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EEA Report No 4/2017
Application of the European Union Emissions Trading Directive in 2015
Analysis of national responses under Article 21 of the EU ETS Directive.
The report was prepared on behalf of the European Environment Agency, as partner of the European Topic Centre on Air Pollution and Climate change Mitigation.
…Potential for restoring carbon stocks in temperate managed forests – need for independent data
Presentation by Hannes Böttcher et al., Protecting and Restoring the Global Forest Carbon Stock | Side event at UN Climate Change Conference (SB46), Bonn, 17.5.2017
Vulnerability of CDM Projects for Discontinuation of Mitigation Activities
Assessment of Project Vulnerability and Options to Support Continued Mitigation
This study forms part of a broader project, supported by the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), with the primary objective to analyse the current situation and development of the international carbon markets.
This report…
Nuclear safety in crisis regions
To what extent are nuclear facilities at risk in crisis areas? Which factors are of relevance in this context? Are policy-makers, the media and society around the world aware of the threat – and do they dismiss it too easily? These are…
Pointing the way for society - Annual Report of the Oeko-Institut 2016
The macroeconomic effects of ambitious energy efficiency policy in Germany – Combining bottom-up energy modelling with a non-equilibrium macroeconomic model
Energy efficiency is one of the fastest and most cost-effective contributions to a sustainable, secure and affordable energy system. Furthermore, the so-called “non-energy benefits”, “co-benefits” or “multiple benefits” of energy…
EEA Report No 3/2017
Renewable energy in Europe 2017: recent growth and knock-on effects
Addressing climate change requires a globally coordinated, long-term response across all economic sectors. The 2015 Paris Agreement provides the framework for limiting global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial…
Siting Activities and Stakeholders’ Interaction in Germany
Presentation by Beate Kallenbach-Herbert, The 50th Session of the RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (RWMC), Paris, 30 March 2017
Nuclear Power and Nuclear Safety Post Fukushima
Presentation by Dr. Christoph Pistner and Matthias Englert, DPG – AKE – AGA: Nuclear Energy and Security, Münster, 29.03.2017
Environmental Integrity under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
This discussion paper explores key issues and options to achieve environmental integrity under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. It proposes that environmental integrity in context of Article 6 means that using international transfers…
Study on Technical Assistance in Realisation of the 2016 Report on Renewable Energy, in preparation of the Renewable Energy Package for the Period 2020 -2030 in the European Union ("RES-Study")
ENER/C1/2014 -688
The objective of this study is to provide technical assistance in the preparation of the 2016 Report on Renewable Energy, in preparation of the Renewable Energy Package for the period 2020-2030 in the European Union. Key findings are:
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Dispatch of Flexibility Options, Grid Infrastructure and Integration of Renewable Energies Within a Decentralized Electricity System
Results from Two Scenario Based Research Projects
We present results of two model based scenario analysis focussing on the future German power sector which is characterized by a rising share of renewable energies and an associated higher demand for flexibility. Case study 1 is based on…
Life-cycle comparison of reusable and non-reusable crockery for mass catering in the USA
Study commissioned by MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Offenburg, Germany
The aim of the project was an evaluation of the ecological impacts of two systems, i.e. returnable and non-returnable crockery along the respective life stages. In methodological terms, the study is based on a product-related life cycle…
Minerals and metals from non-EU countries – Europe’s role and responsibility for positive change in industry supply chains
STRADE Policy Brief 01/2017
STRADE is an EU-funded research project focusing on the development of dialogue-based, innovative policy recommendations for a European strategy on future raw materials supplies. In a series of policy briefs and reports the project…
European Energy Industry Investments
This study was prepared at the request of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE). The paper provides an overall assessment of European investments in the electricity sector. It …
EU raw material import flows – acknowledging non-EU environmental and social footprints
STRADE Policy Brief 02/2017
STRADE is an EU-funded research project focusing on the development of dialogue-based, innovative policy recommendations for a European strategy on future raw materials supplies. In a series of policy briefs and reports,the project will…
Governance of exnovation: phasing out non-sustainable structures
Oeko-Institut Working Paper 2/2017
Politics and research have been primarily concerned with the quite appealing side of trans-formations: the new. But innovations and their promotion are often insufficient for replacing established non-sustainable structures that are…
Developments in society and implications for emerging pollutants in the aquatic environment
Oeko-Institut Working Paper 1/2017
Pollutant emissions in river basins change continuously. Management strategies should address such developments. Many scenarios are published which describe future changes in the environment and in society. Examples concern climate…
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity and Soils: Status and Future Options
The global loss of fertile soils is widely recognized as one of the most pressing environmental and social problems of the next decades. Against this backdrop, political action is urgently needed to promote the sustainable use and…
The Vision Scenario for the European Union
2017 Update for the EU-28
The global framework and a CO2 emission budget for the EU as starting points
Global climate change, finite fossil and nuclear resources and the vulnerability of economies and consumers to increasing and volatile prices of fossil…