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The cost of the heat: 6.3 billion euros in two weeks

2026
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Expertise

Our calculations for the newspaper Handelsblatt reveal, for the first time, the extent of the economic costs of the German heatwave in June 2026.

Industrial sovereignty and regional inequalities in the EU

ongoing
| Project

How do investments in industrial policy influence regional development in Europe? Prognos analyses how different strategic approaches to industrial policy shape regional outcomes.

Development of the Deep Tech Agenda for Berlin

2026
| Project

A Deep Tech Agenda for the capital: Prognos supported the State of Berlin in its strategic reorientation and in raising its profile in the fields of technology and innovation policy.

Intergenerational fairness for the future of Europe

ongoing
| Project

How can opportunities, resources, and risks be distributed fairly between generations? In the LIFe project, we are investigating for the European Commission how key areas of life develop over the life course and across generations.

Monitoring and evaluation of the North Rhine-Westphalian innovation strategy (RIS3)

ongoing
| Project

As part of ERDF funding 2021-2027, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia has developed a regional innovation strategy (RIS3). Prognos is responsible for monitoring and evaluating the strategy.

Accompanying the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI)

ongoing
| Project

The CCRI focuses on the implementation of a circular economy in European cities and regions. Prognos is supporting the initiative as a project partner in the associated Coordination and Support Office.

Design and implementation of the Resilience Expo

ongoing
| Project

Prognos is supporting the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of the Environment in organising, implementing and establishing the world's first trade exhibition for the climate adaptation industry.

Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) for Innovation and Competitiveness in the EU

2025
| Project

On behalf of the European Commission, we analysed the mechanisms for implementation and the challenges of Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) at regional level.

Austria Transport Forecast 2050

ongoing
| Project

The transport forecast provides the technical basis for Austria’s strategic transport planning. Together with its partners, Prognos is responsible for designing and calculating the baseline forecast, as well as additional supporting scenarios for passenger and freight transport.

The potential for decarbonisation in thermal waste treatment through CO₂ capture technologies

ongoing
| Project

Prognos is assessing the potential for decarbonising thermal waste treatment through the use of resource-saving and energy-efficient CO₂ capture and processing technologies.

Network Klimaanpassung & Unternehmen.NRW (NKU)

ongoing
| Project

The network Klimaanpassung&Unternehmen.NRW (NKU) offers exchange, knowledge and market information on climate adaptation in North Rhine-Westphalia. Prognos is leading the network together with partners.

Trend Report 2026: IT service providers and public administration

2026
| Project

How do public IT service providers and public administrations work together? For the 2026 Trend Report, we examined the role IT service providers play in modernising public administration.

Monitoring and development of the German Circular Economy Strategy

ongoing
| Project

Prognos supports the German Federal Environment Agency in underpinning the National Circular Economy Strategy with concrete measures, priorities and a robust monitoring system.

Social effects of autonomous driving

2026
| Project

For DB Regio, we calculated three scenarios showing how autonomous driving technologies could impact public transport economically, ecologically and socially.

Communicative support for the expansion of the distribution network in Schleswig-Holstein

ongoing
| Project

Prognos has been providing communications support for the network expansion of distribution network operator Schleswig-Holstein Netz since 2006.

Impact of demographic transition on regional labour markets

ongoing
| Project

A shrinking workforce, digitalisation and decarbonisation: Prognos examined the specific effects of global trends on regional labour markets.

Evaluation of the European Green Deal

2025
| Project

How effective are EU cohesion and structural policies in driving green change in Europe? We examined this and other questions together with COWI, Milieu and CSIL on behalf of the European Commission (DG REGIO).

Evaluation of ERDF funding for research and innovation

2025
| Project

Prognos and its partners evaluated how effectively ERDF funding was used for research, technology, development and innovation in the 2014–2020 funding period.

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