Emissions of sulphur oxides and ozone-forming pollutants fall significantly The EU air pollutant emission inventory report compiled by the European Environment Agency shows that the EU-27 has cut sulphur oxides (SOx) emissions by 78 % since 1990. The emissions of three ozone precursors — CO, NMVOCs and NOx — also continued the downward trend. © Foto: Laurin Rinder - Fotolia.com

Articles   Stakeholder-based Scenarios for Post-2012 Climate Policy: A Participatory Approach Beginning in the early 1970s, the application of scenario analysis to environmental issues has been a well-established field. Since then, environmental scenario analysis has been used to examine many different scales and types of environmental problems, ranging from global sustainability to specific issues such as changes in emissions, air quality, or land cover in a specific region. Environmental scenarios provide an interdisciplinary framework for analyzing complex environmental problems and envisioning solutions for these problems by, for example, establishing a link between environmental science and policy. Climate Policy and Economic Bust: The European Challenges to Create Green Stimulus The financial and economic crisis has hit European countries at a time where their climate policy agenda foresees decisive steps at the national and at the international level. While the EU and its member states translate their ambitious unilateral 2007 targets into legislative packages, the international agenda under the UNFCCC is set to reach a new global agreement by the end of 2009. The EU is one of the major drivers for an ambitious deal. External Reporting of the Risks Linked to the EU ETS – an Exploratory Study of German HDAX Non-Financial Corporations Companies subject to the European Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) are faced with a wide range of challenges that might negatively affect their business objectives. All of these challenges are afflicted with uncertainties and therefore represent company risks. These should be integrated into existent risk management practices. This exploratory study analyses to what extent German non-financial corporations listed in the HDAX disclose the risks that are linked to the EU ETS in their risk reports for the year 2007 or for the period 2007/2008, respectively.

ASK Special   "E-mobility might be a useful concept for urban mobility, while inter-urban travel may be better served by hybrid or biofuel vehicles" Interview with Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum. News New EU Directive on Ambient Air Quality transposed into German law Particularly harmful fine particles addressed for the first time FlexEnergy: World's Cleanest Power Platform Debuts in Riverside, California Landfill August 12th, 2010 Ribbon Cutting at Lamb Canyon Landfill will unveil game-changing energy technology High Efficiency Biogas Cogeneration Plant for Dairy Farm in Washington Content-partners... introduce themselves   ORBIT Association   ORBIT is a non-profit association established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. The mission of the ORBIT Association is "to promote the scientific and technological development of environmental biotechnology ". The objectives of ORBIT are listed as follows: organisation and conduct of conferences, workshops, and exhibitions; production of publications; and organisation and conduct of training courses.   to the content >>