Notwithstanding the increasing costs of the expansion of renewable energies, the Energy Transition in Germany still enjoys a high level of acceptance. Mainly this is due to the wide-spread perception that a non-fossil based production of electricity will automatically reduce greenhouse gas...

To curb global warming man has to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) created to the atmosphere by human activities, and it cannot neglect the efforts of corporate communities. Indeed, companiesa direct emissions are dwarfed by supply chain GHGs from an industry sector. No matter to prepare...

Diese Dissertation untersucht finanzinstitutionelle Ansätze zum Umgang mit Risiken des Klimawandels und deren bankinterne Diffusionspfade. Die Studie fragt, inwiefern Großbanken in Deutschland und Kanada diese Risiken wahrnehmen, in ihr Risikomanagement aufnehmen und wie die Verbreitung von...

This essay provides an overview of the major emissions trading programs of the past thirty years on which significant documentation exists, and draws a number of important lessons for future applications of this environmental policy instrument. References to a larger number of other emissions...

The recent Great Recession has renewed interest in the role of financial markets and credit in the economy, as well as in the boundaries of monetary, macroprudential and fiscal policies that impact macroeconomic developments and may influence business cycles. In the first two chapters of this...