PARIS REINFORCE aims to underpin climate policymaking with authoritative scientific processes and results, and enhance the science-policy interface, in light of the Paris Agreement and associated challenges. In particular, our aim is to develop a novel, demand-driven, IAM-oriented assessment framework for effectively supporting the design and assessment of climate policies in the EU as well as in other major emitters and selected less emitting/developed countries, in respect to the Paris Agreement objectives. Building on an exhaustive facilitative dialogue and a strong ensemble of complementary-in terms of mathematical structure, geographical, sectoral and focus coverage-integrated assessment, energy system and sectoral models, we will create an open-access and transparent data exchange platform, I2AM PARIS, in order to support the effective implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions, the preparation of future action pledges, the development of 2050 decarbonisation strategies, and the reinforcement of the 2023 Global Stocktake. We also seek to enhance the legitimacy of the scientific processes in support of climate policymaking, by introducing an innovative stakeholder inclusion framework and improving the transparency of the employed models, methods and tools. Beyond effectively communicating respective outputs and fostering wider societal acceptance of climate policy, we actively involve policymakers and other stakeholder groups in all stages: from the formulation of policy questions and the definition of modelling assumptions in a demand-driven approach; to the design of I2AM PARIS interfaces and specifications, and the mobilisation of tacit knowledge embedded in them in the aim of bridging knowledge gaps. Finally, we will introduce innovative integrative processes, in which IAMs are further coupled with well-established methodological frameworks, in order to improve the robustness of modelling outcomes against different types of uncertainties.
NAVIGATE aims to develop the Next generation of AdVanced InteGrated Assessment modelling to support climaTE policy making. It will critically improve the capability of Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) to inform the design and evaluation of climate policies by targeting major advancements in two areas: describing transformative change in the economy, in technology and in consumer goods and services, and describing distributional impacts of climate change and climate policy. By tackling existing weaknesses and lack of capabilities of the current generation of IAMs, NAVIGATE will provide new insight into how long-term climate goals can translate into short-term policy action, and how countries and sectors can work in concert to implement the Paris Agreement. NAVIGATE is bringing together leading institutions in the field of integrated assessment modelling with leading domain experts. They will provide a broad and diverse collection of state-of-the-art tools ranging from domain specific models and data to an extensive set of flagship IAMs to foster a successful implementation of the project. NAVIGATE will engage in a concerted effort to increase the usability, transparency, legitimacy and hence uptake of IAM results. At the center of this will be a stakeholder dialogue to elicit user needs and engage in co-production of knowledge about IAMs and their uses. This will be accompanied by the development of methodologies to better assess the robustness of IAM results, by extended model documentation and new communication tools, and by capacity building efforts to lower the entrance barrier to IAM activities for other research teams, including research teams in less-developed countries. The NAVIGATE partners have long-standing expertise in national, EU and international climate policy advice and will actively promote uptake of project results by policy makers and international assessments.
Objective: This research is based on the results and experience of work carried out at Siempelkamp in the framework of the first five-year (1979-83) programme (ref.: eur 10021). The preceding research work proved that it is possible to melt down contaminated scrap by means of a modified industrial furnace device in compliance with the legal limits and regulations. This research work, therefore, aims mainly at the behaviour of radionuclides during the melting procedure, with regard to various material qualities and the harmless recycling of melted-down metal parts coming from refurbishing and decommissioning of nuclear installations. General information: b.1. Planning and design of the melt device taking into account an existing furnace. B.2. Construction of the needed melt device components. B.3. Melt work using as scrap contaminated carbon steel, stainless steel and its mixture. B.4. Evaluation of melt results. B.5. Technical, economical and radiological consequences. B.6. Extrapolation economical and radiological consequences. To large nuclear power plant and comparison with alternative modes with a view to the economical and environmental aspects. B.7. Melting of contaminated galvanised sheet material. B.8. Melting of non-ferrous metal (e.g. copper and brass) to investigate the behaviour of relevant radionuclides (e.g. co-60, cs-137) during the melting process. B.9. Investigation on adding radioactive carbon to the steel melt process to obtain cast iron of suitable quality for e.g. disposal containers. B.10. Investigation on the long-term behaviour of the furnace liner, the charging device and the filter system after melting of about 500 t of contamined steel waste (over two years) with particular view to activity concentration in the different parts of the melting plant. Achievements: To date, approximately 3500 tonnes of very low level contaminated steel components from the refurbishing and dismantling of various nuclear installations in Germany have been treated by melting. 95 per cent of the radioactivity was due to cobalt-60 and caesium-137 with an average ratio of 60:40. After melting, caesium was found in the slag and filter dust, whereas cobalt-60 mainly remained in the ingot (90-99 per cent). A special melting facility has been constructed to treat components which have been contaminated up to a level of 200 Bq/g in a controlled area. Approximately 2000 tonnes of steel components have been melted, so far, in this facility and to a large extent it has been recycled for nuclear purposes such as for transport and disposal containers and biological shieldings. One of the most important problems was to quantify the amount of secondary waste produced during melting (e.g. slag, filter dust). Melting of radioactive waste metal from the dismantling or refurbishing of nuclear installations has been assessed with respect to recycling (e.g. type A and type B containers for transport and/or final disposal, and shieldings). Long term tests ...
Research synthesis is the integration of existing knowledge and research findings pertinent to an issue. The aim of synthesis is to increase the generality and applicability of those findings and to develop new knowledge through the process of integration. Synthesis is promoted as an approach that deals with the challenge of 'information overload', delivering products that further our understanding of problems and distil relevant evidence for decision-making. However, despite the increasing prominence of synthesis efforts in the science and policy landscape, we know very little about the impacts these initiatives have on research, policy and practice and the assumptions underpinning how they will lead to change. This paper presents a framework for considering the conceptual, strategic, instrumental and network-based impacts of research synthesis on policy. This framework provides insight into the range of underlying assumptions and impacts on policy and practice from 10 case studies of research synthesis related to contemporary sustainability challenges. Findings suggest that research synthesis is having diverse impacts on research, policy and practice including creating a new understanding of problems, establishing new networks, and contributing to changes in policy and practice. These impacts emerged across a range of contexts, synthesis methods, assumptions and operating models. This suggests that there is no single öcorrect wayââą Ì to design research synthesis for impact, but rather a need to tailor the approach for the context of intended use. © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
The typological approach to the prize winning pictures in photo contests in Europe an Japan. The existence of the Foucauldian archive of collective memry in landscape is examed by analyzing the result of the contests from wider socio-cultural context. The social construction of nation as volks of forests is believed to be very unique phenominon but the process could be very similar in different contexts.
A) Problemstellung: Mit dem Bezug von Ökostrom (seit 2004) vermindert BMU seine CO2-Emissionen erheblich und leistet damit einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Umsetzung der Selbstverpflichtung der Bundesregierung. Zur europaweiten Ausschreibung im offenen Verfahren wurde von BMU/UBA ein eigenes Konzept entwickelt, das mit dem Vergaberecht im Einklang steht und einen tatsächlichen Nutzen für die Umwelt sicherstellt (keine reine Umbuchung). Dieses Konzept diente auch als Vorbild für Ausschreibungen anderer Institutionen wie der KfW und dem Deutschen Bundestag. Für die Jahre 2010 bis 2012 soll im Jahre 2009 erneut Ökostrom ausgeschrieben werden. In diesem Zusammenhang muss das Ausschreibungskonzept überarbeitet und dem aktuellen Stand der rechtlichen und energiewirtschaftlichen Entwicklung angepasst werden. Dabei sollen auch Möglichkeiten zur Vereinfachung geprüft werden, um einen noch weiteren Anwenderkreis zu erschließen. B) Ziele des Vorhabens: - Erstellung einer Musterausschreibung für Rahmenvereinbarungen mit geeigneten Ökostromlieferanten auf der Grundlage des Ausschreibungskonzeptes, die europaweit im Offenen Verfahren ausgeschrieben werden. Auf dieser Grundlage können Einzel-Stromlieferverträge in einem vereinfachten und verkürzten Verfahren vergeben werden. - Prüfung einer strukturierten Beschaffung im Rahmen des Ausschreibungskonzeptes (d.h. über mehrere Teilmengenkäufe entsprechend der benötigten Lieferstruktur). - Möglichkeiten zur Berücksichtigung von Siegeln (z.B. Blauer Engel), Zertifikaten etc. - Vereinfachungen nach den Erkenntnissen bisher durchgeführte Ausschreibungen (BMU, KfW, Deutscher Bundestag). - Überarbeitung der Ausschreibungsunterlagen und vergaberechtliche Begleitung der BMU/UBA-Pilotausschreibung (ggf. als Rahmenvereinbarung) in 2009. - Überarbeitung und Druck der BMU/UBA Broschüre 'Beschaffung von Ökostrom' (2006).
The Thematic Node 1 is part of NCCR-North-South and delves into institutions, livelihoods and conflicts. Institutions regulate access to natural, political and symbolic resources and frame the political and social contexts within which social actors strive for their livelihoods. Latent or violent conflicts are also directly linked to the ways in which institutions regulate, or fail to regulate power imbalances within societies, and to the existence or lack of channels through which political grievances can be expressed and negotiated. The overall objective is to research the dynamic and changing roles of political, social, economic and cultural institutions in order to (1) understand how they regulate social interactions between and among individuals and groups (specifically regarding access to livelihood means, and peace and security), and (2) to enable a broader acceptance and legitimacy of institutions relevant for sustainable development. To understand these processes, we interlink our research with contemporary theoretical debates that conceptualise institutions not as given structures that influence peoples behaviour, but as socially constructed rules, regulations, norms and values. This crucial conceptualisation as 'socially constructed allows us to analyse institutions on the one hand as structures or frames established in order to achieve certain social, political or economic goals. On the other hand, it indicates that institutions are also changed, modified or even invented by certain social actors. The focus on actors highlights the potential of disagreement, and thus contestations among actors (state and non-state actors). Thus, 'institutions need to be researched as deeply embedded in social processes, influenced by social actors, their interests and unequal power relations.
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