Dr. Mirjam Pfeiffer

Recent projects

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• Germany

  Update Climate-neutral Germany 2045

  10/30/2023

  In this project, the "Climate-neutral Germany 2045" scenario from 2021 will be updated. It will also focus more strongly on specific policy instruments for achieving the climate targets. The core of the study is a scenario that shows how Germany can achieve its climate targets by 2030 and become g

• Biodiversity

  Scenario-based analysis of GHG reduction and sink potentials for natural climate protection in the LULUCF sector and identification of synergies with biodiversity and other environmental goals

  06/01/2023

  The aim of the project is to investigate the solution space for the implementation of climate protection goals in the LULUCF sector in terms of natural climate protection. Special focus is placed on the topics of forest, peatland and soil climate protection, taking into account synergies with biod

• Biodiversity

  Financial incentives for additional climate protection and biodiversity services in forests - forests with high structural diversity and biodiversity

  01/01/2023

  The German government implements an incentive system for additional climate protection and biodiversity services in forests, which has a modular structure. The project develops recommendations on the design of the financial incentive system for additional climate protection and biodiversity ser

• Biodiversity

  Potentials of afforestation and forest restoration from a nature conservation perspective

  10/01/2022

  Against the backdrop of the German government's climate protection targets until 2045, increasing the proportion of forests is increasingly being discussed as a political goal due to the climate protection performance of forests. However, it is not clear to what extent this should be achieved

• Carbon pricing

  GHG Projections: Further development of the methodologies and implementation of the European Governance Regulation and the Federal Climate Change Act in the 2023 Projection Report ("Policy Scenarios XI")

  07/01/2022

  Within the framework of the international and European climate protection regime, projections for greenhouse gas emissions must be submitted every two years by the participating countries or member states, which comply with a specified reporting format. The aim of the project is to support th

• Biodiversity

  Consolidating Systemic Monitoring and Modelling of the Bioeconomy

  01/01/2022

  SYMOBIO lays the scientific basics for systemic monitoring and modelling of the German bioeconomy with respect to sustainability aspects, also on an international level. The development of the monitoring system goes in line with the goals of the Agenda 2030 and is framed by a bioeconomy syste

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  CCQI scores for IFM projects point to substantial integrity risks

  Blog 03/25/2024

  The Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI) has released new scores for the integrity risks of carbon credits from improved forest management (IFM) projects. We find that unrealistic baselines and underestimated leakage are likely to lead to significant overestimation of emission reductions or removals under all assessed methodologies. The likelihood of additionality depends strongly on the forest management practices that are implemented. The sustainable development benefits are more limited compared to most other project types.

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  Alternative reactor concepts do not solve the repository problem

  Press releases 03/21/2024

  A new scientific study commissioned by the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) indicates that the market launch of alternative reactor concepts (also known as "Generation IV") is currently not on the horizon. "Despite some intensive advertising by manufacturers, we currently see no development that would make the construction of alternative reactor types on a large scale likely in the coming years. On the contrary: "From a safety perspective, we should expect the potential advantages of these reactor concepts to be outweighed by the disadvantages and the questions that remain unresolved," says BASE President Christian Kühn, and emphasises that "The concepts solve neither the need to find a repository for radioactive waste nor the pressing issues of climate protection."