energy System in a Sustainable Way

The energy transition requires a restructuring of the energy system and, as a result of decentralisation, also increasing digitalisation to integrate all actors and make them more flexible. However, digitalisation can be shaped and should happen under ecological and social premises. In this paper we present the challenges and evince possible solutions.

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Future-proof Digitalisation Background Paper | 16.03.2019

Blockchain. Opportunities and threats for the energy transition

The following background paper explains how the blockchain technology works and shows the fields in which it might be applied as well as the opportunities blockchain might provide. Furthermore, it highlights the threats posed by blockchain and the areas in which the technology requires further development. Anyone aiming at making a significant political, economic or technological contribution to this future topic should start addressing blockchain now.

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International climate co-operation | 09.11.2021

Race Towards Climate Neutrality Is Underway: CCPI’s top countries lead the way

The 17th edition of the Climate Change Performance Index, by Germanwatch and NewClimate Institute, monitors climate mitigation progress of 60 countries and the European Union: Scandinavian countries, together with the United Kingdom and Morocco, lead the ‘race to zero’ / Australia, South Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan are among the worst performers

Dealing with the impacts of climate change | 22.01.2021

Global Climate Risk Index: Disastrous tropical cyclones were major threat in 2019

Mozambique, Zimbabwe and the Bahamas hit hardest by heavy storms and their direct implications in 2019 / Puerto Rico, Myanmar and Haiti with highest weather-related losses in the period from 2000 – 2019 / Climate Adaptation Summit starting today needs to discuss how to enhance support for vulnerable countries to deal with increasing climate impacts

Dealing with the impacts of climate change | 10.12.2019

Majority of countries show decline in emissions: Climate Change Performance Index sees opportunity for turning point

Climate Change Performance Index 2020: Decreasing emissions in 31 out of 57 high emitting countries / But more ambition and accelerated action needed / USA for the first time replaces Saudi Arabia as worst performing country / Sweden continues to lead

International climate co-operation | 26.11.2018

France takes the lead as top G20 market for renewable energy investments

Allianz Climate and Energy Monitor 2018: European countries most attractive for investing in renewable energy, with China, India and Brazil in top 10 / G20 countries need to invest USD 886 billion annually in power sector to meet Paris climate goals

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