… Discussion contribution of the German Environment Agency for achieving the climate targets in Germany With this position paper, the UBA proposes strategic measures and … by the energy sector as a contribution to achieving the climate protection targets by 2020, the UBA recommends to limit coal-fired power generation to 4,000 …

… | Strategien | Internationales Raising the EU 2030 GHG Emission Reduction Target Implications for ETS and non ETS sectoral targets The political debate on raising EU’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction …

… the SDG Framework? The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and related 169 Targets, adopted by the United Nations in September 2015, aim to end poverty, … Due to their various functions, land and soil are addressed by several SDGs and Targets. However, soil related indicators for the implementation of the SDGs are …

… analysed in a baseline case without additional climate policy and for mitigation targets compati-ble with the 2°C target. We find that shale gas should not be …

… can transport become greenhouse gas-neutral in the long term? Are Germany’s climate targets in the transport sector sufficiently ambitious? This paper answers these … and significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, ensuring that the climate targets agreed upon in Paris could be met by Germany’s transport sector. …

… emissions reduction efforts The Paris Agreement (PA) has set a more ambitious target for limiting global warming compared to the pre-industrial level. Compared to the architecture of the Kyoto Protocol, the PA also sets stricter but voluntary targets for greenhouse gas emissions limitation in the period after 2020 and aims at …

… 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 …

… from all environmental domains and, wherever possible, underpinned by policy targets, as defined in documents such as the German Sustainable Development Strategy …

… Report - 2. Revised Edition Core prerequisite for reaching global ambitous climate targets is a nearly carbon-free economy by mid-century. In this context a number of …

… protection. International climate protection policy must set more ambitious targets to reduce air pollution and ensure better protection of our soils. A …

… sectors that warrant offsets as cost-containment measures for ambitious climate targets due to emissions that are difficult to reduce; and (2) identify which …