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Achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement requires increased global climate action, especially reduced deforestation and restoration of forests to protect and rebuild ecosystems carbon stocks. Based on a sound analysis of existing multilateral cooperation the paper presents five recommendations to increase climate ambition of the G20 countries in the respective policy field: increasing stakeh... read more

Um die Klimaschutzziele im Verkehrssektor zu erreichen sind neben der Verkehrsvermeidung und Verlagerung auch der Einsatz von alternativen Antrieben und alternativen Kraftstoffen potentielle Optionen. In der Studie werden die verschiedenen Technologieoptionen für Personenkraftwagen, sowie leichte und schwere Nutzfahrzeuge analysiert und gegenübergestellt. In die Bilanzierung wird der komplette... read more

The following text elaborates on the necessities of a future sustainability and climate protection policy which goes beyond solution-finding due to the current crisis in Ukraine. In a first step, the interrelationships of the Ukraine crisis and global and national sustainability policies are analysed. Policy recommendations are developed on basis of the analysis in a second step. These recomme... read more

A broad consensus exists that carbon pricing is key for cost-effective emission reductions and that it must play a major role in driving the transition to a climate-neutral economy. However, despite significant progress in wider climate policy uptake in recent years, the vast majority of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remain unpriced. Making a success of carbon pricing in individual jurisdicti... read more

The Global Stocktake assesses the collective progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement every five years. The first Global Stocktake concluded in 2023 with a decision at COP28 on the way forward to increase action and support to effectively address climate change. read more

Im Promotionscluster „Nexus Ressourcenschonung und Klimaschutz“ wurden drei Promotionsvorhaben mit Mitteln des Ressortforschungsplans des Bundesumweltministeriums (BMUV) gefördert und durchgeführt. Die Promotionsvorhaben beinhalteten Themen wie z.B. Circular Economy und Design, Rohstoffe in erneuerbaren Energien und Dissipation von Funktionsmaterialien. Das Promotionscluster war an die Ressour... read more

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