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The Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) took part in the Potsdam Environment Festival 2024 on 22 September to talk to citizens about climate protection and sustainability - and to play our climate puzzle.

We're launching a series of challenges! The 1.5° Challenges are designed to help you get closer to the 1.5° lifestyle in four areas of your life. Our aim is to inform you, make you think and give you practical tips on how to make a change. Join us, make a difference and be part of the solution!

The EU 1.5° Lifestyles project has been working to engage citizens, students, policymakers, and local communities across Europe in a range of activities with the aim of inspiring sustainable, 1.5° C living. 

Are you looking for new autumn reading? 
We are thrilled to announce a series of new academic publications as part of the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project and by project partners. These papers explore various dimensions of 1.5°C ways of life and the needed collective shift towards sustainable lifestyles. 

Happier, healthier, richer through 1.5° lifestyles? Or? Our paper on the potential rebound effects of 1.5° lifestyles is out, and it is open access! 
In our newly published paper, lead by Jessika Richter from the University of Lund, we summarise the outcomes of the Co-creation Workshops on Rebound Effects of 1.5° Lifestyles with citizens already practicing at least some elements of such lifestyles…

It took a while, but our paper on the Citizen Thinking Labs where we discussed #onepointfivelifestyle options with citizens in 5 European countries is OUT! And it's open access.

A new research paper titled "Navigating Labour-Market Transitions: An Eco-Social Policy Toolbox for Public Employment Services", co-authored by Halliki Kreinin from the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, has been officially published. This study, published as part of a 2022 project SELMA (Social-Ecological Labor Market Activities), offers critical insights into…

We are pleased to announce the publication of our new paper "The 'glass ceiling' of Germany's socio-ecological transformation: Citizen, expert and local stakeholder perspectives on responsibility for change", published in the Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft (ZPol). 

We are excited to share our new paper, "Transforming provisioning systems to enable 1.5° lifestyles in Europe? Expert and stakeholder views on overcoming structural barriers", now published in Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy. In this study, we explored how current production and consumption patterns in key areas—food, mobility, housing, and leisure—must shift to meet the Paris Climate…