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…
Sport as an economic factor in the city of Duisburg – stocktaking and prospects
As part of an expert report for the city of Duisburg, a comprehensive inventory of all players in Duisburg's sports sector (active sportspeople, sports clubs, sports associations, sports…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Study on Methodology to Measure the Returns on Investment from Integrated Social Assistance Schemes
This EU-framework study was carried on behalf of the DG Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion in cooperation with Ecorys (lead). The GWS carried out the stocktaking and data collection…
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…
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…