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The environmental influences of transport are many and diverse. They comprise not only the direct effects of the means of conveyance during operation. Transport infrastructure,  such as for example the road network, can also impair the environment substantially. read more

With the long awaited entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol on 16 February 2005 there is hope that the deadlock in international climate negotiations can be overcome. Still, the USA, as the largest emitter, has rejected emission reductions and developing countries will not act before industrialized countries (including the USA) have demonstrated substantial action. It is the general understan... read more

Within the framework of the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (DAS), the Federal government presents the 2023 (third) Monitoring Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change. This report describes the impacts of climate change on the basis of solid scientific data, at the same time as providing the public as well as decision-makers in all sectors of society wit... read more

This report summarizes the results of the project ‘CORINE Land Cover 2000 – Germany’, which was performed within the framework of the European-wide project CLC2000 and which generated up-to-date maps of land use and land cover and their changes within the last 10 years for Germany. It describes the project structure and organization, the underlying methodology and nomenclature, the processing ... read more

From 2025 onwards, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requires large European companies to provide transparency on their impacts on people and the environment. So far, the role of these new reporting rules in the work of environmental authorities has not been systematically analysed and discussed. This study examines the potential benefits and challenges for environmental ... read more

The speakers are presented in the order of their contribution to the conference. Conference facilitator: Minu HemmatiDr. Minu Hemmati is a clinical psychologist with a doctorate in ‘Organizational and Environmental Psychology´. She has been working as an independent advisor with governments; international agencies; NGOs, women’s networks; corporations; and research institutions since 1998. Min... read more

Im Projekt SimRess wurden die potentiellen Auswirkungen zukünftiger ressourcenpolitisch relevanter Entwicklungen und Strategien auf wichtige Umwelt- und Wirtschaftsindikatoren getestet. Mittels einer Trendanalyse wurden zunächst Entwicklungen identifiziert, die zukünftig positiv wie negativ Einfluss auf die Nutzung natürlich Ressourcen in Deutschland und global nehmen könnten. Diese Entwicklun... read more