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Temporary play streets, street sponsors, a cargo cycle festival or a “walking machine parade” are among the diverse actions promoting more sustainable mobility which cities, municipalities and nonmunicipal actors such as businesses, associations and schools registered in the competition. Fürstenfeldbruck, Karlsruhe, Kassel and Leipzig are winners of national prize for European Mobility Week. read more

Despite their separate administrative remits, cities and the urban hinterland are nevertheless closely linked and mutually dependent upon one another. A new strategy paper titled UMLANDSTADT umweltschonend shows how to link work and private life, recreation and mobility in cities and the surrounding areas, in order to increase the quality of life and to better protect the environment. read more

This section forms a summary of this report, “Long-term prospects of CDM and JI”. The report is based on a research project carried out by the Öko-Institut and ZEW for the Federal Environmental Agency in Germany. The project’s aim is the evaluation of the medium- and long-term potential of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI). Furthermore, cost reduction effects ... read more

Aviation affects the climate. Combustion of kerosene fuel results in carbon dioxide (CO2), but also other climate-impacting substances whose effects are referred to as "non-CO2 climate effects". What are these substances and how strong are their effects? How strong would the climate impact of air traffic be in the future if flying continues to grow as hitherto? How can the impact of air traffi... read more

Die Studie zum Umweltbewusstsein im Jahr 2022 zeigt, dass der Umwelt- und Klimaschutz weiterhin ein wichtiges Thema für die Bevölkerung ist – auch, wenn andere gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen gerade stärker im Vordergrund stehen.Als Schwerpunktthema behandelt die Studie den umwelt- und klimafreundlichen Umbau der deutschen Wirtschaft, welcher von einer deutlichen Mehrheit (91 Prozent) befü... read more

Wie innovativ ist die deutsche Umweltwirtschaft? Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Forschung und Innovation einen hohen Stellenwert in Deutschland haben. Mit 14,3 Prozent der weltweiten Patentanmeldungen für Umweltschutztechnologien gehörte die Bundesrepublik zusammen mit Japan und den USA zu den drei wichtigsten Patentanmeldern. Im Zuge der Energiewende ist es gelungen, die technischen Innovationen... 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. In February 2005, the Kyoto Protocol entered into force. As a result, for the first time ever the international community of nations is required to implement binding action objectives and instrumen... read more