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Technical support for RES policy development and implementation – simplification of permission andadministrative procedures for RES installations (RES Simplify)

Final report

authors: Tallat-Kelpšaitė, J. | Brückmann, R. | Banasiak, J. | Valach, B. | Surdea-Herne, V. | Szabo, J. | Kokkonen, S. | Bauknecht, D. | Seebach, D. | Vogel, M. | Willems, G. | Potestio, S. | Sokolov, D. | Bonadio, J. | Chevillard, N.
Year of publication: 04 / 2023

This final study report of the “RES Simplify” project assesses the permission and administrative procedures for renewable energy projects in the 27 EU Member States, Norway and Iceland with the aim of identifying administrative barriers…

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Opportunities and risks of methods to capture and store carbon from the atmosphere

Recommendations based on an analysis of the current status of knowledge and a systematic survey of specialists in Switzerland.

authors: Cames, M. | Mader, C. | Hermann, A. | Köhler, A. | Malinverno, N. | Möller, M. | Niesen, B. | Som, C. | Wäger, P.
Year of publication: 04 / 2023

To support long-term global climate targets and to contribute to limiting global warming to 1.5 °C, the Swiss Federal Council decided on 28 August 2019 to reduce its net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to zero by 2050 at the latest. This…

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Potentials and challenges of applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) in geosciences for the search of a repository forhigh-level waste in Germany

authors: Krob, F. | Krohn, J. | Ustohalova, V. | Wittek, S. | Bratzel, D.
Year of publication: 04 / 2023

Presentaion by Dr. Florian Krob, EGU 2023, 25.4.2023, Vienna

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Research needs around politically influenceable factors of climate policy acceptability

authors: Heyen, D. | Wicki, M.
Year of publication: 04 / 2023

Presentation by Dirk Arne Heyen (Öko-Institut), based on a Working Paper with Michael Wicki (ETH Zurich) Expert webinar, 20th March 2023

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Make it happen! - Annual Report of the Oeko-Institut 2022

author: v. A.
Year of publication: 04 / 2023

Mitigation potentials for emissions of nitrous oxide from chemical industry in industrialised countries world-wide

Study for the Nitric Acid Climate Action Group (NACAG) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)

Year of publication: 03 / 2023

This study investigates mitigation potentials in industrialised countries for emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) from chemical industry, in particular from the production processes for nitric acid, adipic acid and…

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Facilitating Socially Just Carbon Pricing in the EU

Identification of vulnerable groups, impacts of carbon pricing and compensation. Insights from the microsimulation model SEEK-EU

authors: Unger, N. | Cludius, J.
Year of publication: 03 / 2023

Presentation by Nelly Unger and Dr. Johanna Cludius, 8th European User Conference for EU-Microdata, 17.3.2023, Mannheim

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Methanol as a marine fuel

Advantages and limitations

authors: Wissner, N. | Healy, S. | Cames, M. | Sutter, J.
Year of publication: 03 / 2023

E‑Methanol is prominently discussed as a potential candidate to decarbonise deep-sea shipping. This study assesses whether the potential benefits and risks of e‑methanol are sufficiently reflected in the current discussion and whether…

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Architectural change in accelerating transitions: Actor preferences, system architectures, and flexibility technologies in the German energy transition

authors: Dahl Andersen, A. | Markard, J. | Bauknecht, D. | Korpås, M.
Year of publication: 03 / 2023

Despite growing research attention to accelerating transitions, the process of acceleration is not yet fully understood. It, for example, remains unclear whether or not acceleration requires deep changes in the architecture of…

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Certification of Carbon Dioxide Removals

Evaluation of the Commission Proposal

authors: Meyer-Ohlendorf, N. | Siemons, A. | Schneider, L. | Böttcher, H.
Year of publication: 03 / 2023

On 30 November 2022, the Commission proposed an EU carbon removal certification framework (CRCF). The proposed framework could undermine the environmental integrity of EU climate policies. This risk is aggravated by the fact that the EU…

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Can current EU climate policy reliably achieve climate neutrality by 2050?

Post-2030 crunch issues for the move to a net zero economy

authors: Duwe, M. | Graichen, J. | Böttcher, H.
Year of publication: 03 / 2023

The “Fit For 55” package represents a step towards a transformative EU climate policy architecture but is not yet fully capable of facilitating climate neutrality. Key issues to be resolved for post-2030 climate policy include the…

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Potentials for “results-based payments” in the forest sector under the Paris Agreement

authors: Böttcher, H. | Fallasch, F. | Schneider, L. | Siemons, A. | Urrutia, C. | Wolff, F. | Atmadja, S. | Martius, C. | Thu Thuy, P.
Year of publication: 03 / 2023

The forest sector contributes to high emissions worldwide through the loss of historically built-up carbon stocks, mainly from deforestation and forest degradation. The REDD+ approach aims at compensating developing countries for efforts…

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Conceptual considerations on a legal regulation for the nationwide introduction of municipal heat planning

Summary report

authors: Köhler, B. | Bürger, V. | Ortner, S.
Year of publication: 02 / 2023

The heat transition can only succeed if many millions of individual investment decisions by homeowners and businesses are coordinated in such a way that a target-compliant heating system is created. Municipal heating planning is the key…

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The Rush for Metals in the Deep Sea

Considerations on Deep-Sea Mining

authors: Manhart, A. | McLennan, A.
Year of publication: 02 / 2023

This report aims at supporting related decision-making by highlighting selected aspects around raw material supply and deep-sea mining. It does not have the ambition to provide a holistic assessment of all environmental, economic, social…

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Barriers to mitigating emissions from agriculture

Analysis of mitigation options, related barriers and recommendations for action

authors: Siemons, A. | Urrutia, C. | Gonzales-Zuñiga, S. | Pelekh, N. | Jeffery, L.
Year of publication: 02 / 2023

On the basis of a literature review, this paper outlines the main mitigation options for agricultural activities and the broader food system on the supply and the demand side. Economic, policy/legal barriers, technical barriers,…

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The Carbon Credit Quality Initiative

Transparent Scores for Carbon Credit Quality - Expanded Scores Launch

authors: Holler, J. | Barata, P. | Schneider, L.
Year of publication: 01 / 2023

Presentation by John Holler, Pedro Martins Barata und Dr. Lambert Schneider, Expanded Scores Launch, 31 January 2023

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QU.A.L.ITY soil carbon removals?

Assessing the EU Framework for Carbon Removal Certification from a climate-friendly soil management perspective

authors: McDonald, H. | Siemons, A. | Bodle, R. | Hobeika, M. | Scheid, A. | Schneider, L.
Year of publication: 01 / 2023

This brief critically assesses the Commission’s 2022 proposal for Framework for Carbon Re-movals Certification as it applies to climate-friendly soil management. We introduce the pro-posal and then evaluate how its minimum certification…

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The role of financial operators in the ETS market and the incidence of their activities in determining the allowances' price

authors: Cludius, J. | Galster, H. | Healy, S. | Noka, V. | Lam, L.
Year of publication: 01 / 2023

Presentation by Johanna Cludius, Hannah Galster, Sean Healy, Viktoria Noka and Long Lam, ITRE Committe of the EP, 23.1.2023

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Using International Carbon Credits to Achieve National Mitigation Targets of EU Member States – Options for Accounting under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

Report prepared for the Swedish Energy Agency

author: Schneider, L.
Year of publication: 01 / 2023

The European Union (EU) has communicated in its nationally determined contribution (NDC) a target of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55% until 2030 compared to 1990 levels. Next to this EU-wide target, several EU member states…

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Corporate Liability for Transboundary Environmental Harm

An International and Transnational Perspective

authors: Gailhofer, P. | Krebs, D. | Proelss, A. | Schmalenbach, K. | Verheyen, R.
Year of publication: 01 / 2023

This open access book aims to elaborate on the legal prerequisites to establish the liability of corporations for transboundary environmental harm, not only by identifying existing liability rules, principles and standards but also by…

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