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Publications

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Brochures

• A climate-neutral lifestyle: Consumers lead the way in climate protection
• Germany in the midst of climate change  Adaption is necessary
• Recycling stops grenhouse gases

Background, position and discussion papers

2011

• Climate Relevance of the Waste Management Sector
• Design of the post-2012 climate regime: Sectoral approaches for greenhouse gas mitigation - Discussion paper: Incentives for mitigation investments
• Geoengineering - effective climate protection or megalomania?

2010

• Copenhagen and beyond: reshuffling the cards - Discussion paper

2009

• CCS - Environmental protection framework for an emerging technology
• Concept for a Future Climate Policy - Plotting a New Course in 2009

2008

• Natural refrigerants – CO₂ air conditioning unit put to practical testing

2007

• Regional climate changes in Germany: Recent findings - WETTREG: A statistical regionalization model

Research reports

2012

• Determining the climate impact of the German government’s Integrated Energy and Climate Programme (IEKP) and proposing a plan to continuously monitor its climate impact – Summary)

2011

• Competitiveness and Linking of Emission Trading Systems
• Important aspects of sinks for linking emission trading systems
• Post2012 climate regime options for global GHG emission reduction. Analysis and evaluation of regime options and reduction potential for achieving the 2° degree target with respect to environmental effectiveness, costs and institutional aspects
• Quantifying emission reduction contributions by emerging economies

2010

• Analysis and evaluation of forest carbon projects and respective certification standards for the voluntary offset of greenhouse gas emissions
  • English-language summary PDF / 172 KB
  • complete version in German
• Analysis of the German market for voluntary carbon offsetting
  • English-language summary PDF / 55 KB
  • complete version in German
• Climate Protection Potential in the Waste Management Sector
• CO₂ Emissions Reduction in the Transport Sector in Germany. Possible measures and their reduction potential summary
• Copenhagen and beyond: reshuffling the cards - Discussion paper
• Establishment of an Indicator Concept for the German Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change
• Determination of limestone balance from statistical data of the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources – Emissions reporting in accordance with the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol (Category CRF 2.A.3)
• Environmental and economic effects of the Copenhagen pledges and more ambitious emission reduction targets
• Integration of Marine Transport into the European Emissions Trading System Environmental, economic and legal analysis of different options
• Options for utilizing the CDM for global emission reductions
• Post-2012 climate regime – How industrial and developing nations can help to reduce emissions – assessing emission trends, reduction potentials, incentive systems and negotiation options

2009

• Comparative Assessment of the Climate Relevance of Supermarket Refrigeration Systems and Equipment
• Cost-optimized Climate Stabilisation (OPTIKS)
• HFC-containing Propellants in Canned PU Foam (OCF); Estimation of the reduction potential of emissions from OCF with regard to a clarification of the provisions given in §9(1) of Regulation (EC) 842/2006; Climate Change 11/2009
• Linking CO₂ Emissions from International Shipping to the EU ETS
• Market Based Instruments for Abatement of Emissions from Shipping - A pilot project for the Baltic Sea
• Methodological design and institutional arrangements for auctions in the EU Emission Trading System (EU-ETS)
• National Inventory Report for the German Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 - 2007
• Projections of global emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases in 2050
• Role and Potential of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for Global Energy Supply
• Legal concepts to eliminate the bottleneck in energysaving modernisations for existing buildings summary

2008

• Emissions and removals from land-use, land use change and forestry activities in a post-Kyoto regime - quantitative analysis of a framework for reducing deforestation
• Energy prices and climate change - impact of high energy prices on the abatement of CO₂ emissions up to 2030 (executive summary, PDF / 109 KB
• Impacts of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on the industrial competitiveness in Germany
• Progress of German climate change policies until 2020 "Report of the German Government for the assessment of projected progress in accordance with the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol - reporting in compliance to article 3(2) EU Directive 280/2004"
• Proposals for contributions of emerging economies to the climate regime under the UNFCCC post 2012
• Workshop on "Climate Change and Environmental Issues in Transportation"

2007

• Climate protection in Germany: 40% reduction of CO₂ emissions by 2020 compared to 1990
• Greenhouse gas burden sharing within the European Union
• Kyoto Protocol: Analysis of Options for Further Development of Commitments for the Second Commitment Period, part "Sinks in the Second Commitment Period"
• Long-term prospects of CDM and JI
• Promoting Renewable Energy Technologies in Developing Countries through the Clean Development Mechanism

2006

• Assessment of technologies for CO₂ capture and storage summary

2005

• Climate Change in Germany - Vulnerability and Adaption of Climate sensitive Sectors
• Evolution of commitments under the UNFCCC: Involving newly industrialized economies and developing countries
• Options for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol

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