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Nitrate pollution of groundwater long exceeding trigger value: Fertilization practices require more transparency and oversight
Sundermann, Greta; Wägner, Nicole; Cullmann, Astrid; … - In: DIW Weekly Report 10 (2020) 8/9, pp. 61-72
For many years now, nitrate concentrations have exceeded the trigger value of 50 milligrams per liter at nearly one-fifth of the groundwater sampling sites in Germany. Apart from impairing the ecosystem by, for example, causing eutrophication of water bodies, nitrate-polluted drinking water also...
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From historical responsibility to carbon neutrality: A country classification
Ansari, Dawud; Brahim, Wassim; Holz, Franziska; … - In: DIW Weekly Report 12 (2022) 47/48, pp. 296-303
The COP27 (United Nations Climate Change Conference) in November 2022 once again highlighted the fact that countries are starting from different positions when it comes to emissions and climate policy. This Weekly Report classifies countries into representative profiles based on their past,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471426
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Water resources in Germany: Increasingly polluted and regionally overused
Cullmann, Astrid; Sundermann, Greta; Wägner, Nicole; … - In: DIW Weekly Report 12 (2022) 49/50, pp. 307-315
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471427
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From historical responsibility to carbon neutrality : a country classification
Ansari, Dawud; Brahim, Wassim; Holz, Franziska; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 12 (2022) 47/48, pp. 296-303
The COP27 (United Nations Climate Change Conference) in November 2022 once again highlighted the fact that countries are starting from different positions when it comes to emissions and climate policy. This Weekly Report classifies countries into representative profiles based on their past,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471200
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Water resources in Germany : increasingly polluted and regionally overused
Cullmann, Astrid; Sundermann, Greta; Wägner, Nicole; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 12 (2022) 49/50, pp. 307-315
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471206
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Nitrate pollution of groundwater long exceeding trigger value : fertilization practices require more transparency and oversight
Sundermann, Greta; Wägner, Nicole; Cullmann, Astrid; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 8/9, pp. 61-72
For many years now, nitrate concentrations have exceeded the trigger value of 50 milligrams per liter at nearly one-fifth of the groundwater sampling sites in Germany. Apart from impairing the ecosystem by, for example, causing eutrophication of water bodies, nitrate-polluted drinking water also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175779
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Regulierung und Investitionen in der leitungsgebundenen Energieversorgung
Cullmann, Astrid; Nieswand, Maria - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015
Seit Anfang 2009 unterliegt die leitungsgebundene Energieversorgung in Deutschland der Anreizregulierung, durch die ein effizienter Betrieb von Strom und Gasnetzen sichergestellt werden soll. Unklar ist allerdings, inwieweit die Anreizregulierung sich auf Investitionen in Ersatz und Ausbau der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145490