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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.

Policy scenarios for the 2025-2027 greenhouse gas projections

ongoing
| Project

Prognos and its partners support the preparation of the German government's 2025 to 2027 greenhouse gas projection reports.

Socioeconomic scenarios for Switzerland

2026
| Project

What will Switzerland look like in the future? A welfare state in a fair world or an energy guzzler in fortress Europe? We examined the potential impacts of different scenarios on greenhouse gas emissions.

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.

Occupational safety in the context of climate change

2026
| Project

A single heat day costs the German economy 431 million euros. Our study for the BMAS examines how preventive, climate-change-friendly occupational safety measures can help to limit the damage.

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.

Evaluation of the Climate Protection Programme

2026
| Project

How effective are the measures proposed by Germany’s federal ministries for the upcoming climate protection programme? Prognos and its partners examined the feasibility of the planned climate protection measures and analysed their impact on the climate.

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.

The Prognos business-as-usual scenario

ongoing
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Expertise

Is a district or federal state achieving its climate targets? How much action still needs to be taken? To help our customers answer these questions, Prognos has developed a business-as-usual scenario.

Annual Energy Transition Monitoring

ongoing
| Project

What is the status of the energy transition in Germany? Since 2012, Prognos has been monitoring the energy transition in Bavaria and Germany on behalf of the vbw.

14th Energy Transition Monitoring

2026
| Project

Energy prices remain high, and the expansion of renewable energies continues to fall short of targets: this is shown by our 14th Energy Transition Monitoring report, which we compiled on behalf of the vbw.

Evaluation of the Federal Funding for Efficient Buildings (BEG)

ongoing
| Project

On behalf of the BMWE, we evaluate the impact of the BEG in the funding period 2021 – 2025 together with ifeu, ITG, and FIW.

Analyses of Swiss energy use

ongoing
| Project

On behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), we conduct an annual analysis of the development of energy consumption in Switzerland.

CO₂ sinks – greenhouse gas neutrality in the EU and Germany

2026
| Project

How far have systems for storing and extracting CO2 developed in Europe? Our study for the German Environment Agency evaluated planned and ongoing CO2 capture projects in Europe, focusing on BECCUS and DACCUS projects.

Methane emissions from Europe’s landfills

2026
| Project

Methane emissions from landfills are an often underestimated climate challenge. On commission by Kanadevia Inova, we investigated how these emissions develop over time and what levels they reach.

Energy efficiency analysis of electrical appliances

ongoing
| Project

On behalf of the Energy Agency for Electrical Appliances (eae), Prognos annually examines the development in the efficiency of electrical appliances and their influence on energy consumption in Switzerland.

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.

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