Environmental impact assessments are an essential component of making decisions on transport infrastructure investments. Traditional procedures have proved ineffective for impacts that go beyond the scope of projects in isolation. Strategic environmental assessment has emerged in response, to...

Transport accounts for 23% of global carbon dioxide emissions and is one of the few industrial sectors where emissions are still growing. There is a pressing need for transport to begin reducing emissions to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The world is already committed to some degree of...

This report discusses the main results of a project on how to reduce air pollution from urban public transport in Kazakhstan, by providing an analysis for designing a green public investment programme in this sector. This sector represents an opportunity for Kazakhstan to address key objectives...

Ohne Sonnenenergie kein irdisches Leben – Klimaänderungen I natürlichen Ursprungs -- Ein bisschen Thermodynamik -- Energieeinheiten: Kilowatt ist nicht Kilowattstunde! -- Verbrennungsprozesse und ihre Folgen -- „Umpflügen der Erde“ der wachsenden Menschheit - Klimaänderung I --...

In economic, technical and political terms, the security of energy supply is of the utmost importance for Europe. Alongside competition and sustainability, supply security represents a cornerstone of the EU's energy policy, and in times of rising geopolitical conflict plays an increasingly...