Wuppertal Institute
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The "Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy" is based in Wuppertal, Germany, and was founded by Professor Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker in 1991. It explores and develops models, strategies and instruments to support sustainable development at local, national and international level. Sustainability research at the Wuppertal Institute focuses on ecology and its relation to economy and society. Special emphasis is put on analysing and supporting technological and social innovations that decouple prosperity and economic growth from the use of natural resources.
The core research fields of the Institute's research groups are:
- Future Energy and Mobility Structures
- Energy, Transport and Climate Policy
- Material Flows and Resource Management
- Sustainable Production and Consumption
Shaping a more sustainable society raises a number of challenges that are best solved through integrated research. Scientists from the Wuppertal Institute's research units therefore join forces in cross-cutting projects:
- Sustainable Globalisation
- Eco-Sufficiency and Quality of Life
- Integrated Sustainability Scenarios
Most of the numerous publications and research reports are available at the Institute's homepage.
In 2004 an office in Berlin was started and in the year 2005 the UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP) was founded in Wuppertal.
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