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In the National Implementation Plan, Germany describes the measures taken to implement the obligations under the Stockholm Convention.

Mit dem Nationalen Umsetzungsplan beschreibt Deutschland die Maßnahmen, die zur Umsetzung der Verpflichtungen des Stockholmer Übereinkommens ergriffen wurden. Dies beinhaltet sowohl die rechtlichen Grundlagen auf nationaler und europäischer Ebene wie auch die getroffenen Maßnahmen.

Im Projekt wurde ein Konzept (genannt GERDA = GEobased Runoff, Erosion, and Drainage risk Assessment for Germany) entwickelt, dass der qualifizierten Abschätzung von Einträgen von Pflanzenschutzmitteln über Runoff und Drainage in Oberflächengewässer dient.

To enable the ISC3 a quick start in its substantive work, the customers (UBA/BMUB) have commis-sioned the drafting of three studies. The objective of this study was to identify to identify priority top-ics, i.e. technical solutions, concepts, business models etc., in the field of Sustainable Chemistry.

To allow the ISC3 a quick start to its substantive work, the clients (UBA/BMUB) have commissioned the drafting of three studies. The objective of this study was to create a knowledge base by mapping the most relevant initiatives/approaches in the field of sustainable chemistry.

Estimating the nitrogen immobilisation under steady state condition is a crucial part of the critical load calculation. This report contains the results of a literature review focusing on this topic and the description of a new method to estimate the nitrogen immobilisation.

Mit unserem Bedarf für Nahrungs- und Futtermittel und für die energetische und stoffliche Nutzung von Biomasse ist eine umfangreiche Flächennutzung im In- und Ausland verbunden. Die damit verbundenen Umweltwirkungen sind beträchtlich. Daher sollte diese Flächennutzung genauer erfasst werden.

Beyond area-based land footprint indicators, additional information is needed to assess the sustainability of land use. This report discusses extensions of area-based land footprints with meaningful impact-oriented indicators for the assessment of the effects of different consumption patterns on the ecosystems and sustainability of land use.

Footprint analysis reveals the appropriation of land resources from a consumer’s perspective. This report presents a novel hybrid land-flow accounting method for the calculation of land footprints, employing a globally consistent top-down approach and combining physical with environmental-economic accounting.

This report provides an in-depth review of the current state of the art in measuring land footprints. It identifies differences in available accounting methods and indicates their shortcomings. It offers options and gives clear recommendations for the further development of actual and virtual global biomass and land flow accounting methods.

With our demand for food, feed, energetic and material use of biomass extensive land use is associated, both at home and abroad. This entails considerable environmental effects. Therefore, land use should be measured more in detail. In this research project, area based land footprint indicators of biomass consumption were further developed and calculated based on global data sets.

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 (UNFCCC 2015).