Library

The library covers all the focal points of the Wuppertal Institute's work and is constantly expanding its media stock on the following topics and others:

• Energy efficiency
• Energy industry scenarios
• Globalisation and sustainability;
• International climate policy
• North-South relations
• Ecological efficiency
• Ecological tax reform
• Ecological urban transport
• Resource management
• Environmentally compatible product design
• Avoiding and relocating traffic
• Technologies of the future (e.g. fuel cells)

It serves mainly to support the work of Institute employees, but non-members are also welcome. The library's stock currently consists of about 25,000 books, 250 magazines and journals and 100 CD-ROMs.

They are classified in accordance with a system devised by Nadja Schiemann that covers all the subject areas in which material is collected.

All media are catalogued in an intranet database that also includes essays, articles and conference reports by Institute staff.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday: 8.30am to 4.00pm

(Non-members of the Institute are welcome to use the library, but please contact the Librarian beforehand.)