Methodological Convention 3.0: Further development and extension of the Methodological Convention for estimating environmental costs
With the Methodological Convention for Estimating Environmental Costs, since 2007 the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) recaps the state of international research in terms of amounts of pollutants, impacts and assessment approaches of environmental impacts of power generation and energy use, and derives recommendations for their practical application. This research project will elaborate the foundations for the forthcoming 3.0 version of this Convention. Besides updates in the fields of air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and noise, new analyses will be added in eco systems, building materials, soil and water contamination and the climate effects of agriculture. The results will be compiled in the form of fact sheets per impact area.