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Towards a Green Economy
Successfully shaping structual change
This publication presents key messages and recommendations for successfully shaping structural change towards a Green Economy. The publication results from the REFOPLAN-project „Ökologischer Strukturwandel“ (Ecological structural change,…
Ready to go? Technology Readiness and Life-cycle Emissions of Electric Road Systems
A discussion paper from the CollERS2 project
The present discussion paper is the result of an international collaboration on ERS research, the CollERS2 project. It summarizes key results of the first workshop with Swedish and German participants held in November 2021. This paper…
Current Situation and Ongoing Projects on Carbon Capture and Storage and Carbon Capture and Utilization in Germany and Japan
Contribution to the research project Scientific orientation of the German-Japanese cooperation on selected climate protection technologies within the framework of the German-Japanese climate protection declaration and the German-Japanese…
Analysis of the European Commission proposal for revising the EU LULUCF Regulation
Commissioned by Agora Energiewende
This paper addresses national and EU policymakers, experts and NGO-representatives looking for an interpretation of the European Commission’s (EC) proposal for a revised LULUCF Regulation and other suggestions for revisions currently…
Decomposition analysis of CO₂ emissions in the European cement sector
Identifying drivers of emission trends between 2005 and 2018
Based on a methodological approach developed by Branger und Quirion (2015), the authors analyse the drivers governing the development of CO2 emissions from cement production from 2005 to 2018 for the EU28 as a whole and selected EU…
Nature-based solutions and global climate protection
Assessment of their global mitigation potential and recommendations for international climate policy
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) build synergies between biodiversity conservation and societal challenges such as climate change. This paper derives a working definition of NbS based on an evaluation of existing definitions, in particular…
Primeval, natural and commercial forests in the context of biodiversity and climate protection - Part 2:
The narrative of the climate neutrality of wood as a resource
In the debate on climate protection and the promotion of renewable energies, the increased material and thermal use of wood as a supposedly climate-neutral building material and energy source is often promoted as necessary and sensible.…
Primeval, natural and commercial forests in the context biodiversity and climate protection - Part 1:
Functions for biodiversity and as carbon sinks and reservoirs
There are heated arguments about the use of forests in the debate about wood production, contributing to climate protection, and the obligation to protect the biodiversity of forest ecosystems. Climate protection arguments are also used…
ETC/CME Report 10/2021
Matching of power plants by fuel
The aim of this paper is to develop a dataset identifying power plants in Europe and their main fuel type from power plants that are reported under activity code 20 together with other combustion installations. Since ETS data is one of…
ETC/CME Report 9/2021
Trends and projections in the EU ETS in 2021. The EU Emissions Trading System in numbers.
This report provides an analysis of past, present and future emissions trends under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), based on the latest data and information available from the European Commission and Member States. It also…
Averaging or multi-year accounting? Environmental integrity implications for using international carbon markets in the context of single-year targets
Under the Paris Agreement, most countries have communicated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) with mitigation targets for a single year. Single-year targets present considerable challenges when countries use international carbon…
Energy Vulnerability and Energy Poverty: Experience and Approaches in the EU
Working Paper 9/2021
The energy transition represents both an opportunity and a challenge for the European Union (EU). Analysis shows that an absolute energy-related household expenses could rise until 2030 after which the share of energy-related expenses as…
Sustainability dimensions of imported hydrogen
Working Paper 8/2021
To achieve the climate neutrality target in Germany for 2045, large quantities of hydrogen will have to be imported from regions outside the EU. This report analyses the expected far-reaching and multi-layered impacts on importing…
Understanding the Transparency Guidance
Working Paper 7/2021
At the climate change conference in Glasgow in November 2021, the ‘guidance for operationalizing the modalities, procedures and guidelines for the enhanced transparency framework’ was adopted. This guidance, together with other decisions…
Sustainable consumption for biodiversity and ecosystem services
Current state and future requirements in information, communication and international cooperation
Prevailing consumption patterns are coupled to a rapid destruction of natural and near-natural ecosystems and the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Currently, a comprehensive overview of existing policy recommendations and…
Advancing multilateral cooperation on climate action
Ideas for new initiatives across four policy areas and how to use existing international venues as stepping stones
Multilateral initiatives and cooperation can be effective means to increase ambition and action to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. This synthesis report summarizes the proposals for new initiatives in four policy fields –…
Why are biobased and biodegradable plastic not part of the solution to reduce plastic waste?
Checking the facts!
This report has been prepared to provide simple assistance to CAP SEA partner organisations in their work. Science-based background knowledge on biobased and biodegradable plastic shall enable the partners to avoid regrettable…