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Tackling the Challenges of Assessing Collective Progress for an Effective Global Stocktake
Executive Summary
The Paris Agreement combines collective goals with individual countries’ contributions. This hybrid approach does not guarantee that the individual contributions add up to what is required to meet the collective goals.
The Paris…
ETC/CME Report 7/2019
Quality assurance and quality control procedure for national and Union GHG projections 2019
The quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) procedure is an element of the QA/QC programme of the Union system for policies and measures and projections to be established in 2019 according to Article 12 of the MMR. The European…
Stories that Change Our World? Narratives of the Sustainable Economy
Narratives are shaping our understanding of the world. They convey values and norms and point to desirable future developments. In this way, they justify and legitimize political actions and social practices. Once a narrative has emerged…
Impact Assessment on the Environmental, Social and Economic Effects of the 2030 Sectoral Targets in the Federal Government’s Climate Action Plan 2050
Summary
The analyses highlighted three main issues:
- The targets set for the various sectors can be achieved by means of a range of different strategies.
- From a macroeconomic perspective, all implementation strategies covered by the study are…
EEA Report No 15/2019
Trends and projections in Europe 2019: Tracking progress towards Europe's climate and energy targets
The annual ‘Trends and projections’ report provides an assessment of the progress of the EU and European countries towards their climate mitigation and energy targets. It is based on national data for greenhouse gas emissions, renewable…
Lessons learned from the first round of applications by carbon-offsetting programs for eligibility under CORSIA
In 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) adopted the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). The scheme requires participating airline operators to purchase carbon offset credits…
Incentive based collection of e-waste – Results from pilot implementation in Ghana
Presentation on the World Resources Forum, 23-24.10.2019
Improvement strategies for e-waste management in countries like Ghana require the buy-in of the informal sector. In that context, an incentive-based approach was developed and tested. It aims at motivating informal collectors and…
H2 utilisation pathways and their climate impact
Presentation by Dr. Matthias Koch and Christoph Heinemann, 2nd Modellers´ Exchange Workshop, Paris Agreement Compatible Scenarios for Energy Infrastructure, Bruxelles, October 16th 2019
Outside in? Using international carbon markets for mitigation not covered by nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement establishes provisions for using international carbon market mechanisms to achieve nationally determined contribution (NDCs). In international negotiations on the rules governing the Agreement, an important question…
Double counting and the Paris Agreement rulebook
The 24th international climate conference in Katowice, Poland, in December 2018 was a major achievement in the multilateral response to climate change. More than 190 countries managed to agree on nearly all elements of a comprehensive…
The role of the EU ETS in increasing EU climate ambition
Assessment of policy options
At present, the EU is targeting to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, but this target falls short of meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement. A significant increase in the ambition of EU climate…
EU Environment and Climate Change Policies
State of play, current and future challenges
This study reviews the state of play of on environmental and climate legislation in the EU and pinpoints key challenges for the next five years. Part 1 of this study summarizes the status of EU legislation, major EU targets and…
Cost-efficiency of the EU Emissions Trading System: An Evaluation of the Second Trading Period
Cap and trade systems are considered to be one of the most cost-efficient options to achieve emission reduction targets. This paper extends the literature on the evaluation of emissions trading systems (ETS) by providing insights into…
Drivers and barriers of sustainability transformations
A comparison of the “Energiewende” and the attempted transformation to organic agriculture in Germany
This article compares the drivers and barriers of two sustainability transformations in Germany: the energy transformation (“Energiewende”) andt he attempted transformation towards organic agriculture which has, so far, been less…