This report analyses the interaction of the pilot Emissions Trading System (ETS) and the electricity market in Mexico. It does so along two main questions: a) How do ETS design features affect the environmental effectiveness of the system and the quality of the carbon price signal? b) How do...

This report analyses the influence of the design features of China’s pilot emissions trading systems (ETS) in the Province of Hubei and the Municipal City of Shenzhen and the development of the electricity markets on the quality of the carbon price signal. Based on publicly available data and...

As part of the general producer responsibility regulated by the German Circular Economy Act, there are special legal regulations for the collection and environmentally sound disposal of certain waste streams (e.g. for packaging, batteries, waste electrical and electronic equipment, end-of-life...

In addition to carbon dioxide, air traffic operation affects the climate through other emissions and atmospheric processes, such as the formation of ozone and contrail cirrus. The climate impact of these non-CO2 effects is strongly dependent on the emission location (in particular cruise...

"The fourth Factor X publication from the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), Sustainable Development and Resource Productivity: The Nexus Approaches explores the interdependencies of sustainable development paths and associated resource requirements, describing and analysing the...

This study aims to contribute to the further development of the Member States' reporting to the EU with regard to the National Energy and Climate Change Plans (NECPs), especially with regard to the national progress reports, the NECP updates and a possible revision of the Governance Regulation....

Klimaschutzpotenziale der Kreislaufwirtschaft sind in dieser Studie mittels Ökobilanzmethode der Abfallwirtschaft ganzheitlich ermittelt. Es ist die Gesamtheit der Emissionen aus der Abfallbehandlung umfasst sowie auch die Leistungen durch die Erzeugung von Sekundärrohstoffen und Energie und...

Klimaschutzpotenziale der Kreislaufwirtschaft sind in dieser Studie mittels Ökobilanzmethode der Abfallwirtschaft ganzheitlich ermittelt. Es ist die Gesamtheit der Emissionen aus der Abfallbehandlung umfasst sowie auch die Leistungen durch die Erzeugung von Sekundärrohstoffen und Energie und...