Russia is not only one of the world’s major sources of carbon based energy – coal, oil and gas - but is also one the most intensive users of energy. Furthermore, Russia accounts for a disproportionately large share of global carbon emissions – some 5 to 6 percent of global carbon emission...

Die Europäische Union steht in Umwelt- und Klimaschutzfragen vor enormen Herausforderungen. Treibhausgasemissionen, Biodiversitätsverluste, Ammoniakemissionen und nach wie vor vielfach zu hohe Nährstofffrachten in die Gewässer verlangen eine deutlich zielorientiertere und konsequentere...

The inclusion of agricultural products in the current customs union is one of the potential future steps on the road to further political and economic integration between Turkey and the EU. This book examines the effects of such integration of agricultural markets on the Turkish agricultural...

At the EU Council in December 2004, European heads of governments will decide on a potential date for the start of EU accession negotiations with Turkey. Various recent analyses assess the cost of applying the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU (CAP) to Turkey without taking into account the...

This paper quantifies the economy‐wide effects of different trade policies on the Palestinian economy, using a detailed database and a general equilibrium model adjusted to the particularities of the Palestinian economy. The findings show that a liberal and non‐discriminatory trade regime...

This paper documents the development of a 2019 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Kenya. A special feature of this SAM is its spatial disaggregation according to malaria epidemiological and agroecological zones. It is built using data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (e.g., the...

Kurzstellungnahme der Wissenschaftlichen Beiräte für Agrarpolitik (WBA) und für Düngungsfragen (WBD) beim Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) und des Sachverständigenrates für Umweltfragen der Bundesregierung (SRU) zur Novellierung der...