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Seit vielen Jahren gehört Deutschland zusammen mit Japan und den USA zu den wichtigsten Anmeldern von Umwelttechnologie-Patenten, zuletzt mit einem Anteil von 13 Prozent der weltweiten Patentanmeldungen. Auch bei den Herausforderungen der Bekämpfung des Klimawandels kann Deutschland auf seine ausgeprägten Spezialisierungsvorteile bei Klimaschutztechnologien bauen. Ein Blick auf die längerfrist... read more

Carbon dioxide emissions decrease almost continuously. The reductions are in equal parts due to economic restructuring in the new Federal States followed by a decrease in lignite use, and the active climate protection policy of the Federal Government.   read more

Climate change is real, and the human population worldwide must adapt to its unavoidable consequences.  This is especially true in developing and newly-industrialising countries which, although they are particularly affected by climate change, are often least to blame for the problem. The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) is coordinating a project of adaptation to climate change in Brazil, which... read more

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The Paris Agreement combines collective goals with individual countries’ contributions. This hybrid approach does not guarantee that the individual contributions add up to what is required to meet the collective goals. The Paris Agreement therefore established the Global Stocktake. Its task is to “assess collective progress” towards achieving the long-term goals of the agreement as of 2023 and... read more

The mechanism, which protects against carbon leakage and thus against the relocation of industrial production outside Europe, will be limited to large import volumes of relevant basic materials produced outside the EU. Small importers in the basic materials sector will be exempt from the obligations as of January 1, 2026. read more

As a Party to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), since 1994 Germany has been obliged to prepare, publish and regularly update national emission inventories of greenhouse gases. Pursuant to Decision 24/CP.19, all Parties listed in ANNEX I of the UNFCCC are required to prepare and submit annual National Inventory Reports (NIRs) containing detailed and complete information o... read more