Die Studie untersucht die globale Umweltinanspruchnahme des deutschen Maschinenbausektors inkl. der gesamten vorgelagerten Lieferkette. Dies umfasst Treibhausgasemissionen, Luftschadstoffe, Wasserverbrauch sowie den Einsatz von ausgewählten Rohstoffen. Die Quantifizierung der Umweltbelastungen...

Das Vorhaben hat ein konsistentes und grundsätzlich fortschreibbares Gesamtbild der Reiseverkehrsnachfrage und der klimawirksamen Emissionen des Reiseverkehrs in Deutschland geschaffen. Dabei stellen die Ergebnisse der jüngsten deutschlandweiten Befragung zur Alltagsmobilität "Mobilität in...

The report provides an overview of environmentally harmful subsidies in Germany and makes proposals for their reform or reduction. It focuses on subsidies that have a negative impact on the environmental goods climate, air, soil, water, biodiversity and landscape, as well as on health and the...

2015 was a watershed year for addressing global challenges. Under the umbrella of the United Nations, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction were adopted. Six years after their adoption,...

This report assesses options for the effective implementation of sustainable development impact assessment, in the context of climate change mitigation mechanisms such as those of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Existing carbon crediting programmes were analysed to draw insights on the best...

To date, processes to implement the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and international climate change mitigation and adaptation obligations are largely disconnected in most countries. This creates administrative overlaps, costs and hampers the development of effective problem...

The transport sector is the only sector in Germany where greenhouse gas emissions have remained virtually unchanged, and it is one of those areas of everyday life in which equal participation for all is often not guaranteed. In other words, the German transport system is in urgent need of...