of the outcomes of each of the six workshops that have
of the outcomes of each of the six workshops that have
higher emissions than their annual ESD targets in 2016 have
higher emissions than their annual ESD targets in 2016 have
identified during the previous evaluation study or have
identified during the previous evaluation study or have
acknowledgement that projects in the voluntary carbon market have
identified during the previous evaluation study or have
identified during the previous evaluation study or have
Tangible results are hard to find. Countries failed to agree on a clear roadmap for enhancing the ambition of climate targets in 2020 and delayed several important decisions, in particular rules for international carbon market mechanisms. In this blog, the Oeko-Institut team provides a viewpoint from inside the negotiations.
In this universe, countries have fundamentally divergent
Energy savings through modal shift and demand reduction (avoid) are key to decarbonising the transport sector. This is the aim of transport sufficiency policies. Some of them are already implemented and serve as best practice examples, and there are many planned and proposed policies, e.g., in the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) of EU Member States and in the literature on decarbonisation of the transport sector.
policies with many supporting factors often also have
The update of the CO2 emission standards for cars and vans for the post 2020 period is currently being negotiated. In this blog post, Peter Kasten gives an overview of the valid regulation up to 2020 and the Commission’s proposal.
These three legislative decisions will have a huge
From this, three general approaches have been identified
From this, three general approaches have been identified
Extending the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) on solid and gaseous biomass is being used to roll back sustainability requirements. This is the wrong path, say Dr. Klaus Hennenberg and colleagues, in their recent article in Nature Ecology and Evolution.
heating, and cooling “that Member States that either have
