In dieser Festschrift vereinen sich in harmonischem Mehrklang der Disziplinen Menschen mit ihren Beiträgen aus unterschiedlichsten Fachgebieten und mit unterschiedlichsten Hintergründen. Die vorliegende Festschrift zeigt damit auch den Facettenreichtum der Interessen- und Aktivitätsgebiete...

The European Union faces an unprecedented dilemma in securing its mineral raw materials supply while protecting the environment. The 2024 Critical Raw Materials Act of the European Commission represents a turning point, marking a fundamental shift from market-oriented approaches towards...

Objective: This study aims to investigate the long-run effects of fiscal policy instruments, including environmental taxes, environmental protection expenditures and renewable energy incentives on environmental pollution, measured as ecological footprint, in a sample of European Union countries...

The target responsibility system of environmental protection, introduced during the 11th Five-Year Plan period, is a key feature of China's environmental regulation policy framework. Guided by the principle of high-quality development, this system addresses the challenge of incentivizing green...

As climate and environmental challenges increasingly threaten livelihoods worldwide, some countries are turning to public works programs (PWPs) to confront them. This has given rise to “green public works”—PWPs that combine social assistance with environmental and climate objectives, such...

This report aims to fill the knowledge gap on green jobs by better defining them in Cambodia and establishing a baseline on their prevalence, their trends, their task content, and their key characteristics. The report intends to add the information base needed to align the education and training...

U.S. manufacturing facilities generate approximately 30 billion pounds of hazardous waste annually, 10% of which is released into the environment. The negative economic and health impacts of such toxic chemicals are significant (Currie et al., 2015; Aguilar-Gomez et al., 2022). It is therefore...

This document is part of a series of Comparative Law studies that analyze the principle of environmental protection in different legal orders around the world. After a brief historic introduction and a presentation of applicable legislation and case law, the content, limits and possible...

This document is part of a series of Comparative Law studies that analyze the principle of environmental protection in different legal orders around the world. After a brief historic introduction and a presentation of applicable legislation and case law, the content, limits and possible...

This study examines the impact of Conference of the Parties (COP) summits on innovation using an event study framework. Innovation is measured by patent grants, distinguishing between the total number of patents and the number of patents in environmental technologies, based on the World...

In responding to these critical questions, this report updates and expands on the 2022 Country Climate and Development Report, particularly in the analysis of climate impacts, adaptation, and mitigation strategies. This report provides updated estimates of adaptation costs, incurred through...

This report provides a better understanding of ways in which to address the gender and social dimensions of climate change in key sectors of the Tajik economy. It focuses on the impact of climate change on vulnerable groups, particularly on women and girls, youth, persons with disabilities, and...

Biodiversity is unequivocally declining and chemical pollution is a major driver of its loss. Ecotoxicological studies report various effects of chemicals at different levels of biological organization, mostly individual and sub-organismal levels, while biodiversity is typically measured by...