Assessment of grassland as biogas feedstock in terms of production costs and greenhouse gas emissions in exemplary federal states of Germany

2017 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 44-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Auburger ◽  
Eckart Petig ◽  
Enno Bahrs
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Federal States

Die Klimaschutzgesetze der Bundesländer

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Schnittker
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Climate Protection ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Federal States ◽  
Protection Legislation

The federal states are among the pioneers in German climate protection legislation. Even before the Federal Climate Protection Act, various Länder, in particular North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg, have enshrined targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in law. In addition, they have adapted their planning laws to help implement climate protection-relevant projects in spatial planning. The author compares various state climate protection laws and examines their constitutionality in particular. Following on from this, the legal effects of the laws are explained in the context of constitutional and federal law.

scholarly journals Climate Change

2020 ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Stefanos Nastis
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Late 19Th Century ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Future Projections ◽  
Soil And Water

The global temperature rise, of approximately 0.9 degrees Celsius since the late 19th century, due mostly to greenhouse gas emissions, and its future projections of further climate alterations, is commonly known as climate change. Preventing climate change is a key priority of the EU, as well as of other nations. Europe has set specific targets on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in most sectors, including agriculture, and is monitoring Member-States’ progress towards these targets. Precision agriculture, through improved fertilizer, soil and water management can significantly reduce climate change greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining, or even increasing, crop yields and reducing production costs, ensuring sustainability of agricultural systems.

scholarly journals Decision Support System for Selecting Sustainable Alternatives to Conventional Jet Fuel: Impact of Emissions, Production Costs and Carbon Pricing

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Suresh Chandran ◽  
Murugan Anandarajan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Support System ◽  
Jet Fuel ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Fuel Burn ◽  
Carbon Prices

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June 2015, took a step toward regulating carbon emissions from airlines, following an assessment that airlines contribute to climate change. On July 25, 2016, the final endangerment finding (Note 1) under section 231(a) (2) (A) of the Clean Air Act for aviation emissions was issued by the EPA. The European Union had issued a similar finding previously and had proposed implementing an emission trading scheme in which the airlines would be required to participate in a cap and trade scheme for emissions from jet fuel. Traditional jet fuel is derived from petroleum, whose price is volatile and depends on geopolitical stability. Fuel burn is a significant cost for airlines and affects their profitability and value. Fuel burn is also a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. An investigation of alternatives to jet fuel and switching from conventional jet fuel based on varying emission profiles, production costs and varying carbon prices is therefore timely. We use a simple decision support system to examine the link between the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of a range of fuels, economic costs of production and varying carbon prices. This analysis should be of interest to regulators, traders, risk managers and executives in the airline industry as well as practitioners of sustainability management.

Low-Carbon Russia: Prospects after the Crisis

2009 ◽  
pp. 107-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Bashmakov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Potential Energy ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Scenario Approach

On the eve of the worldwide negotiations of a new climate agreement in December 2009 in Copenhagen it is important to clearly understand what Russia can do to mitigate energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in the medium (until 2020) and in the long term (until 2050). The paper investigates this issue using modeling tools and scenario approach. It concludes that transition to the "Low-Carbon Russia" scenarios must be accomplished in 2020—2030 or sooner, not only to mitigate emissions, but to block potential energy shortages and its costliness which can hinder economic growth.

Ecological specificities of the interaction between animal breeding and climate changes, caused by greenhouse gas emissions

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-72
Author(s):  
O. Zhukorsky ◽  
O. Nykyforuk ◽  
N. Boltyk
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Animal Breeding ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Emissions Inventory ◽  
Theoretical Substantiation ◽  
Global Problems

Aim. Proper development of animal breeding in the conditions of current global problems and the decrease of anthropogenic burden on environment due to greenhouse gas emissions, caused by animal breeding activity, require the study of interaction processes between animal breeding and external climatic conditions. Methods. The theoretical substantiation of the problem was performed based on scientifi c literature, statistical informa- tion of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the data of the National greenhouse gas emissions inventory in Ukraine. Theoretically possible emissions of greenhouse gases into atmosphere due to animal breeding in Ukraine and specifi c farms are calculated by the international methods using the statistical infor- mation about animal breeding in Ukraine and the economic-technological information of the activity of the investigated farms. Results. The interaction between the animal breeding production and weather-and-climate conditions of environment was analyzed. Possible vectors of activity for the industry, which promote global warming and negative processes, related to it, were determined. The main factors, affecting the formation of greenhouse gases from the activity of enterprises, aimed at animal breeding production, were characterized. Literature data, statistical data and calculations were used to analyze the role of animal breeding in the green- house gas emissions in global and national framework as well as at the level of specifi c farms with the consid- eration of individual specifi cities of these farms. Conclusions. Current global problems require clear balance between constant development of sustainable animal breeding and the decrease of the carbon footprint due to the activity of animal breeding.

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