In December 2015 Parties adopted the Paris Agreement at the 21st session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In its Article 2 governments agreed to limit global warming to “well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” and to pursue to limit it to 1.5°C...

Energy and transport poverty and vulnerability are a central building block in the debate around many energy and climate policy issues and have gained firm hold in EU directives, regulations and documents. National governments need to establish indicators for both energy and transport poverty...

The generation of electricity and heat is the largest single activity covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). Due to the interconnectedness, the difference in the emission intensity of the different fuels and their configuration in a competitive marginal cost pricing market, power...

Iron and steelmaking is the industrial sector with the highest absolute CO2 emissions covered by the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). This report aims to describe key developments of the sector in the period from 2005 to 2019. It identifies key drivers behind the trends in...

Um die globale Erwärmung durch den anthropogenen Klimawandel zu begrenzen, wurden Ziele zur Reduktion von Treibhausgasen auf internationaler, europäischer und deutscher Ebene (ebenso wie auf regionalen Ebenen) definiert. Die Zusammenhänge der verschiedenen Treibhausgasziele und de-ren...

The international community is negotiating a new global climate agreement to be applicable from 2020 onwards. Parties aim at signing the agreement in December 2015, at the Conference of Parties (COP) in Paris. Until then, countries are already preparing proposals for their individual...

Um das große Potenzial von Dachflächen für den Ausbau Erneuerbarer Energien zu nutzen, empfehlen die Autoren die Einführung einer Pflicht zur Installation und zum Betrieb neuer Photovoltaikanlagen bei Neubauten und Dachsanierungen. In Kombination mit einem Verpachtungskataster kann...

Air transport is a sector with particularly dynamic emissions growth. The European Union has led the way in climate protection and included aviation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in 2012. To support the international process for a global market-based measure to limit...

Untersucht wurden die Treibhausgasemissionen für Deutschland auf der Basis von Modellanalysen für im Detail spezifizierte energie- und klimapolitische Instrumente. Im Mit-Maßnahmen-Szenario (MMS) werden alle Maßnahmen berücksichtigt, die bis zum 31.08.2014 ergriffen worden sind. Im...

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...