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Peter-Paul Pichler

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Peter-Paul Pichler @pppichler.eurosky.social · 14/01/2025

Even with optimistic material efficiency improvements, Germany is on track to miss its emission reduction targets. Reducing floor space per capita would be most effective to limit emissions, but no policies currently support this shift.

Image shows that the GHG emissions for three scenarios (baseline, material efficiency, lifetime extension) are all higher than the path determined by German climate targets.

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Peter-Paul Pichler @pppichler.eurosky.social · 14/01/2025

This spatial resolution enabled us to assess whether there are enough houses in the places where people will actually need them. National scenarios are blind to this, likely leading to misestimations of Circular Economy potentials.

Image shows regional construction patterns in Germany’s NUTS3 regions (counties and cities) overall, and divided into stock addition due to growing populations and stock replentishment replacing demolished buildings. Construction demand is concentrated in large urban centers like Belrin, Munich and Leipzig.

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