… ambition and action gap – Policy field forest protection Background Paper: Key mitigation options to close the global 2030 ambition and action gap Background …

… Umweltbelastungen“ External Costs Charge - A policy instrument for climate change mitigation Calculation of external climate costs for food highlights inadequate …

… community resolved to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius. The mitigation activities proposed by the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on … and emerging countries. It identified best practices and estimated their mitigation potential up to 2020. Four areas were analysed for saving potential, of which the …

… consequences on health Many people are skeptical that something can be done to mitigate climate change Source: encierro / stock.adobe.com The majority of people in … Germany continue to perceive both the environmental protection and climate change mitigation efforts as important. However, the topic continues to decline in relative … than half of those surveyed (54%) find environmental protection and climate change mitigation very important. This quantity has, however, continually fallen in recent …

… OekoRess II was to further develop evaluation methods for environmental hazard potentials of mining projects and raw materials developed as part of the predecessor …

… re-assess its long-term target. A new scenario, commissioned by UBA, shows that a GHG-neutral EU is feasible, based on a fully decarbonized energy supply, without … 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 by mid-century.  The aim of this study was …

… emissions Source: Tom Bayer / Fotolia.com Germany's greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) fell slightly by 1.9% in 2022. GHG emissions were around 746 million tonnes – some 15 million tonnes less than … use wisely for this purpose.” The energy sector recorded yet another increase in GHG emissions – 10.7 million tonnes (+4.4%). The use of hard coal and lignite for …

… Emission reduction credits (ERCs) from high-quality international climate change mitigation projects will continue to compensate the official travel by German … Government offsets what is unavoidable by investing in high-quality climate change mitigation projects. We will also be doing this for the Climate Change Conference in … is why we are reissuing our demand for internationally recognised climate change mitigation projects with high standards from which we can obtain ERCs. We place high …

… to the climate crisis Source: almir1968 / Thinkstock Technical interventions to mitigate the climate crisis are increasingly being discussed internationally. One … SRM approaches SRM encompasses several large-scale technological approaches to mitigate human-induced global warming. SRM is based on the idea of reducing the … releases Tags climate change solar geoengineering … Technical interventions to mitigate the climate crisis are increasingly being discussed internationally. One …

… Meyer, M.; Löschel, A.; Lutz, C. (2021): Carbon price dynamics in ambitious climate mitigation scenarios: an analysis based... Additional information PDF is accessible …

… new standard on carbon neutrality: ISO 14068-1. It addresses legal entities seeking GHG-neutrality certificates for an organization or a product. In a factsheet , the … is that it makes it possible for legal entities, companies and products to make GHG neutrality claims despite high emissions. It also lacks solid safeguards against … consequently minimize GHG emissions in line with the Paris Agreement and actively mitigate the negative environmental impact of some GHG removals. Courts handling …

… slightly Energy sector emissions lower, transport sector higher Energy sector GHG emissions declined by 13.7 million tonnes in 2017 (- 4.1% compared to 2016) … / Fotolia.com Germany reports a total of 904.7 million tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2017 – 4.7 million tonnes less than in 2016. These are the results … the transport sector is unfortunately still headed in the wrong direction. Climate mitigation and clean air calls for a fundamental turnaround here. This must become a …