Publications

This report summarizes the results of the UFOPLAN project “Scenarios on the feasibility of emissions reduction scenarios consistent with 2°C stabilization” conducted by PIK and Ecofys. We use an integrated energy-economy-climate modeling system to examine how a further delay of cooperative action increases economic mitigation challenges.

In this project, the guidance documents should be verified using the example of potentially endocrine disrupting (ED) chemicals. Three substances were selected mainly based on in silico (2,4,6-tribromophenol), in vitro (benzanthrone) and in vivo data (benzophenone-2).

The study has three main parts: After the introduction, section 4 explores whether and to what extent it is useful and feasible to have a single definition of geoengineering for governance purposes. section 5 analyses the existing governance of geoengineering in international law,

This paper provides a concept for the design of the Aviation Carbon Offset Scheme (ACOS) and aims at overcoming the deadlock that has continued for many years between developed and developing countries, hindering an agreement on instruments addressing greenhouse gas emission of the aviation sectors.

This study aimed at an evaluation and quantification of the contribution of the various uses of Bisphenol A with respect to their emissions into the environment. For this purpose, scientists considered the chemical’s whole life cycle from production, further processing, the various uses to the waste stage.

In this report we evaluate available options for a variety of aspects around the differentiation of mitigation commitments. We find that for the level of participation, the selection of commitment types, and choice of effort-sharing approaches there is no silver bullet.

The flyer describes the park and green areas inside the building of the UBA.

Heat and power consumption, other key figures and the management costs of the UBA building in Dessau will be shown. How the user satisfaction with the building was also the subject of Fyers.

The Blue Angel is the German Government’s label for environmentally friendly products and services. As the first environmental label worldwide, it has stood for independence and credibility for over 35 years. It is an eco-label you can trust.

This report examines the political context and reasoning of these sources of potential demand to depart from the established system and offers suggestions for further reforms or measures to take to preserve some of the benefits of the erstwhile framework.

In Germany, ensuring water supply is a mandatory duty of the state. Responsibility lies with the municipalities, which can use a range of organisational and legal forms to comply with this duty. Applied to the abstracted water volumes this means that the public water supply abstracted around 5,1 billion cubic meters of water to supply the population with drinking water.

Functional marine mammal acoustic communication evolved under natural ambient noise levels, which makes communication vulnerable to anthropogenic noise sources. In this report, we consider the potential long-range effects of airgun noise on marine mammal communication range.