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**Lead Editors:** Michael Kotzulla, Kevin Hausmann

**Illustrations:** Kristina Juhrich, Michael Kotzulla


^  Chapter                                                                                                     ^  Contact persons                                                                                   ^
| **[[summary:start| Executive Summary]]**                                                                     | Tobias Vosen                                                                                       |
| **[[general:start|1 - Introduction]]**                                                                       | Christian Boettcher, Patrick Gniffke, Michael Kotzulla                                             |
| **[[general:inventory_background:start| 1.1 - Inventory Background ]]**                                      | Tobias Vosen                                                                                       |
| **[[general:institutional_arrangements:start| 1.2 - Institutional arragements]]**                            | Dirk Günther, Tobias Vosen                                                                         |
| **[[general:inventory_preparation:start| 1.3 - Inventory Preparation Process ]]**                            | Kevin Hausmann                                                                                     |
| **[[general:method_data:start| 1.4 - Methods and Data Sources]]**                                            | Christian Boettcher, Michael Kotzulla                                                              |
| **[[general:key_categories:start| 1.5 - Key source analysis]]**                                              | Christian Mielke                                                                                   |
| **[[general:quality_verification:start| 1.6 - QA/QC and Verification Methods]]**                             | Stephan Schiller                                                                                   |
| **[[general:uncertainty_evaluation:start| 1.7 - General Uncertainty Evaluation]]**                           | Kevin Hausmann                                                                                     |
| **[[general:assessment_completeness:start| 1.8 - Assessment of completeness]]**                              | Tobias Vosen                                                                                       |
| **[[:general:trends:start| 2 - Explanation of Key Emission Trends]]**                                        | Tobias Vosen, Michael Kotzulla                                                                     |
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^ [[sector:energy:start| 3 - Energy]]                                                                          ^ Christian Boettcher, Kristina Juhrich, Michael Kotzulla, Sebastian Plickert (1.A.1.c)              ^
| - Stationary Fuel Combustion                                                                                 | Özge Can, Kristina Juhrich, Sebastian Plickert                                                     |
| - Mobile Fuel Combustion                                                                                     | Michael Kotzulla                                                                                   |
| - Fugitive Emissions from Fuels                                                                              | Christian Boettcher                                                                                |
^ [[sector:ippu:start| 4 - Industrial Processes and Product Use]]                                              ^ Robert Kludt, Sebastian Plickert, Christian Lehmann, Almut Reichart, Jens Reichel                  ^
| - Mineral Industry (2.A)                                                                                     | Robert Kludt                                                                                       |
| - Chemical Industry (2.B)                                                                                    | Jiexia Zheng, Christian Boettcher, Robert Kludt                                                    |
| - Metal Production (2.C)                                                                                     | Sebastian Plickert, Christian Lehmann, Jens Reichel                                                |
| - Other Solvent and Product Use (2.D)                                                                        | Robert Kludt, Jens Reichel                                                                         |
| - Other Product Use (2.G)                                                                                    | Jens Reichel, Michael Kotzulla                                                                     |
| - Other (Pulp & Paper, Food) (2.H)                                                                           | Almut Reichart (2.H.1), Uli Gromke (2.H.2)                                                         |
| - Wood Processing (2.I)                                                                                      | Robert Kludt                                                                                       |
| - Production of POPs (2.J)                                                                                   | Ulrike Döring                                                                                      |
| - Consumption of POPs and Heavy Metals (2.K)                                                                 | Ulrike Döring                                                                                      |
| - Other Production: Bulk products (2.L)                                                                      | Michael Kotzulla                                                                                   |
^ [[sector:agriculture:start| 5 - Agriculture]]                                                                ^ Cora Vos & Claus Roesemann (Thuenen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture)[(TI1)], Ulrike Döring  ^
^ [[sector:waste:start| 6 - Waste]]                                                                            ^ Robert Kludt, Stephan Schiller                                                                     ^
| - Solid Waste Disposal on Land (5.A)                                                                                         | Kathrin Brand, Stephan Schiller                           |
| - Composting & Anaerobic digestion (5.B)                                                                                         | Tim Hermann, Stephan Schiller                          |
| - Open Burning of Waste (5.C.2)                                                                                         | Robert Kludt                          |
| - Domestic Wastewater Handling (5.D.1)                                                                                         | Kai Kessler, Stephan Schiller                           |
| - Industrial Wastewater Handling (5.D.2)                                                                                         | Ulrich Gromke, Stephan Schiller                           |
| - Mechanical-biological Treatment of Waste (5.E.1)                                                                                         | Kathrin Brand, Stephan Schiller                           |
| - Car Fires (5.E.2)                                                                                         | Robert Kludt                           |
^ [[sector:other_and_natural_sources:other_sources| 7 - Other (anthropogenic) emission sources ]]              ^                                                                                                    ^
| - Emissions from human re- and transpiration (6.A.1) and pets (6.A.2)                                        | Ulrike Döring, Jana Niebuhr                                                                        |
^ [[sector:other_and_natural_sources:natural_sources| 8 - Natural emission sources ]]                          ^                                                                                                    ^
| - Forest Fires (11.B)                                                                                        | Katja Oehmichen & Wolfgang Stuemer (Thuenen Institute of Forest Ecosystems)[(TI2)]                 |
| - Other Natural Sources (11.C)                                                                               | Jana Niebuhr, Kevin Hausmann                                                                       |
^ [[general:recalculations:start| 9.1 - Recalculations]]                                                       ^ Michael Kotzulla                                                                                   ^
^ [[general:planned_improvements:start| 9.2 - Improvements]]                                                   ^ Tobias Vosen, Michael Kotzulla                                                                     ^
^ [[general:projections:start| 10 - Projections]]                                                              ^ Andreas Eisold, Kevin Hausmann                                                                     ^
^ [[general:point_sources:start| 11.1 - Point Sources]] & [[general:gridded_data:start| 11.2 - Gridded Data]]  ^ Kevin Hausmann, Stefan Feigenspan, Theo Wernicke                                                   ^
^ [[general:adjustments:start| 12 - Adjustments]]                                                              ^ Tobias Vosen (co-ordinator)                                                                        ^
^ [[appendices:start| Appendices]]                                                                             ^ Michael Kotzulla, Christian Mielke                                                                 ^

All authors from the Umweltbundesamt can be contacted by email: 'givenname.familyname(at)uba.de'.

[(TI1> Thuenen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture (TI AK): https://www.thuenen.de/en/institutes/climate-smart-agriculture )]
[(TI2> Thuenen Institute of Forest Ecosystems (TI WO: https://www.thuenen.de/en/institutes/forest-ecosystems )]