Publications

For the evaluation of effects of hormone-active substances to fish, several test guidelines have been validated by the OECD which are included in the Conceptual Framework for Testing and Assessment of Endocrine Disruptors (OECD, 2010).

An ambitious resource policy supports the development of an integrated, social and competitive Europe. Even though a global coordination for climate protection is economically, environmentally and socially necessary in the long term, the EU can provide a significant contribution to such a development singlehandedly. Doing so would even be of great economic advantage!

This report analyses the impacts of the EU ETS on the competitiveness of various types of aircraft operators by means of micro-economic analysis and by extensive short-term and long-term modelling. Because of political negotiation processes on the geographical scope of the EU ETS we analyse the impacts for two scenarios: 1.

The workshop “Decarbonisation – 100% Renewable Energy and more”, was held on 9 November 2015 in Berlin, hosted by the German Environment Agency and organised by Ecologic Institute.

The study explores policy options to map and integrate greenhouse gas (GHG) sensitive interventions in peatlands and forests in the emerging climate change architecture both under the UNFCCC and at the EU level.

Nearly all waste water treatment techniques lead to the formation of sewage sludge. This sludge needs to be safely treated on-site or forwarded to disposal with different options of secondary use. This guide presents sewage sludge treatment and recycling options – beginning from the stabilisation of the sludge up to the wider spectrum of options for its utilisation.

Operators of waste water treatment plants have to make decisions on the economical and environmentally safe management of the generated sewage sludge.

The general objective of the Danube Delta project was to improve the cooperation between the national authorities and industrial operators of the Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine in the Danube Delta region through enhancing, and where possible harmonizing, the mechanisms and approaches for efficient and effective hazard and crisis management.

Ziel des PROMETHEUS-Projektes ist es, ein Konzept für ein Programm zur Priorisierung von Substanzen innerhalb des PBT-Assessments zu entwickeln.

The aim of the project was to overcome the problems in the implementation of the UNECE Safety Guidelines for tailings management facilities and to thus permanently reduce the risk posed by these facilities. The practicality of the project outcomes, a Checklist and a Tailings Hazard Index (THI) was successfully tested at two Ukrainian facilities.

Annex II

Annex I