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Cover of publication CLIMATE CHANGE 43/2019
Climate | Energy

Carbon Leakage Risks in the Post-Paris World


This paper examines the connection between Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement on the one hand and carbon leakage on the other. Firstly, this is done by considering different types of emission targets in the NDCs. With an NDC in a carbon leakage receiving country, shifted emissions in many cases require increased mitigation efforts, so carbon leakage comes at a cos...read more

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Climate Change
Number of pages
26
Year of publication
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118
Cover of publication CLIMATE CHANGE 42/2019 Designing an International Peatland Carbon Standard: Criteria, Best Practices and Opportunities
Climate | Energy

Designing an International Peatland Carbon Standard: Criteria, Best Practices and Opportunities


Which criteria and concepts for peatland projects are environmentally sound? This question is answered in a new study by the German Environment Agency. It considers standards for peatland projects in the voluntary market for emissions offsetting and in the future compliance markets.Key recommendations are standardization and simplification of the project cycle and timelines, the development of too...read more

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Climate Change
Number of pages
103
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84
Cover of publication CLIMATE CHANGE 41/2019 Tackling the Challenges of Assessing Collective Progress for an Effective Global Stocktake
Climate | Energy

Tackling the Challenges of Assessing Collective Progress for an Effective Global Stocktake

Executive Summary


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
Number of pages
23
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Cover of the guideline on the prevention, detection and remediation of mould in buildings
Air, Health

Guideline on the prevention, detection and remediation of mould in buildings


Mould and fungi pose major problems in residential buildings and indoor environments. Not only in older buildings without any insulation improvements on the envelope/building shell, but also in new energy efficient buildings can mould and growth of fungi occure. Most important is the influence of water and dampness. Mould on wall and furniture surfaces can be easily detected/recognizied, more diff...read more

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guides and manuals
Number of pages
192
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Cover of publication CLIMATE CHANGE 40/2019 GHG-neutral EU2050 – a scenario of an EU with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and its implications
Climate | Energy

GHG-neutral EU2050 – a scenario of an EU with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and its implications


Given that the Paris Agreement has strengthened the long-term temperature goal and that it calls for a balance of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and sinks within the 21st century, there is the urgent need to re-assess the long-term targets of the EU and to show how the target of GHG neutrality can be reached in the EU. The aim of this study was to design one way to realize a European Union with ne...read more

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Climate Change
Number of pages
81
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198
Cover der Publikation TEXTE 113/2019 Ecological safeguards for deep seabed mining
Water

Ecological safeguards for deep seabed mining


Interest in seabed mineral mining has renewed in recent years for various reasons and new offs-hore mining legislation is currently being developed for national and international waters. For this reason, agreement on the meaning of ‘effective protection of the marine environment from adverse effects arising from activities’ related to mining is needed. The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is m...read more

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Texte
Number of pages
308
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Cover of broschure Resource-Efficient Pathways towards Greenhouse-Gas- Neutrality – RESCUE
Climate | Energy, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Resource-Efficient Pathways towards Greenhouse-Gas- Neutrality – RESCUE: Summary Report


The RESCUE study describes in six scenarios possible development paths towards a resource-efficient and greenhouse-gas (GHG) neutral Germany until 2050. For this, assumptions related to the level of ambition for reaching GHG-neutrality, the magnitude of materials- and energy-efficiency, and the implementation of sustainable life-styles are varied. Until 2050, GHG-emissions can be reduced by 95 per...read more

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brochure / flyer
Number of pages
86
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