Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Air, Transport

Implementation of Agenda 21 in the German Seaports - Model Calculations for the Prediction of Air Pollutant Levels considering Lübeck-Travemünde as an Example

Appendix

In this study, the degree of air pollution resulting from shipping traffic in the surroundings of Skandinavienkai in Lübeck-Travemünde has been considered. In order to estimate the total level of emissions, the main road network within the area under investigation has been included in the study. Due to low contributions, other polluter groups have been neglected in the total emission, as was shown...read more

Climate | Energy, Waste | Resources, Soil | Land

Suitable Instruments for Integrating Biodiversity Considerations in Climate Change Mitigation Activities, particularly in the Land Use and Energy Sector

There is indicative evidence that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are leading to changes in the global climate. The consequences for human beings and the environment as predicted by experts will vary from region to region. Precipitation levels are expected to increase in some regions, and decrease in others. Temperatures are changing, and the incidence of droughts and floods is likely to in...read more

Air

The BERN Model: Bioindication for Ecosystem Regeneration towards Natural conditions

The eutrophying effects resulting from increased deposition rates of reactive nitrogen to ecosystems are a major problem in the context of long range transported air pollution. Therfore, one focus of the related effects oriented research is to improve knowledge on time- and area-depending effects for modelling purposes. The presented BERN-model allows for the first time to model changes of major p...read more

Climate | Energy, Air

German Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 - 2002

National Inventory Report 2004

As a Party to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change, since 1994 Germany has been obliged to prepare, publish and regularly update national emission inventories of greenhouse gases. By adopting the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, the international community of nations reached agreement, for the first time ever, on binding aims and implementation instruments for global climate protection. This lead...read more

Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

Technology Transfer for the Improvement of Plant Security and Environmental Protection in the Russian Pulp and Paper Industry, Final Report

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Climate | Energy, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Reasoning Goals of Climate Protection

Specification of Article 2 UNFCCC

Despite of the widely accepted but general goal of the Climate Convention to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system, its interpretation with regard to further international commitments is still pending. This situation gives reason for investigations towards reasonable specifications of the Convention’s ultimate goal.  read more

Climate | Energy, Economy | Consumption, Air

Risks and Benefits of Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases in Processes and Products under Special Consideration of the Properties Intrinsic to the Substance

Fluorinated greenhouse gases (GHG) are used in a multitude of applications to date. Next to perfluorinated compounds (e.g. CF4, C2F6 or SF6), especially the fluorinated hydrocarbons (HFC) are of relevance by means of volume. HFCs represent the special focus of this study. They are mainly applied as a substitute for fluorinated and chlorinated hydrocarbons (HCFC) which are internationally banned un...read more

Water

Basic principles for selecting the most cost-effective combinations of measures for inclusion in the programme of measures as described in Article 11 of the Water Framework Directive

HANDBOOK

This Handbook and the associated research report outlines a methodological concept for the procedure for selecting cost-effective combinations of measures in accordance with the Water Framework Directive, including the sample application thereof. The starting point for the methodology developed in this project is the inventory required by the end of 2004 under the Water Framework Directive. By rec...read more