Project "Development of a sufficiency strategy for the transport sector and its successful communication" on behalf of the German Federal Environment Agency
ConPolicy is involved in the UBA project "Sufficiency in the Transport Sector"
The transport sector plays a major role in achieving sustainability and climate protection goals. For climate targets to be met, a rapid and comprehensive transformation of transport demand is essential. Increasingly, the question arises as to what role sufficiency strategies can play in changing transport demand. So far, this is still unclear, and sufficiency strategies are of little importance in transport policy.
Against this background, DLR and ConPolicy were commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency to carry out the project "Sufficiency in Transport". The aim of this project is to explore the potential for sufficiency strategies in the transport sector and to develop ways to successfully communicate sufficiency mobility habits. The project started in October 2020 and will be completed in February 2023.
More information about the project can be found here.
New study for the European Commission
Using behavioral insights to simplify chemical labels
Product labels on chemical products such as detergents, paints, glues or disinfectants contain important information. At present, however, these labels are often overloaded with information and the information displayed is poorly understood by users.
As a result, this new study commissioned by the European Commission shall evaluate how chemical labels can be simplified and whether some information can be replaced by digital labeling solutions such as QR or barcodes.
The 15-month study includes additional research and data collection methods. In the end, VVA and ConPolicy will derive different policy options for changing the current legal framework and assess the likely ecological, social and economic effects.
Further information on the project can be found here.
Event in the context of the ConProTec_ted research project by ConPolicy and Fraunhofer IUK-Technology
Invitation to the virtual final event "Rethinking consumer protection digitally" on February 19, 2021
On February 19, 2021, ConPolicy and its project partner Fraunhofer IUK-Technologie will host the virtual final event of the ConProTec_ted project. The aim of the project was to explore the possibility to engage digital technologies for consumer protection and empowerment goals.
After an introduction by State Secretary Prof. Dr. Christian Kastrop and a presentation of the central study results, members of the German Bundestag and actors from the fields of consumer protection and digitalization will discuss how digital technology can be successfully used in consumer protection and how a corresponding innovation process can be set in motion.
The conference will take place in Webex format on February 19, 2021, from 10:00 to 12:30. You can view the program here. We kindly ask you to register for the conference via this link until February 12, 2021.
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