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...

Das Forschungsvorhaben ”Evaluation and development of recommendations on the CDM EB’s Sustainable Development Tool including the sustainability requirements of other flexible mechanisms‛ hat zum Ziel, mögliche Unzulänglichkeiten des CDM SD Tools zu identifizieren, und strukturierte...

Colombia faces a number of challenges including growing electricity demand, increasing hydroelectric uncertainty as a result of changes in the el Niño weather phenomenon, and a growing need for social housing in metropolitan areas driven by accelerating urbanisation. At the same time, Colombia...

On 17th December 2008 the German Federal Cabinet adopted the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (DAS). This Strategy highlights areas likely to be affected by climate change or which already show evidence of impacts, as well as basic options for a possible approach and the...

Innovativ und wettbewerbsfähig – So präsentiert sich die deutsche Umwelt- und Klimaschutzwirtschaft im internationalen Vergleich. Deutschland war mit einem Welthandelsanteil von 15,4 Prozent auch 2009 Exportweltmeister bei Umwelt- und Klimaschutzgütern. Außerdem gehörte die Bundesrepublik...