Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Support of the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) by an integrated expert

Final report 2008

Advisory Assistance Programme for Environmental Protection in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

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While it was not always possible to strictly follow the objectives of the proposal to UBA, it can be stated that the overall objectives of the project were met. A particular problem has been that CAREC had major difficulties in hiring professional staff. At one time there have been 12 openings. This led to delays in project implementation, but also reflects the importance of providing foreign expe...read more

Economy | Consumption, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Eco-Innovation, International Trade, WTO and Climate:

Key Issues for an Ecological Industrial Policy

Documentation of a Workshop on March 12, 2008

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On March 12, 2008 the German Federal Environment Agency and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety held a meeting of experts entitled “Eco-Innovation, International Trade, WTO and Climate: Key Issues for an ecological industrial policy”. At this meeting, international experts spoke on the links between international trade, climate change and eco-inn...read more

Climate | Energy

Proposals for contributions of emerging economies to the climate regime under the UNFCCC post 2012

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Under the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities,” (Article 3.1 of the UNFCCC) non-Annex I parties have so far been exempted from emission limitation or reduction commitments. However, the pressure is mounting on those countries, especiallymajor emitting developing countries, to contribute actively to the mitigation of climate change. Participation by these developing countries i...read more

Air

National Implementation of the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (Effects)

Part 1: Deposition Loads: Methods, modelling and mapping results, trends

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The research project “National Implementation of the UNECE Convention on Long-range Trans-boundary Air Pollution (Effects): ICP Modelling&Mapping NFC; Heavy Metals (Critical Loads, Deposition); Nitrogen + Acidity (Deposition); Nitrogen (Effects); Material Corrosion; Critical Ozone fluxes” (BMU/UBA FE-No. 204 63 252) is carried out on behalf of Federal Environment Agency, Dessau (Umweltbundesam...read more

Climate | Energy, Economy | Consumption

Impacts of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on the industrial competitiveness in Germany

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How does emissions trading influence the competitiveness of the German industry? By increasing the costs of domestic production, emissions trading may induce the relocation of industrial production and the associated emissions – e.g. to non-EU countries with few or no climate protection regulations. On behalf of the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) at the Federal Environment Agency, the...read more

Climate | Energy, Waste | Resources, Transport, Agriculture

Criteria for a Sustainable Use of Bioenergy on a Global Scale

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When this research project was started in autumn 2006, the discussion on the sustainability of bioenergy – and particularly biofuels – was largely restricted to expert circles. The tenor of the discussion however had already developed in the direction of increasing skepticism. Biofuels have so far only become important in terms of volume in Brazil, in the USA (both bioethanol) and in Germany (biod...read more