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Publikation:Development of strategies and sustainability standards for the certification of biomass for international trade
Climate | Energy, Waste | Resources, Soil | Land

Development of strategies and sustainability standards for the certification of biomass for international trade

Summarizing Final Report

The increased production of renewable raw materials for bioenergy and bio-materials needed to meet the ambitious targets of Germany, the EU and other countries implies tradeoffs which could oppose sustainability requirements. The project “Development of strategies and sustainability standards for the certification of internationally traded biomass (Bio-global)”, sponsored by the German Federal Min...read more

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Texte
Number of pages
64
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Publikation:Establishment of an Indicator Concept for the German Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change
Climate | Energy

Establishment of an Indicator Concept for the German Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change

Even if we succeed in achieving the EU target of reducing global warming to 2°C, it will be absolutely essential to adapt to changing climatic conditions. The greenhouse gases cur-rently present in the atmosphere will influence the climate in coming decades. The day on which it is quite clear which climatic scenario prevails, so that it is possible to model all rele-vant processes down to regional...read more

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Climate Change
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164
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Climate | Energy

Determination of limestone balance from statistical data of the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources

Emissions reporting in accordance with the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol (Category CRF 2.A.3)

Germany, as a party to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, has an obligation to prepare emissions inventories and publish them at regular intervals. To meet these reporting requirements, Germany operates the Central System for Emissions (Zentrale System Emissionen – ZSE), a comprehensive database that is used both to calculate and to manage and document relevant emission data. In the light...read more

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23
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Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Workshop for the Effective Use of the Potential of Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Authorities in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union and the EU in the field of Environment and Water

The “Protocol on Water and Health” (PWH) of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) was signed at the third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in London in 1999. Among others the PWH promotes the cooperation between the administration and the civil society at national and local level as well as in the field of water resources manage...read more

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13
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Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Greenhouse gas emissions of peatlands

Methodology for the assessment of climate relevance – case study Zehlau peatland

The results of the estimations and scenarios in the case study clearly demonstrate that a consequent preservation of the peatland would minimize its Global Warming Potential (GWP). Though emissions, especially of methane, would still lead to a positive GWP, it would be significantly lower than under the present strongly degraded status quo of the peatland. Also a scenario of a complete mineralizat...read more

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20
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Climate | Energy, Economy | Consumption, Transport

Natural Refrigerants for Mobile Air-Conditioning in Passenger Cars

A Contribution to Climate Protection

Today mobile air-conditioning systems in passenger cars contain a refrigerant paying a major contribution to increasing the greenhouse effect. For the time being, about 30% of the worldwide emissions of hydrofluorocarbons arise from mobile air-conditioning systems in passenger cars [UNEP 2009]. That is why in Europe this refrigerant – according to Directive 2006/40/EC – has to be substituted by a...read more

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background paper
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12
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Publikation:Quantitative biokinetic analysis of radioactively labelled, inhaled Titanium dioxide Nanoparticles in a rat model
Health

Quantitative biokinetic analysis of radioactively labelled, inhaled Titanium dioxide Nanoparticles in a rat model

The aim of this project was the determination of the biokinetics of TiO2 nanoparticles (NP) in the whole body of healthy adult rats after NP administration to the respiratory tract – either via inhalation or instillation. Here we offered applying our previously developed methodology of quantitative biokinetics using radio-labelled NP. Quantitative biokinetics means that not only the NP absolute co...read more

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Umwelt & Gesundheit
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34
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