… of ICT products. It has a measurable impact on computer-hardware energy consumption and increasing requirements can make it necessary to replace computer hardware … This Guide on Green Public Procurement of Software presents a set of criteria and proposes methods for implementation of these criteria for public tenders. The criteria can be applied to both commercially available standard software and to commissioning the development of software. This document is …

… organic pollutant. Its use has been strictly restricted by the Stockholm Convention and EU POP Regulation. In the EU, the use of PFOS is still permitted for … PFOS-emissions into the environment, this project describes the characteristics and possible improvements of a closed loop system. Both non-fluorinated compounds and short-chain fluorinated compounds are discussed as substitutes for PFOS in the …

… The study analyses the country background, emissions trends, ongoing activities and barriers relating to the implementation of the Nationally Determined … the setting of right incentives for the upscaled deployment of renewables and emissions reductions in the transport sector. The planned increase in coal use – contrary to mitigation ambition in other fields – is assessed in relevance and perspective. Download Series Climate Change | 25/2017 Number of pages 77 Year of …

… The overall objective was to stimulate debate on the Common Heritage of Mankind and its benefit sharing element by discussing first ideas how the benefit sharing … 2 UNCLOS could be appropriately conceptualized in order to meet with the spirit and the requirements of the Common Heritage of Mankind principle. The participants … of the common heritage of mankind, in particular its benefit sharing provision and the option of a full economic assessment of deep seabed mining operations. …

… Germany Water Supply - Waste Water Disposal In Germany, ensuring water supply is a mandatory duty of the state. Responsibility lies with the municipalities, which can use a range of organisational and legal forms to comply with this duty. Applied to the abstracted water volumes … most important source of drinking water. In Germany, ensuring water supply is a mandatory duty of the state. Responsibility lies with the municipalities, which can …

… frame-work, their interaction with the EU emissions Trading System (EU ETS), and to which extent sectoral targets can address the concerns of competitiveness. We assume that a global binding agreement exists between the steel sector and governments. The steel sector seems particularly suited for a sectoral targets … approach be-cause it is relatively CO2-intensive (3-5% of global CO2-emissions) and also trade intensive (approximately 20% of the value of steel output is traded). …

… It shows how the proposed changes could affect wastewater treatment in Germany and highlights further refinement needs. In general, the proposal of the revised UWWTD is endorsed. The clear shift from basic wastewater collection and treatment to efficient wastewater management will have a positive influence on … receiving water bodies as well as the impact of climate change on both, our cities, and the environment. Download Series Scientific Opinion Paper Number of pages 13 …

… Chemicals, Soil | Land Risk management for plant protection products: Higher uncertainties by combining … The question is how the combination of several measures affects the overall risk and, in particular, the associated uncertainty. Various statistical methods have been used to quantify both the overall risk and its uncertainty, in particular the increase in power and the width of a 95% …

… potentials of mine sites OekoRess III 100 large mining sites for copper, iron ore and bauxite worldwide were examined for their environmental hazard potentials. An assessment method developed in the preceding projects OekoRess I and II was applied. The 100 environmental hazard profiles are presented in the form of an interactive map. The report describes the research process, summarises and discusses the research results, draws conclusions and makes recommendations for …