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Belgien hat einen nationalen Energieeffizienz Aktionsplan (National Energy Efficiency Action Plan, NEEAP), der ein Energiesparziel von 27,5 TWh für das Jahr 2016 in Gebäuden, Verkehr und Kleingewerbe setzt. Rund 62 % der geplanten Energieeinsparungen sollen demnach in Flandern, 30 % in der Wallonie und 8 % in Brüssel-Hauptstadt erreicht werden. Zur Erreichung der Ziele soll jede Region eigene Anreize und Vorschriften in Bezug auf Energieeffizienz entwickeln. Das Energieleitbild ist somit in die Zielvorgaben der Wallonischen Region eingebunden.
Das langfristige Ziel der DG geht über diese Zielvorgabe hinaus und hat zum Kern die bilanziell "energieautarke DG". Dazu bedarf es einer auf Dauer angelegten und breit gefächerten Energieplanung mit konkreten und messbaren Teiletappen und -zielen. Die Erarbeitung eines regionalen Energieleitbildes stellt daher die Basis aller weiteren Schritte und Maßnahmen dar.
Vor diesem Hintergrund hat die DG das Wuppertal Institut im Rahmen einer öffentlichen Ausschreibung beauftragt, ein Energieleitbild für die Region zu erstellen. Dieses Energieleitbild beinhaltet folgende Elemente:
Bestandsaufnahme: Hier erfolgt eine Bewertung der energetischen Ist-Situation in der DG. Die Datenerhebung erfolgte in enger Kooperation mit dem Auftraggeber.
Potenzialanalyse: In der Potenzialanalyse werden die theoretischen Einsparpotenziale und die Möglichkeiten zur verstärkten Nutzung erneuerbarer Energieträger dargestellt.
Vision: Hier wird ein Bild einer positiven Entwicklung der DG anhand eines narrativen Szenarios entworfen.
Umsetzungs- und Fahrplan: Diese Pläne beinhalten Vorschläge für Maßnahmen und Aktionen zum Erreichen der Zielsetzungen, sowie mögliche Umsetzungszeiten.
Finanzierungsplan: Der Finanzierungsplan beinhaltet zahlreiche Vorschläge zur Finanzierung.
Dieser Beitrag zeigt, dass es sich bei der Strompreisentwicklung um eine ungerechte Verteilung von Lasten und Vorteilen zwischen verschiedenen Kundengruppen handelt und dass von einer Gefährdung des Industriestandortes nicht die Rede sein kann, sondern ganz im Gegenteil, die Industrie zu den wesentlichen Nutznießern der Energiewende zählt. Denn während stromintensive Industriekunden von nahezu allen Lasten befreit werden, profitieren sie zudem von immensen finanziellen Kostenvorteilen beim Strombezug, der durch den Ausbau regenerativer Energien entsteht (Merit-Order-Effekt). Vor allem die Haushaltskunden zahlen momentan für die größte industriepolitische Herausforderung seit dem zweiten Weltkrieg, nämlich den nahezu kompletten Umbau unserer Stromversorgung.
The report surveys current proposals and positions on issues such as differentiated participation of countries in the new agreement, a differentiated spectrum of commitments, effort sharing and options for how to organise the negotiation process. The report finds that for the level of participation, the selection of commitment types, and choice of effort-sharing approaches there is no silver bullet. A portfolio approach that incorporates multiple options may be most suited to ensure environmental effectiveness, cost- effectiveness and political feasibility.
In this manual, the consortium wants to share the key lessons we have learnt throughout this three-year project and, by doing so, to contribute to the scaling-up of low carbon city development in emerging economies, especially in China. This manual targets organisations from the scientific and civil society sectors that are involved in international low carbon city projects, especially those with a focus on Chinese cities, as well as local govern-ments that are eager to develop a comprehensive low carbon strategy.
The brochure summarises the project's objectives and methodological approach, its key findings as well as conclusions. Both case studies have shown that technological solutions for low carbon development should be embedded in a well-developed institutional framework to foster their deployment and implementation. Therefore, recommendations for Wuxi include examples of innovative and integrated technical projects for increasing energy and resource efficiency, combining them with recommendations for the development of institutional frameworks. One element of such a framework could be a local energy agency in Wuxi, which would offer support and expertise to potential investors in low carbon technologies. Also for the German pilot region, the brochure offers concrete recommendations how to facilitate low carbon planning within the region.
Global climate
(2014)
In what has become normal procedure at the international climate negotiations, the 2013 United Nations climate conference in Warsaw (the nineteenth Conference of the Parties (COP 19) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the ninth Conference of Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 9)) once again seemed on the brink of collapse and concluded more than one day behind schedule, in the evening of Saturday 23 November 2013. However, on most of the key issues it made only scant progress.
This report lays out the main developments in Warsaw and assesses the main outcomes. It starts with the discussions under the Durban Platform on developing a new comprehensive climate agreement by 2015 and increasing short-term ambition and subsequently covers the issues relating to near-term implementation of previous decisions in the areas of emission reductions and transparency, adaptation, loss and damage, finance and technology.
Workshop 4: Mobilität & Gender-Dimensionen : warum werden Bahnthemen als Männerthemen behandelt?
(2014)
Transport
(2014)
In Deutschland haben einige Millionen Haushalte Schwierigkeiten, ihre Energierechnung zu bezahlen. Ein Lösungsansatz liegt in der Energieberatung. Das Projekt clevererKIEZ basierte auf einem integrativen Konzept, welches arbeitsmarkt- sowie sozial- und umweltpolitische Ziele miteinander verknüpft. Im Rahmen einer intensiven Schulungsmaßnahme qualifizierten sich Langzeitarbeitslose zu Energieberatern. Zwischen 2010 und 2013 nahmen über 1000 Haushalte am Projekt teil. Der Bericht stellt das Projekt vor und erläutert die Ergebnisse der summativen Evaluation. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Schwerpunktbereiche: 1. Nutzeranalyse der am Projekt teilnehmenden Haushalte, 2. Analyse des Energieverbrauches sowie der Einsparerfolge, 3. Feedback der eingesetzten Energiesparberater und 4. Auswertung der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit.
The 2010 UN climate conference in Cancún emphasized that "Parties should, in all climate change related actions, fully respect human rights". However, so far there is no further guidance. This article discusses the relevant legal human rights norms and two case studies from the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The first case (Bajo Aguán, Honduras) shows that the current absence of any international safeguards can lead to registration of highly problematic projects. The second case (Olkaria, Kenya) suggests that safeguards, introduced here as a side effect of World Bank involvement, can have a positive impact, but that it is necessary to have them based on human rights. It therefore seems recommendable that the UN climate regime develop mandatory human rights safeguards. In addition or alternatively, individual buyer countries or groups of countries, such as the European Union, could introduce their own additional requirements for CDM projects.
How urban transport projects are appraised : current practice in the EU ; a common practice reader
(2014)
The paper examines policies and measures that promote the usage of pedelecs and that contribute to climate friendly passenger transportation thereby. As pedelecs allow the rider to pedal at lower efforts, pedelecs provide the potential to increase the share of bicycle trips in metropolitan regions with hilly landscapes and with a significant share of medium commuting distances. The paper develops attitude-based mobility types and defines their specific pedelec affinity based upon differentiated reasons to use a pedelec. Thereafter policies and measures are examined that foster purchase and usage of pedelecs, and factors influencing the modal behaviour of (potential) attitude-based target groups are defined. Quantification of climate protection effects is conducted based on two scenarios for the German city of Wuppertal, a city known for its steep slopes. The first scenario assumes business as usual, and the second scenario is based on the introduction of ambitious policies and measures to encourage purchase and usage of pedelecs. Following a mixed-method approach, qualitative scenario assumptions are calculated by a quantitative model, which incorporates the analyses on attitude-based mobility types respective pedelec affinities.The results indicate that ambitious promotion of pedelecs significantly contributes to climate change mitigation. Compared to business as usual, ambitious policies and measures to purchase and use pedelecs reduce CO2-emissions of passenger transport in Wuppertal by 11 per cent in 2050. A spatially inclusive and comprehensive 30 kph speed limit proves to be particularly effective. In the scenario of ambitious promotion of pedelecs, interventions solely fostering the purchase of pedelecs significantly increase the modal share of pedelecs, whereas in a business as usual case such efforts remain ineffective. The traditional bicycle profits from the promotion of pedelecs, but its increased usage does not bring about similar climate protection effects.