… UBA research studies point out ways for efficient integration of renewable energy into the electricity market Electricity Market 2.0 is more cost-effective than capacity markets. Flexibilization of production and consumption will …

… Studies of mercury, acrylamide and pesticides exposure European Human Biomonitoring … project HBM4EU directs its focus on nine new substances with possible health effects Human biomonitoring traces exposure to pollutants Source: angellodeco / …

… Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) with selected environmental laws Case studies from a large and mid-sized company This paper investigates synergies and … Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). It presents the results of two cases studies from the German manufacturing industry. The case studies find that processes in place and data collected because of existing legal …

… Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, and the German Meteorological Service Effects of climate change felt much more strongly in future 16 federal authorities and institutions present study on future impact of climate change in Germany Stormy sea Source: Seonphoto …

… Fair and Cost-effective Effort-Sharing under the Paris Agreement The door is open for a … have to reflect “the highest possible ambition” and “respective capabilities”. This study has derived national GHG emissions reduction contributions for 2030 and 2050 … temperature goal, both based on fairness ( Climate Action Tracker, 2018 ) and cost-effectiveness ( EN-ERDATA, 2018 ) approaches. The comparison of these approaches …

… Global soil protection – What law protects effectively? Fertile soils are being lost across the world, e.g. through sealing, … sustainability goals, under the heading “land degradation neutral world”. A legal study commissioned by UBA looked into how this goal could be implemented at …

… OECD validation investigating dienogest and dexamethasone as test substances. The studies provided reliable and valid results with effect thresholds in the lower µg/L or ng/L range. This has closed data gaps for the …

… the national groundwater modelling approach based on results of outdoor lysimeter studies Part A II: Results of inverse modelling optimisation using InversePELMO The … modelled leachate concentrations and actual measurements from outdoor lysimeter studies provide evidence that a reliable and safe prediction of leachate … modelling. Based on examples it is demonstrated that inverse modelling of lysimeter studies cannot be recommended as standard method for higher risk assessment due to …

… masking of biologically important sounds. Marine airguns used for scientific studies of the seabed produce this type of sound. In this project, models were … In the majority of the scenarios considered, however, a severe masking effect only manifests at distances of up to 200 km. Download Series Texte | 89/2021 …

… renewable energy and batteries and their implications Discussion paper A range of studies on nationally determined contributions (NDC) of parties to the Paris … of Paris Agreement on the national emissions reduction efforts The spillover effect of domestic climate action Fairness- and Cost-Effectiveness-Based Approaches …

… air conditioners on sleep quality, daytime functioning and mood in two laboratory studies. It was found that typical noises from air-source heat pumps and air … 9.17 MB Print version not available Tags energy transition noise annoyance noise effect residential area … Annoyance and sleep disturbance due to noise from …