Based on a life-cycle sustainability assessment and the calculation of carbon abatement costs, we quantify the greenhouse-gas emission reductions and costs if green waste in the metropolitan region of Berlin, Germany, is diverted from composting into the production of hydrothermally carbonized...

Based on a life-cycle sustainability assessment and the calculation of carbon abatement costs, we quantify the greenhouse-gas emission reductions and costs if green waste in the metropolitan region of Berlin, Germany, is diverted from composting into the production of hydrothermally carbonized...

Die Corona-Krise stellt sich aus makroökonomischer Sicht als tiefe globale Rezession dar. Ein Konjunkturpaket ist erforderlich, um eine schnelle Überwindung des Wirtschaftseinbruchs zu ermöglichen. Aus klimapolitischer Sicht besteht die Gefahr, dass erstens konjunkturelle Maßnahmen bislang...

The effects of the climate crisis are worsening water shortages, not only in the Global South but also in Europe, for example in the Berlin-Brandenburg region. Due to inadequate pricing of surface and groundwater abstraction and a lack of regulatory instruments, water overuse is occurring in...