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Cover of publication TEXTE 74/2021 NoCheRo-Guidance for the Evaluation of Rodent Traps:  Part A Break back/Snap traps
Chemicals

NoCheRo-Guidance for the Evaluation of Rodent Traps

Part A Break back/Snap traps


This guidance describes methods and criteria to evaluate rodent break back/snap traps regarding their animal welfare impact and efficacy. The assessment follows a tiered approach starting with the tests of the mechanical properties, followed by a semi-field trial testing the animal welfare impact and basic efficacy, and optionally supplemented by the extended efficacy test in the field. The latter...read more

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Texte
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Cover of publication TEXTE 73/2021 Persistent degradation products of halogenated refrigerants and blowing agents in the environment: type, environmental concentrations, and fate with particular regard to new halogenated substitutes with low global warming potential
Chemicals

Persistent degradation products of halogenated refrigerants and blowing agents in the environment: type, environmental concentrations, and fate with particular regard to new halogenated substitutes with low global warming potential


Climate-impacting refrigerants and blowing agents are often replaced by halogenated substances which, despite their low global warming potential, are not unproblematic for the environment. The study examines quantities used and emissions today and in the future as well as degradation pathways and products. An environmentally relevant degradation product is the persistent trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)...read more

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Texte
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Cover of publication Climate Change 28/2021 The challenges of assessing "collective progress": Design options for an effective Global Stocktake process under the UNFCCC
Climate | Energy

The Challenges of Assessing “Collective Progress”

Design Options for an effective Global Stocktake process under the UNFCCC


The Paris Agreement combines collective goals with individual countries’ contributions. This hybrid approach does not guarantee that the individual contributions add up to what is required to meet the collective goals. The Paris Agreement therefore established the Global Stocktake. Its task is to “assess collective progress” towards achieving the long-term goals of the agreement as of 2023 and eve...read more

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Climate Change
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146
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Cover of publication Background paper February 2021 Air quality 2020: Preliminary Evaluation
Air

Air quality 2020

Preliminary evaluation


The publication describes the preliminary status of German air quality in 2020. Regarding PM (particulate matter) the reduction of pollution has continued. Consistently to this development, there are hardly any exceedances of the EU annul limit value for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). And there was less ozone pollution than in both previous years. The second part of the reports deals with the influence o...read more

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background paper
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36
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Cover of publication TEXTE 45/2021 Advancing REACH – The Restriction Procedure
Chemicals

Advancing REACH – The Restriction Procedure


The restriction process is a central instrument of ⁠REACH⁠ to regulate risks of substances by means of a restriction or prohibition for certain concentration ranges and uses. This project analysed the current implementation of the process based on a literature review and case studies with a focus on the workload for authorities, the duration of the procedure and the role oft he commi...read more

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Cover of publication TEXTE 53/2021 Development of selected indicators and assessment approaches regarding the marine environment in the context of the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive - Final Report Part B: Evaluation of the HELCOM Zooplankton Core Indicator ’Zooplankton Mean Size and Total Stock (MSTS)’ along a salinity gradient in the western Baltic Sea
Water

Development of selected indicators and assessment approaches regarding the marine environment in the context of the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Part B: Evaluation of the HELCOM zooplankton core indicator ’Zooplankton Mean Size and Total Stock (MSTS)’ along a salinity gradient in the western Baltic Sea


The study operationalized the HELCOM core indicator “Zooplankton mean size and total stock” (MSTS) in the Western Baltic Sea. The indicator is also used under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive to assess food webs and pelagic habitats. On the basis of a monthly data collection 2015-2016 in Kiel Bay, Bay of Mecklenburg, Arkona and Bornholm Basin it was investigated whether, on the basis of the...read more

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Cover of publication Climate Change 15/2021 Implications of Paris Agreement on the national emissions reduction efforts
Climate | Energy

Implications of Paris Agreement on the national emissions reduction efforts


The Paris Agreement (PA) has set a more ambitious target for limiting global warming compared to the pre-industrial level. Compared to the architecture of the Kyoto Protocol, the PA also sets stricter but voluntary targets for greenhouse gas emissions limitation in the period after 2020 and aims at global greenhouse gas neutrality in the second half of the century at the latest. In this project, t...read more

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Climate Change
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Cover of the publication Climate Change 14/2021 Options for multilateral initiatives to close the global 2030 climate ambition and action gap - Policy field forest protection
Climate | Energy

Options for multilateral initiatives to close the global 2030 climate ambition and action gap – Policy field forest protection


Achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement requires increased global climate action, especially reduced deforestation and restoration of forests to protect and rebuild ecosystems carbon stocks. Based on a sound analysis of existing multilateral cooperation the paper presents five recommendations to increase climate ambition of the G20 countries in the respective policy field: increasing stakeholde...read more

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Climate Change
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