Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Transport

Electric bikes get things rolling

The environmental impact of pedelecs and their potential

Common questions regarding pedelecs involve their potential for sustainable mobility, and, above all, their environmental impacts. This paper provides answers to these queries. A pedelec puts more stress on the environment than a conventional bicycle without an electric motor, but the relatively low environmental impact level of pedelecs is certainly offset when pedelecs are used in lieu of cars f...read more

Chemicals, Health

Environmental risk of veterinary medicines

A discussion paper on the proposal for a regulation of the european parliament and of the council on veterinary medicinal products.read more

Climate | Energy

Implications of Standardized CDM Baselines for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and their Use in National ‘Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV)‘-Systems

To support the development of CDM Standardized Baselines, the German Environmental Agency commissioned the Wuppertal Institute and GFA Consulting Group in 2012 to investigate implications of Standardised Baselines on least developed countries and their utilization in national MRV systems. A case study was conducted to make the case for the utilization of standardised baselines to promote rural ele...read more

Climate | Energy

Sectoral Targets as a Means to Reduce Global Carbon Emissions.

Final report of the UFO-Plan Project “Emissionsminderung in Industriestaaten und Entwicklungsländern – Kosten, Potenziale und ökologische Wirksamkeit”

This paper explores the effects of sectoral targets in international climate policy in a macroeconomic frame-work, their interaction with the EU emissions Trading System (EU ETS), and to which extent sectoral targets can address the concerns of competitiveness. We assume that a global binding agreement exists between the steel sector and governments. The steel sector seems particularly suited for...read more

Air

Inventory and effectiveness of measures to improve air quality

This report contains a description and analysis of 242 air quality plans (AQPs) and action plans published in Germany up to 30.11.2012. These plans offer an extensive overview of the current situation in Germany regarding air quality, different methodologies of assessment and proposed measures to improve air quality.read more

Chemicals

Integrative test strategy for the environmental assessment of nanomaterials

Currently there are no testing and assessment strategies for environmental fate and effects taking the specific properties and behaviour of engineered nanomaterials into account. Therefore, the project objective was to develop a strategy for the investigation of ecotoxicity and environmental fate that allows the consideration of nano-specific effects within the environmental risk assessment of nan...read more

Climate | Energy

Developing Sectoral Mechanisms in the Transition Period towards a New Climate Treaty

This study analyses how sectoral approaches are evolving in existing and future mitiga-tion mechanisms, and how they can help shaping the transition period to a new climate regime most effectively. The analysis is based on an evaluation of recent UNFCCC sub-missions, a desk review of the relevant literature and databases, as well as a set of semi-structured expert interviews. The desk review is co...read more