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This document fulfils RECIPES delivery 2.4.2, the inter-case study analysis and delivery 2.4.3, identification of issues cutting across multiple case studies.

This synthesis report presents the results of the workshop “Models for the European Energy Transition: Your Questions, Your Needs!”, held on the 1st of October 2020.

In this report, we identify the needs of the energy model users and the users of energy model results in policy, industry, civil society, and science, both in the present and future.

Our report is to be understood as a first step towards a deeper understanding of social tipping points and as a suggestion for indicators to be used in empirical case study analysis.

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time.

Achieving the EU’s commitment under the Paris Agreement, the Energy Union Strategy, and the European Green Deal, requires a significant transformation of current energy systems.

Mit ihrer Stellungnahme zum Corona-Konjunkturpaket nimmt die im letzten Jahr gegründete Wissenschaftsplattform Klimaschutz eine erste klimapolitische Bewertung der Konjunkturpolitik in der Corona-Krise vor.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has completely changed the European Union’s internal geopolitical landscape, including in the energy domain.

Monetary union has been a centerpiece of the European integration project.

Some climate engineering technologies are being developed to remove CO2 from the atmosphere (carbon dioxide removal, CDR), which is expected to contribute to reducing and preventing climate change.

Die arktische Umwelt ist vielen Einflüssen ausgesetzt, die ihren Fortbestand bedrohen: Der Klimawandel und seine Folgen stellen bereits jetzt viele Ökosysteme vor große Herausforderungen.

Early warning systems (EWSs) have been effective in reducing loss of life and injury associated with extreme weather events, but it is less clear what influence they have on other household decisions.

This document describes the data underlying the modelling works for Deliverable 8.2 Market uptake of concentrating solar power in Europe: model-based analysis of drivers and policy trade-offs (Resch et al., 2020).

We conducted a model-based analysis evaluating the role of CSP in the EU electricity system up to 2050.

This issue mapping report presents the results of the desk study. It starts out by giving an overview on the current state of research and already-identified future research needs on the knowledge of SDG interaction (trade-offs and synergies).

This paper makes the case for integrated ecosystem-based management, which combines value creation and the safeguarding of ecosystem health.

In line with its commitments to lower carbon emissions under the Paris Agreement and its own 2030 Climate & Energy Framework, the European Union (EU) has committed to increase the share of renewable energy use-around 15% in 2018-to be at least

This report provides guidance to decision makers in all types of public and private organizations involved in the planning and development of CCU.

Die Corona-Krise stellt das Gesundheitssystem auf eine nie dagewesene Belastungsprobe: Ein ungebremster Anstieg der Anzahl der Infektionen würde vor allem Krankenhäuser an ihre Kapazitätsgrenzen bringen.

This report presents 100 research questions that have been identified by scientific experts as key priorities for Social Science and Humanities (SSH) research on renewables, in order to inform and support EU-funded research and innovation leading

Wird Deutschland bis zum Jahr 2050 klimaneutral oder nicht doch eher treibhausgasneutral beziehungsweise CO2-neutral sein? Eines ist klar: Wir wollen den Klimawandel stoppen, haben uns dafür ein Ziel gesetzt und wollen es bis 2050 erreicht haben.

Some scholars have labeled the financial structures that faced a run during the 2007-9 Financial Crisis as ‘shadow banking system’ and have connected it to the emergence of new monetary instruments.

This is a write-up of an expert workshop held in November 2019 jointly organised by the IASS and UBA.

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) offers flexible and decarbonised power generation and is - as a solar power-based balancing opportunity – able to contribute to the transition towards sustainable and stable future electricity systems.

Methan ist ein besonders wirksames Treibhausgas sowie ein Vorläufer von bodennahem Ozon, einem Schadstoff, der die menschliche Gesundheit und Ökosysteme belastet.

This worked example is part of a series of examples that are designed to provide practical guidance to the application of the Techno-Economic Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment Guidelines for CO2 Utilization.

This worked example is part of a series of examples that are designed to provide practical guidance to the application of the Techno-Economic Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment Guidelines for CO2 Utilization.

This worked example is part of a series of examples that are designed to provide practical guidance to the application of the Techno-Economic Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment Guidelines for CO2 Utilization.

Der Bericht stellt die Resultate einer multikriteriellen Bewertung verschiedener Szenarien eines Kohleausstiegs in Deutschland vor.

The report is confidential and only available for the Chinese government.

In 2017, at the UN Ocean Conference in New York and the Our Ocean Conference in Malta, Germany and the European Union announced their support for establishing a "cross-sectoral and cross-bound-ary multi-stakeholder platform for regional ocean gove

This document fulfils RECIPES delivery 2.1, the literature research for the multi-case study analysis, and covers the theoretical component of criteria for multi-case study analysis.

The overall aim of WP2 is to understand both the actual and possible application of the precautionary principle in eight different cases, and explain potential commonalities and differences in the application of the precautionary principle in the

Der Abschlussbericht stellt die Ergebnisse der mehrjährigen Arbeit im Wärme-Schwerpunkt des ENavi-Projektes vor.

Dieser Bericht ist ein Ergebnis des Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprojektes "Ökologische Leitplanken für den Tiefseebergbau", Oktober 2015 bis Dezember 2017, in Auftrag gegeben durch das Umweltbundesamt, UBA.

The open ocean hosts an inconceivable wealth of marine life. Most of it remains unseen and unknown.

In a decarbonised future electricity system, Europe will rely on fluctuating renewable sources, such as solar PV and wind power, to a much larger extent than today.

An der STADTRADELN-Kampagne haben 2018 hauptsächlich Personen teilgenommen, die in ihrem Alltag regelmäßig mit dem Fahrrad fahren (91 %).

Arctic stakeholders are faced with uncertainty as to the future development of social, political, economic, and environmental conditions, not least due to the ongoing transformations inflicted by climate change.

Die Studie stellt verschiedene Visionen der Energiewende dar. Fokuspunkte sind dabei Technologieentscheidungen und die damit einhergehenden gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen in den Sektoren Strom, Wärme und Verkehr.

The Digital Revolution, including technologies such as virtual and augmented reality, additive manufacturing or 3D-printing, (general purpose) artificial intelligence, or the Internet of Things, has entered the public discourse in many countries.

This report presents the results of the third and the last workshop in the series “Yamal 2040” organised within Blue-Action work package WP5 “Delivering and valuing climate and information services”.

This study was initiated by the European Commission Directorate-General for Climate Action, and attributed to a team of experts from Ramboll, the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Universität Kassel Center for Environmental Systems Re

Die Studie Bundesrepublik 3.0 leistet einen Beitrag zur Vitalisierung der parlamentarisch-repräsentativen Demokratie, indem sie ein innovatives Konzept für Partizipation auf Bundesebene entwirft.

This report explores what a just and fair transition looks like in the four country cases of Germany, Poland, South Africa and Indonesia.

Der vorliegende Bericht reflektiert die Präsentationen und Diskussionen der Teilnehmer des internationalen Experten-Workshops „A benefit sharing mechanism appropriate for the Common Heritage of Mankind“.

Chile, with less than 18 million inhabitants, is becoming a strategic actor in the world energy transition thanks to its Northern Atacama Desert that contains great mineral wealth, mainly copper and lithium, and the country’s huge potential for re

This report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) explores the prospects for renewables to enhance national economies and strengthen the SEE energy mix.

The report highlights the fact that many of the world’s most pressing problems are also incredibly complex — including climate change, environmental pollution, economic crises and the digital transformation of societies.

In diesem Bericht wird die Transformation des Stromsystems als zentrale Stellschraube zur Erreichung der Klimaziele analysiert. Dabei wird die Dekarbonisierung, insbesondere der Ausstieg aus der Kohleverstromung, in den Fokus gerückt.

Against the backdrop of natural hazards and disaster risks, the Sendai Framework articulates the need for improved understanding of disaster risk in all its dimensions of exposure, vulnerability and hazard characteristics as well as the strengthen

On April 10th and 11th of 2019, a group of about 100 academics, industry experts, government officials, policymakers, and nonprofit representatives gathered at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to participate in a workshop focused on topics

While Marchetti (1977) was the first to propose using ocean density currents to transport and store anthropogenic carbon dioxide in the deep ocean, “marine geoengineering” first came to widespread public attention in 1990 when global headlines ann

Die vier Kopernikus-Projekte zur Erforschung der Energiewende werden vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) gefördert und sind Ende 2016 angelaufen.

The series of the Yamal 2040 Scenario Workshops is a part of the international research project “BlueAction – Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate” funded through the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme.

Der Bericht stellt Zwischenergebnisse des Forschungsprojektes Energiewende-Navigationssystem (ENavi) für politische Szenarien eines deutschen Kohleausstieges vor.

Climate change is one of the largest challenges of our time. One of the major causes of anthropogenic climate change, carbon dioxide, also leads to ocean acidification.

Dieser Bericht stellt einen multikriteriellen Ansatz zur Bewertung von Energiewende-Politik vor. Der Bewertungsansatz wurde im Rahmen des Kopernikus-Projekts „Energiewende-Navigationssystem“ (ENavi) im Arbeitspaket „Bewertung“ (AP11) entwickelt.

This report discusses the use of country systems by Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), focusing on social and environmental systems.

This report explores the potential implications which two groups of experimental technologies aimed at managing global climate risk, known as Carbon Removal and Solar Geoengineering, could have for delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (

This study provides a critical appraisal of intermediaries in demand-driven workforce development.

Germany is internationally renowned for its Energiewende. The country has been an early adopter of new renewable energy technologies such as wind and solar, which are now fundamentally transforming its electricity system.

What are the main challenges of capacity development in the marine context, and what are possible approaches to meet them?

As Oxfam International progresses to its 2020 goal of establishing a Worldwide Influencing Network, it has prioritized developing an evidence base to inform future programme strategies.

The Science Advice for Policy by European Academies (SAPEA) consortium and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) organised a joint workshop on risk perception and the acceptability of human exposure to pesticides on 20 Decemb

The sea below 200 meters depth accounts for 95% of the volume of the ocean, making it the largest habitat for life on Earth.

The transformation of the Arctic due to climate change has wide-ranging impacts on the region’s people and ecosystems, not least because of the increasing accessibility of a more and more open Arctic Ocean.

Climate change is becoming an existential threat with warming in excess of 2°C within the next three decades and 4°C to 6°C within the next several decades.

This brochure presents the most important facts and figures on the IASS as well as a selection of journal articles and publications from the IASS Series from 2014 to 2016.

In dieser Broschüre finden Sie die wichtigsten Zahlen und Fakten zum IASS auf einen Blick. Außerdem eine Auswahl an Zeitschriftenartikeln und Publikationen der Schriftenreihe aus den Jahren 2014 bis 2016.

In diesem Jahr widmete sich das „World Forum for Democracy“ (8. -10. November 2017) der Frage „Ist Populismus ein Problem?“ Diskutiert wurde die Rolle politischer Parteien und Medien im Kontext des aufsteigenden Populismus. Am 07.

This white paper resulted from a risk dialogue project with climate scientists and experts on the subject of climate engineering – conducted by the neutral and independent Risk-Dialogue Foundation St. Gallen between April 2016 and March 2017.

This report follows up on earlier ETC work on observed air pollution trends in Europe.

This report aims to start a conversation on how these priorities can be achieved, focusingparticularly on the potential of Industry 4.0 to help achieve the UN Sustainable DevelopmentGoals (SDGs) related to affordable and clean energy (SDG 7), indu

An der Schnittstelle zwischen Energiewende und deutscher Außenpolitik entsteht ein neues Politikfeld: die Energiewende-Außenpolitik. Viele sowohl staatliche als auch nichtstaatliche Akteure arbeiten daran mit.

How risks are regulated can affect domestic outcomes, such as the benefits and costs of protecting consumers, health and environment, and it can also foster or limit opportunities for international trade.

Partnering for a Sustainable Ocean: The Role of Regional Ocean Governance in ImplementingSDG14 highlights the major role that regional ocean governance can play in theimplementation of SDG14.

Tenders are a fast spreading instrument for the expansion of renewable energies. However, there is aneed for current analysis of experiences and results as in many countries tenders were introducedonly few years ago.

The anticipated growth of urban population will require immense development of housing and other accompanying infrastructures.

In dieser Arbeit wird der Einfluss von sogenanntem stratosphärischen Geoengineering auf die Ozonschicht der Stratosphäre mit globalen Zirkulationsmodellen untersucht.

The present report includes two parts. The first part is a literature review that covers specificdimensions of knowledge about Green Business Models (GBMs) in respect of conceptualdefinitions and the assessment of GBMs.