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Sufficiency contributes to climate protection
EU citizen assemblies call for more sufficiency in climate action plans
EU citizen assemblies are recommending far more sufficiency-based measures than are envisaged in the current National Energy and Climate Plans…
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Factsheets CCQI released
Factsheets released on different project types in the carbon market
To contribute to achieving the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals, carbon credits in the voluntary carbon market need to be…
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Climate neutrality by 2045 – Resource resilience
Raw materials for the sustainability transformation: resilient supply chains
Climate neutrality is to be achieved by 2045, yet with global demand surging, serious challenges may arise in both the extraction and the processing…
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Targeted rollout of a charging infrastructure
The future of road freight transport is electric
The availability of a broad-scale and well-performing charging network by 2035 offers potential to increase new registrations of battery electric…
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Reduce more emissions to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality
Projection Report 2023: despite progress, Germany is set to miss its climate targets
Germany will not achieve its self-imposed climate target for 2030 – namely to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 65% compared to 1990 – with existing…
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Courage, a clear steer and fact-based discussions for the sustainability transformation
More courage and confidence, a clear steer from policy-makers and fact-based discussions are required to make a success of the sustainability…
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Hydrogen, a strand of the energy transition
Costs and environmental impacts of hydrogen imports
In future, hydrogen looks set to replace fossil fuels in domains where green electricity cannot be used. Germany will have to import hydrogen to meet…
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Battery materials preserved in their particle form
How can recycling of lithium-ion batteries be improved?
Lithium-ion battery manufacturing generates production-related waste which cannot be adequately recycled in Europe at present. With demand surging due…
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