… Air, Waste | Resources Accounting Systems for Short-lived Climate Pollutants and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in the Waste Management Sector The Climate and Clean Air … Waste Initiative (MSW Initiative) is looking for an emission quantification tool focused on short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) to …

… 2024 Author(s) Gregory Fuchs, Eleftheria Kampa Further files Annex: Resource Library Litter (105.30 kB) Related publications Fachliche Unterstützung der …

… matters, Soil | Land, Agriculture The land rucksack A method for considering land use in life cycle assessment Life cycle assessments (LCA) are an essential tool to … in an LCA. To consider land in the context of an LCA, the quality of the land used to supply a product or service is a key factor. The brochure introduces an approach to include land use in LCA in a comprehensive and user-friendly manner. In the following, a summary …

… A comparative study on the status quo and future prospects of coal mining and coal use in Indonesia, Colombia and Viet Nam Today more than 45 % of all energy-related … CO2 emissions come from burning coal. Thus, reducing CO 2 emissions from coal use is a necessity for reaching the targets of the Paris Agreement. This will not …

… sustainable plant protection Evaluation of the draft regulation on the sustainable use of plant protection products 2022/0196 (COD) with a focus on environmental protection With the new draft regulation on the "Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products" (SUR), the European Commission is concretising the …

… WW-R-1: Water use index Extended drought periods can lead to local and temporary … Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 WW-R-1: Water use index Water use has experienced a significant decrease over the past 30 years. … can also be attributed to the irrigation of gardens. The water use index used as an indicator so far does, however, have its limitations when it comes to …

… Plastic manufacturers to pay into Single-Use Plastic Fund in future German … Environment Agency to launch digital platform DIVID on January 1, 2024 The Single-Use Plastic Fund should reduce waste in public places Source: Jonas Stoll / UBA The …

… FW-I-5: Damaged timber – extent of random use A lot of damaged timber in a forest … Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 FW-I-5: Damaged timber – extent of random use Random use owing to wind-blown, wind-broken and infested timber is detrimental …

… New proposals to promote environmentally sound use of biocides Biocides, also used …

… Online platform DIVID of the Single-Use Plastics Fund launched Users can now register online The single-use plastics fund was set up to reduce …

… RO-R-6: Land use for settlements in officially designated flood plains Now as … Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 RO-R-6: Land use for settlements in officially designated flood plains In spite of the existing … inadequate when these settlements or industrial estates are flooded, the damage caused can in some cases be considerable (cf. Indicator BAU-I-5 ). Nowadays, …