Regenerative Energie
The potential contribution of the agricultural sector to tackle climate change, widely neglected in the past, starts now being acknowledged. The absorption potential of agricultural soils could contribute significantly to fulfilling the reduction objective of the EU, which is -8% between 2008 and 2012 from a 1990 base.
Keywords: LCA, Climate Change, C sequestration
Many measures related to organic fertility of soils have been singled out by the WG agriculture of the European Climate Change Programme, among which - “Mitigation potential of Nitrous Oxide emissions from agricultural soils” and - “Sequestration potential of agricultural soils”) This might be properly tackled through a strategy aiming at proper reuse of composted organic waste. Actually, in addition to the measures listed above, many other possible side-effects of compost application may have some relevance, e.g. replacement of chemical fertilisers (implies avoidance of Greenhouse Gases and energy uptake related to their production) reduced use of pesticides (might imply avoiding emissions for their production), improved tilth and workability (might lead to less consumption of fuels) etc. Also, some LCAs seem to show some intrinsic limitations related to criteria for accountability of effects (as far as e.g. C sequestration is concerned) which impairs a true assessment of th potentially powerful contribution of proper management of Biowaste. The contribution singles out basic figures and (above all) strategic views for a preliminary assessment of the contribution of composting to tackle climate change issues, which, albeit affected by various uncertainties, cannot be neglected any more when it comes to environmental policy-making.
| Copyright: | © European Compost Network ECN e.V. |
| Quelle: | Orbit 2006 (September 2006) |
| Seiten: | 11 |
| Preis: | € 5,50 |
| Autor: | Dr. Enzo Favoino D. Hogg |
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Hochlauf der Wasserstoffwirtschaft
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Überblick über und Diskussion der Maßnahmen zum beschleunigten Ausbau
der Wasserstoffinfrastruktur in Deutschland
Die innerstaatliche Umsetzung des Pariser Klimaschutzübereinkommens
- ein Rechtsvergleich
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Like all public international law treaties, the Paris Climate Accords rely on national law for their implementation. The success of the agreement therefore depends, to a large extent, on the stepstaken or not taken by national governments and legislators as well as on the instruments and mechanisms chosen for this task. Against this background, the present article compares different approaches to the implementation of the Paris Agreement, using court decisions as a means to assess their (legal) effectiveness.
Klimaschutzrecht und Erzeugung erneuerbarer Energien in der Schweiz
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Verschachtelte Gesetzgebung unter politischer Ungewissheit