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Integrated Climate Protection Programme - INKLIM 2012
The Integrated Climate Protection Programme Hesse 2012 (Integriertes Klimaschutzprogramm Hessen, INKLIM 2012) was started in spring 2004 by the Hessian Ministry of the Environment, Rural Areas and Consumer Protection (Hessisches Ministerium für Umwelt, ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz, HMULV
). The research programme was set up in order to identify pragmatic aims for the Hessian contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gases after ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by the German parliament (Bundestag).
The main objectives of INKLIM 2012 were the updating of CO2-emission data and the calculation of technical/economic scenarios, the analysis of climate change and impacts on a regional scale as well as the development of instruments and measures for effective climate protection together with an assessment of related costs. Specific to the programme was the integrated consideration of both greenhouse gas reduction measures and adaptation measures to climate change.
INKLIM 2012 consisted of three modules:
Module I (Baustein I): Basics and technical/economic scenarios 2005/2012
Module II (Baustein II): Climate change and impacts of climate change in Hesse
Module III (Baustein III): Instruments, costs and measures for implementation
Modules I and III were coordinated by the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW). Module II was implemented by the Hessian Agency for Environment and Geology (HLUG) and completed in autumn 2005. The entire programme was finalised in the first quarter of 2006.
The final report summarises the results of modules I to III:
- INKLIM 2012 Final Report
[2 MB, in German]
INKLIM 2012 was the scientific basis for the Climate Protection Strategy Hesse 2012 (Klimaschutzkonzept Hessen 2012) that was presented in March 2007. The strategy is based on the three pillars adaptation to climate change, CO2-reduction through innovation and international emissions trading.
- Climate Protection Strategy Hesse 2012
[2.6 MB, in German]
The Hessian ministry of the environment was then commissioned to elaborate the Climate Protection Action Plan (Aktionsplan Klimaschutz) on the basis of the climate protection strategy. The plan was adopted by the Hessian Cabinet in November 2007.
- Climate Protection Action Plan [0.1 MB, in German]
Module II
Within the framework of module II (one of the programme’s three modules) which was executed by the Hessian Agency for Environment and Geology (HLUG), climate change in Hesse since 1900 was analysed and documented on a scientifically and statistically confirmed basis. In addition, the possible climate development in Hesse until 2100 was projected using a suitable model (global model ECHAM4, emission scenario B2, regional model WETTREG).
For the sectors water management (flows of Hessian river systems and groundwater recharge), agriculture and forestry, the expected climate change impacts could be deduced from the climate projection until 2050 (respectively 2100). Moreover, possible effects on nature conservation and species diversity as well as on human health were examined.
- Final Report [1.5 MB, in German]: Summary of results of all subprojects
- Information sheet [0.9 MB, in German]: Climate change and impacts in Hesse
- Detailed reports for all subprojects
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