Im Juli 2021 wurde der Westen Deutschlands von verheerenden Sturzfluten heimgesucht, die eine Vielzahl an Todesopfern gefordert haben. Neben den menschlichen Tragödien gab es wirtschaftliche Schäden in Milliardenhöhe. Häuser wurden unbewohnbar, ökonomische Existenzen von Privathaushalten...

Durch das Inkrafttreten des Brennstoffemissionshandelsgesetzes im November 2019 ist es notwendig geworden das Klimaschutzgesetz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalens vom 29. Januar 2013 anzupassen und diese neuen gesetzlichen Regelungen in Landesrecht zu überführen. Der Gesetzentwurf zur Neufassung...

Diese Studie untersucht die Auswirkungen der Energiewende auf die Arbeitswelt. Dabei hebt sie die Bedeutung der betriebsbezogenen Akteure und der Sozialverträglichkeit für das Gelingen der Energiewende hervor. In den Strategien des Umgangs mit der Energiewende kommen Verhaltensmuster zur...

Countries have pledged to stabilize global warming at a 1.5 to 2êC increase. Either target requires reaching net zero emissions before the end of the century, which implies a major transformation of the economic system. This paper reviews the literature on how policymakers can design climate...

Countries have pledged to stabilize global warming at a 1.5 to 2°C increase. Either target requires reaching net zero emissions before the end of the century, which implies a major transformation of the economic system. This paper reviews the literature on how policymakers can design climate...

"Michael A. Lebowitz deepens the arguments he made in his "Beyond Capital." Whereas Karl Marx, in "Capital," treated capitalism as an organic system that reproduces its premises of capital and wage-labor, Lebowitz argues that the solidarity of workers in struggle points toward an organic system...

"This book explores what development banks, governments, and communities have learned in the last decade of careful negotiation between social and environmental protections in the Andean Amazon, and the pressures of a surging infrastructure and development boom. While mega-dams, highways and...

Over the past 30 years, Bangladesh has achieved significant economic and human development progress, and demonstrated impressive policy as well as programmatic commitment to lowering the fertility level. However, its future socioeconomic prospects may be hampered by its population growth rate,...

The paper examines how a domestic institutional environment and third-party compliance assessment shape the effects and effectiveness of certification and labeling. Certification represents a form of transnational non-state market-driven governance of the environmental and social performance of...

Water scarcity and droughts events in Italy are occurring more frequently than in previous decades and are forecasted to be more severe in the future. Current water management will likely be no more suitable to face extreme events and more efficient instruments to balance future demand and...

This book offers an analysis of the "truth and justice" policies implemented in Chile since the 1990s. A central assumption is that human rights policies are a form of public policy and like other public policies they are the product of the political context from which they emerged....

Multi-criteria decision aiding (MCDA) is a process implying two distinctive actors (the client and the analyst) which aims at providing transparent and coherent support for complex decision situations, taking into account values of decision makers involved in a specific decision context. The...

Recent evidence on malnutrition and poverty raise important questions on the role of food assistance policies and programs. In this review article, we examine evidence on the economic and nutritional impacts of international food assistance programs (FAPs) and policies. The returns on...

Drawing on three sources, a 2013 qualitative study in four districts of Punjab province; a targeted analysis of the baseline and end line surveys of the Family Advancement for Life and Health (FALAH 2007-2012) project; and the Pakistan Demographic Health Survey (PDHS) of 1990-1991 and of...

This paper gives an overview on the traditional Jatropha curcas L. (physic nut) production practices as a multipurpose vegetable resource in the Totonacapan, Mexico, and the social acceptability of changes involved both in its agronomic management and use, promotion by the Mexican Energy...

Community views toward the risks and benefits of emerging renewable energy technologies are important factors in facility siting decisions and their eventual success. While the actual socioeconomic and biophysical impacts of proposed industrial developments are fraught with uncertainty,...

Associated with being green, clean and small-scale, small hydroelectric power (SHP) projects generally enjoy a positive image. In India SHP promises answers to issues such as meeting a growing electricity demand, facilitating lucrative investment opportunities, and climate change considerations....

In Unternehmen wird der Erreichung von Zielen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung eine große Bedeutung beigemessen, um Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und natürliche Umwelt in einem dauerhaften Miteinander in Einklang zu bringen. Mit Nachhaltigkeit einhergehende soziale (sowie ökologische) Ziele können...