The new report to the CLUB OF ROME was presented to the public at a press conference in Berlin on 13 September. In addition to the authors, Federal Minister Dr Gerd Müller also spoke.
Read the whole article: www.globalmarshallplan.org/news/neuer-bericht-den-club-rome-berlin-vorgestellt
Research has identified neighbourhoods as an important level of action for climate protection. For this reason, the BMBF, BMU and Federal Ministries of Construction and Transport have funded several research projects on sustainable neighbourhoods, which are now being processed. The consensus of the research projects presented and the funding bodies is that "it is important to economically research neighbourhood concepts for a climate-friendly heat and power supply as well as an environmentally friendly mobility offer" and "to sensibly link the individual elements in the sense of a functioning sector coupling.
The focus articles of the issue "Ökologisches Wirtschaften 3/2019" show on the one hand the potentials of the neighbourhood approach for the implementation of climate protection measures, but also present best practice examples and discuss the feasibility in practice.
The selection criterion for the projects presented was, as is to be expected with the newsletter of the IOER - Institute for Ecological Economy, that members are involved in them. Overall, the contributions provide a good overview of the neighbourhood research projects currently underway in Germany.
Published 9/4/2019
Table of Contents
Editorial
Urban development in times of climate change
by Christopher Garthe
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Introduction to the main topic
Climate neutrality in urban quarters
by Elisa Dunkelberg, Swantje Gährs, Jan Knoefel, Julika Weiß
www.oekom.de/_files_media/zeitschriften/artikel/OEW_2019_03_14.pdf
Working together for broad implementation
Actors and their role in the energy transition in the neighbourhood
by Elisa Dunkelberg, Jan Knoefel, Julika Weiß
Case study Hamburg
Measures and instruments of urban heat planning
by Lubow Hesse
Traffic planning at district level
Mobility in climate-neutral urban districts - electric, multimodal and networked
by Uta Bauer, Thomas Stein, Victoria Langer
Technical concepts for climate neutrality
Heating, cooling and electricity in the quarter
by Volker Stockinger
QUARREE100 - An urban quarter undergoing an energy transformation
Researching, learning and implementing together
by Martin Eckhard, Torben Stührmann, Benedikt Meyer
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To the issue "Ökologisches Wirtschaften 3/2019 - Klimaneutralität in Stadtquartieren" at oekom-Verlag:
www.oekom.de/...klimaneutralitaet-in-stadtquartieren...
Keywords:
DE-News, Energy storage, Renewable, Research, Climate protection, Mobility, New books and studies, Quarters, Settlements
This is what the mayors of Mexico City, Paris, Athens and Madrid decided at the C40 meeting at a climate protection meeting of major international cities in Mexico City. They want to "do everything in their power to promote the use of electric and hybrid cars". In addition, more money is to be invested in the expansion of public transport and cycle paths.
Behind the meeting is the Group C40, short for Climate Leadership Group. In the beginning, there were 40 cities committed to climate protection - now there are more than 80. According to their own figures, they have a combined population of more than 600 million, i.e. almost one tenth of the world's population.
Source: Adiós diesel car! - DRadio Wissen (2.12.2016)
The taz publishes an interview on the topic with the mobility expert Paco Seguro (Chief coordinator of the Spanish environmental organisation Ecologistas en Acción) on 3.12.2016, in which it is explained how it should work: www.taz.de/Oekologe-ueber-dieselfreie-Innenstadt/!5359282
Keywords:
Stakeholders, Stock, Bike-/Velo-City, Renewable, Climate protection, Communities, Mobility, News Blog Europe (without DE), News Blog France, News Blog Greece, News Blog Spain, Quarters, SDG 2030, Settlements, Environmental policy, eMobility
In recent weeks, there has been much discussion about the disposal of old EPS-based insulation boards containing the flame retardant HBCD. The new Waste Catalogue Ordinance requires separate disposal. This goes beyond the corresponding EU regulation, which only requires HBCD to be removed from the material cycle. This would also be possible, as has been the case up to now, by incineration at high temperatures together with other waste. The obligation to provide special treatment resulted in bottlenecks at the landfills, which Federal states now react with special regulationswhich clarify how to proceed with the waste. Current waste from construction sites is not affected, and new ETICS based on EPS must no longer contain HBCD anyway.
Read the full post from 11/1/2016: www.enbausa.de/...rheinland-pfalz-raet-zur-daemmung-mit-erneuerbaren-5706.html
Keywords:
Stock, DE-News, News Blog RLP, Environmental policy
On Saturday, 14 September, the RENN.west campaign "Goals need action" was launched in Dortmund. It informs about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and mobilizes people for their implementation. Prominent supporters are the BVB, the multiple boxing world champion Wladimir Klitschko and the top model Elena Carrière.What has to happen when BVB, multiple boxing world champion Wladimir Klitschko and German top model Elena Carrière support a campaign together? Then it's crunch time! Translated: a time when really important things have to be done. Not tomorrow or next week, but now! Not by anyone, but by us - by you, by me, and worldwide!
"Goals need action" is the name of the campaign of the Regional Network Units for Sustainability Strategies (RENN.west), which calls for support for the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. By 2030, for example, poverty and hunger in the world must be significantly reduced. Equality must become an everyday reality and inequalities must be eliminated, the extinction of animals and plants and climate change must be stopped. The 17 SDGs call for big goals that can only be achieved through action!
The campaign launch took place on Saturday, 14 September at the cooperation partner BVB in Dortmund's SIGNAL IDUNA PARK at the Bundesliga match Borussia Dortmund vs. Bayer Leverkusen. Also present: Prof. Dr. Günther Bachmann, Secretary General of the German Council for Sustainable Development. In the following weeks, the campaign will be on display at various football stadiums in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, as well as at selected railway stations, on buses and trains. In addition, extensive, playful information material on the Sustainable Development Goals will be presented at various events. For this purpose, the regeneratively powered RENN.mobil from the StreetScooter company, exclusive electric mobility partner of the campaign, will be on the road until the end of December.
More information:
https://ziele-brauchen-taten.de/
About RENN.west: RENN.west is a network of sustainability actors in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It was founded in 2016 with the new edition of the German Sustainability Strategy together with three other networks (RENN.nord, RENN.süd, RENN.mitte). The aim of RENN is to further develop the political framework for sustainable development in Germany.
www.renn-netzwerk.de/west/
Keywords:
Blogs & Portals, DE-News, News Blog Hesse, News Blog NRW, News Blog RLP, News Blog Saarland, SDG 2030, Environmental policy
