WP 201 takes a historical perspective in analysing past systemic social-ecological transition processes. The research paper (MS 27) emerging from task 201.2 explores two major energy transitions of the past: the transition to the use of fossil fuels (e.g. starting with coal in the UK in the 17th...

Der Erhalt und Ausbau der Gemüse- und Obstproduktion in Deutschland ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil zur Stärkung einer pflanzenbetonten Ernährung. Der Gartenbau ist stark von einer ausreichenden Wasserversorgung der Kulturen abhängig. Infolge der fortschreitenden Klimakrise verändert sich die...

To help explain the common failure of oil or other natural resource exporting countries to diversify into industry, it has been common to trace this failure to real exchange rate appreciation. This has also been done in Azerbaijan. However, because Azerbaijan has devoted so much of its oil...

Starting from the crisis on the real economy in 2008 it has been developed an intense discussion, supported by a number of declarations on the global scale, about the need for changes in the economy. A huge impact on this state of affairs was the analysis of the causes and effects of the...

In 2008, the Government of Zambia reformed its mining tax regime for large-scale copper mines through a unilateral legislative change. The country went from having one of the lowest average effective tax rates and government take to be above the average. We focus on a particularly controversial...

The blue economy describes the economic activities related to the sea such as fishing, tourism, maritime transportation, marine renewable energy, naval industry and other marine sectors. In addition, the blue economy field of study considers the sustainable exploitation of natural resources. It...

Für den Ausbau von Windkraft und Solarenergie sowie für die Herstellung von Batterien, Elektromotoren und Brennstoffzellen sind Rohstoffe notwendig, die importiert werden müssen. Krisen in den vergangenen Jahren haben die Gefahr verdeutlicht, dass die Abhängigkeit von einzelnen Lieferanten...

Inspired by the controversial public and political debate in the European Union (EU) about legal initiatives to protect human rights and the environment along supply chains (e.g., the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, CSDDD), this paper examines individual preferences for...

To date, mineral resources are only mined on land but projected increases in demand have brought the exploration and exploitation of marine mineral resources back into focus. The Atlantis II Deep, located in the central Red Sea between Saudi Arabia and Sudan, is one of the largest marine sulfide...

There is an increasing tension between the Iranian Government and the west on an increasingly likely European oil embargo and the Iranian threat to close the Strait of Hormuz. The main question is: What will happen to the international oil prices in the case of shocks in the flow of Iranian oil...