Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Water

Towards a standardised approach to Regional Enviromental Management Plans in the Area

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) aims to develop Regional Environmental Management Plans (REMPs) in marine regions where there is an interest in deep-sea mining. The REMPs will be a sectoral management tool and offer the opportunity to implement an ecosystem-based management approach. The presented study aims to contribute to this discussion by recommending a standardised approach for the...read more

Water

The benefit sharing regime of the International Seabed Authority

The member states of the International Seabed Authority are currently negotiating a comprehensive code for deep seabed mining in areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction. This study aims to take a holistic approach to the problems of equitably balancing the economic and financial benefits that may arise under the law of the sea. We present the legal requirements, analyse the issue of benef...read more

Water

Test mining in the Area: Legal, regulatory, environmental governance and scientific perspectives

The International Seabed Authority, ISA, controls the areas beyond national jurisdiction and its mineral deposits and has the obligation to effectively protect the marine environment from the potentially harmful effects of exploration and extraction activities. What is required is appropriate mining techniques and that tests are carried out to ensure that there will be no adverse effects. In the c...read more

Chemicals

Standardization of Methods on the Fate and Behavior of Nanomaterials in Environmental Media - Dissolution and Dissolution Rate

This report describes the scientific background, relevant preliminary considerations and experimental work performed for the development of a future OECD Test Guideline on determining solubility and dissolution rate of nanomaterials in aqueous environmental media. It gives insight into the derivation of the various test approaches considering relevant environmental conditions and the validation of...read more

Climate | Energy, Agriculture

Report on typical GHG emission values for the cultivation of agricultural raw materials for NUTS 2 regions or a more disaggregated level in Germany according to RED II

This report explains the calculation of the updated typical greenhouse gas emission values for the cultivation of agricultural raw materials for NUTS 2 regions in Germany and presents the results. The calculations for eleven energy crops are based on updated input variables consisting of standardized factors and comprehensive data sources such as yields, fertilizer consumption and diesel consumpti...read more

Climate | Energy

Solar Radiation Modification (SRM)

Concepts, Risks and Governance of intervention in the global climate system through solar geoengineering

Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) can neither conserve the current nor restore the pre-industrial climate. It would create an unpredictable new global climate with significant regional impacts. This brochure explains the risks of SRM for food security, justice and actual climate action. It explains the various SRM approaches and how they are supposed to work. It also describes the state of regula...read more

Waste | Resources

Optimisation potential with regard to the processing and recycling of waste oil

Evaluation of the collection categories with regard to their suitability for regeneration and the effects of changes in mobility and technology on the distribution and composition of the collection categories

On the one hand, the research project updated the calculation basis of the model used by the Federal Environment Agency to calculate waste oil flows, and on the other hand, analyses of waste oils were carried out to examine their reprocessability. Here, suitable waste oils from certain areas of application were identified only in individual cases for waste oils assigned to collection category 2 of...read more

Climate | Energy

Mitigating agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.

Status, potential and challenges

This report describes the current state of agriculture in the U.S. with regard to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions it produces and the climate and other socio-economic policies that it faces. We identify options that could reduce agricultural emissions and estimate the mitigation potential of those options. Finally, we identify barriers to adopting these mitigation strategies and some possible s...read more