The paper presents a brief overview on the most important developments in European clean air policy. Special consideration is given to the activities in the European Community using, among other things, the results of an international conference on clean air policies in large European cities. In...

Japan is the only country in the world that has an extensive, specially regulated compensation system for diseases considered to have resulted from environmental pollution. For certain types of diseases, the system provides for financial compensation and other benefits prorated according to the...

Environmental conflicts are on the increase in all democratic industrial societies. In some areas, especially those involving big technology development projects, there is growing resistance to government intervention using conventional policy instruments. Therefore, political administrations...

Im Rahmen eines teilweise (1991 - 1994) vom Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie (BMBF) geförderten Forschungsprojekts analysiert eine multidisziplinäre Forschergruppe der Abteilung Normbildung und Umwelt des WZB in- und ausländische Mediationsfälle im...

Umweltpolitik ist in Deutschland in einem politisch-administrativen Alleingang institutionalisiert worden und hat über lange Zeit (aus international vergleichender Sicht) beachtliche Erfolge erzielt. Neue Problemstellungen und veränderte Akteurskonstellationen bewirken gleichwohl, daß die...

Gemeinwohl und Nachhaltige Entwicklung sind beides vage und umstrittene (regulative) Ideen. Sie stehen trotz etlicher Gemeinsamkeiten in einem eigentümlichen Spannungsverhältnis zueinander, das prinzipiell produktiv für die normative und politisch-praktische Weiterentwicklung beider Ideen...

This discussion paper starts with a brief sketch of the development of German environmental policy. There then follows a description of some of its deficits, on the basis of commentaries (analysis and criticism) by environmental experts from 14 countries, including Germany. In particular, as a...

For the first time ever in the Federal Republic of Germany a mediation procedure on a waste management concept has been carried out. It took place in Neuss in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The interdisciplinary project group, Environmental Mediation, from the Science Centre...

The development of a systematic environmental policy began in Germany over 25 years ago. In the meantime environmental protection has become an established area of policymaking and is still expanding. Nevertheless, state environmental policy is once again subject to severe societal pressure. On...

Die deutsche Klimapolitik gehört zu den anspruchvollsten und effektivsten im internationalen Vergleich. Während die Treibhausgas-Emissionen in etlichen Industrieländern auch nach Abschluss der UN-Klimarahmenkonvention (1992) gestiegen sind, sanken sie in Deutschland um rund 18 Prozent. Die...