During the UNCED conference in Rio de Janeiro 1992 unsustainable consumption and production patterns were identified as one of the key driving forces behind the unsustainable development of the world (Agenda 21, chapter 4). These consumption and production patterns are based on the European...

The global dimension of environmental problems stresses the need of an internationally linked environmental environmental policy. The example of climate change policy shows, that environmental policy has to be a subject of a globally oriented international policy formulating operational targets...

The world has just recognized that market failures of the global financial system have the power to destroy the entire economy. Short term profit maximization and wrong prices of the products are the problematic factors. Even the CEO`s of leading financial institutions demand a framework of...

Die Entwicklung in den vergangenen Jahren hat gezeigt, dass die Öl- und Gaspreise beträchtlichen Schwankungen unterliegen. Dabei ist klar geworden, dass langfristig die Knappheit der Ressourcen die Preise der fossilen Energieträger dramatisch steigern wird. Die Ressourcen sind begrenzt, aber...

This report summarizes the main outcomes of the project "Macroeconomic Modelling of Sustainable Development and the Links between the Economy and the Environment". Much more details can be found in the subtask reports. A reference to these detailed reports is given at the beginning of each...

Die Umweltpolitik kann auf bemerkenswerte Erfolge zurückblicken. Es ist ihr gelungen, zumindest in Europa im Bewusstsein der Menschen die Emissionen von Klimagasen als größte Gefahr für das Wohlergehen künftiger Generationen zu verankern. Die Wahrnehmung anderer Gefahren der...