07/2018 - 01/2019
Environmental Law & Participation,
Environmental Information Croatia
Access to environmental information in Croatia is restricted to the extent that Croatia breaches its obligations under the Aarhus Convention. The specific reasons for the insufficient access to information in Croatia are, however, largely unknown. Zelena Akcija together with the Independent...
07/2018 - 06/2021
Environmental Law & Participation,
Civil Society Climate Policy
Environmental organizations have an important task in the implementation of the Paris Agreement on the national and local level: In their role as advocate of nature and future generations, they often demand more ambitious climate protection. Their expert knowledge makes them predestined for...
04/2018 - 03/2021
Energy Efficiency & Energy Transition,
BEACON
To successfully implement the Paris Agreement and the European climate and energy targets for the year 2030 and beyond, climate action needs to be enhanced on all relevant levels of governance.
10/2017 - 01/2020
Energy Efficiency & Energy Transition,
Climate school Berlin-Athens
Climate School Berlin-Athens is a 28-month project aiming to augment the awareness of climate change and energy consumption in the school communities of the Municipality of Athens (MoA).
09/2017 - 08/2019
Environmental Law & Participation,
CapaViet
Since September 2017 until August 2019, UfU carries out a project to improve the management of polluted sites in Vietnam. The cooperative project “CapaViet - Capacity and infrastructure development for the establishment of a soil contamination catastre in Vietnam by the example of Bắc Ninh...
09/2017 - 09/2020
Environmental Law & Participation,
Access to Justice (A2J – EARL)
While the body of EU environmental policy and regulation is one of the most advanced and comprehensive in the world, an implementation gap has become evident. Strong legislative and policy frameworks are not providing the results that they should because they are not properly implemented. Experience...
09/2017 - 08/2019
Climate Protection & Transformative Education,
Change the Grounds
The project “Change the Grounds – Transforming spaces for learning activities” (funded by “Erasmus+”) shows teachers new ways of outdoor learning. A website and a handbook give the primary school teachers new inspiration to incorporate the schoolyard into their subject teaching: be it the...
08/2017 - 07/2021
Climate Protection & Transformative Education,
E-Enhance
Main approach of the project is to foster the development of renewable energy (RE) & energy efficiency (EE) in Vietnam through capacity building for Vietnamese civil society organizations (CSOs) and local champions in order to improve energy access and living conditions of Vietnamese citizens. ...
04/2017 - 12/2017
Environmental Law & Participation,
Civil Society Climate Policy
The International Climate Project, carried out by BUND/Friends of the Earth (FoE) Germany in cooperation with UfU, aims to support civil society in their efforts to strengthen national climate policy making. The project is financed by the „International Climate Initiative“ (IKI) a fund by the...
03/2017 - 02/2020
Environmental Law & Participation,
CoBenefits
With the ratification of the Paris climate agreement from 2015, member states of the UNFCCC made the committment to implement national plans for climate change mitigation and adaptation (NDCs). The promotion of renewable energies is an important part of these plans, but is also essential to meet...