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Urban market approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

Recommendations for practical implementation

This report develops concrete structures for the use of urban carbon market approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement for Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Kampala (Uganda). It takes into account both ongoing and planned emission reduction measures so that the results can be used effectively. In addition to a status quo analysis of the emissions profiles of Addis Ababa and Kampala, the existing a...read more

Wirtschaft | Konsum

How to do Ecodesign

Practical Guide for Ecodesign – Including a Toolbox

With the new edition of this publication, we would like to respond to questions about ecological product design and life cycle thinking. It is directed towards everyone interested in contemporary design that has an eye on both design and environmental protection. This book fits well in our efforts to develop supportive and competence-building practical information that can serve as a guide and off...read more

Chemicals, Economy | Consumption, Health

Toxicological basic data for the derivation of EULCI values for five substances or substance groups

The subject of this project was the preparation of substance reports for five substances or substance groups relevant for building products emissions. For these substances, the toxicological data basis were researched, compiled and evaluated, and EU-LCI values were proposed. The EU-LCI values allow the harmonisation of the health assessment of building products emissions throughout Europe. The EU-...read more

Air

Review of internationally proposed critical levels for ammonia

Proceedings of an Expert Workshop held in Dessau and online on 28/29 March 2022

More than ten years after the recommendation of the updated CLRTAP critical levels for ammonia, new findings on the effects of ammonia on vegetation have been discussed in a workshop in Dessau Scientists dealing with research on effects of ammonia on vegetation and ecosystems and those involved in the monitoring of ammonia in the environment were asked to present their recent research. In total 19...read more

Climate | Energy

Tackling the climate and biodiversity crises in Europe through Urban Greening Plans

Recommendations for avoiding the implementation gap

To systematically bring nature back to cities, the EU Biodiversity Strategy calls upon cities with over 20,000 inhabitants to develop Urban Greening Plans (UGP). Nature based solutions (NbS) are at the centre of UGPs, addressing climate resilient infrastructures and biodiversity in cities together. They should agree with existing planning instruments. This paper points towards the need for enablin...read more

Water

Environmental Impacts of Discharge Water from Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems on Ships

Final report of the project ImpEx

Scrubbers, exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) on seagoing vessels, are installed on about 25% of the world's merchant fleet and scrub sulphur from the exhaust gas. However, they discharge polluted discharge water into the marine environment. In the ImpEx project, discharge water samples were taken from ships and analysed in the laboratory for their harmful effects on the environment. The results...read more

Climate | Energy

Greenhouse gas emission distributions

Informing the Global Stocktake (2021-2023)

The Global Stocktake, a key component of the Paris Agreement’s ratchet mechanism, assesses global progress every five years with the goal of informing countries’ NDC updates. The analysis demonstrates how global progress across a range of sectoral emission indicators can be assessed using performance distributions to allow for a detailed and nuanced analysis without singling out individual countri...read more

Climate | Energy

Options for the political phase of the Global Stocktake

The discussion paper explores several options for the political phase of the first global stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement, which will be concluded at the end of 2023. This phase could be organised by thematic area as defined by the GST or structured by sector. Organising the political phase by thematic area possibly facilitates high-level participation and visibility, while organising th...read more