Waste | Resources
Development of scientific and technical foundations for a national waste prevention programme
In a new waste hierarchy the amended EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD) (2008/98/EG) confirmed the prevention of waste as a priority measure to protect the environment with regard to the production and handling of waste. Amongst others the Member States are requested to promote waste prevention. According to article 29 par. 1 WFD the prevention measures have to be planned in terms of waste prevent...read more
Sustainability | Strategies | International matters
Concept development for an environmental impact assessment for off-shore wind parks in the Baltic States
Final Report 2010
The present report shall describe the activities carried out in the frame of the project „Concept development for an environmental impact assessment for off-shore wind parks in the Baltic States “ from November 2007 till October 2009. The aim of the project was the support of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian environmental authorities with the development of a concept for EIA for off-shore wind...read more
Climate | Energy, Waste | Resources
Climate Protection Potential in the Waste Management Sector
Examples: Municipal Waste and Waste Wood
By ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, Germany undertook to make annual reports to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) about Germany’s emissions of greenhouse gases. This is done in the National Inventory Report (NIR), which under the Common Reporting Format (CRF) is required to observe a specific organisation. This means that waste management aspects are only to be found...read more
Climate | Energy
Options for utilizing the CDM for global emission reductions
So far, developing countries do not contribute to global emissions reductions in the framework of the Kyoto Protocol: while they participate in the CDM, the reductions achieved through the mechanism are used for offsetting emissions in industrialized countries, thus resulting in a zero-sum game for the atmosphere. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states in its Fourth Assessment...read more
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
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
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