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Prices should tell the truth
(1992)
The party's over
(1993)
System transformation and environmental policy : problems and options in Central and Eastern Europe
(1993)
The well-travelled yogurt pot : lessons for new freight transport policies and regional production
(1995)
Why speed matters
(1997)
Green taxes come to Europe
(1997)
Sustainable mobility : how to move more goods from road to rail ; a comparison of Germany & Britain
(2000)
The role of sinks : Thomas Langrock argues that the Kyoto Protocol needs a proper treatment of sinks
(2001)
Developing a system of sectoral sustainability indicators for the European aluminium industry
(2002)
Scenarios for the transition to a sustainable and climate protecting energy system in Germany
(2004)
Additional binding reduction targets for greenhouse gases are necessary and they must also apply to important developing and transition countries. So far, these countries have been treated as a uniform group. In future, different rules will have to be used according to varying capabilities and different exposures to risk. A team of 14 researchers from
rich and poor countries puts forward proposals on how to proceed.
Education for sustainability
(2005)
This paper introduces the special issue on the Policies for Ecological Tax Reform: Assessment of Social Responses (PETRAS) project about responses to ecological tax reform (ETR) in Europe. Although ETR is widely accepted to be a policy with desirable effects, its implementation has been limited by problems of political acceptability. The project aimed to address the question of how to make such a policy more acceptable. It is the first study to examine in depth the thinking of members of the general public about the ETR policies and is also the first international comparative study of the thinking of ordinary business people about ETR policies. The PETRAS project methodology was based around the use of interviews and focus groups to inform the assessment of social responses to ETR policies and the development of improved designs for them. A number of issues emerged relating to awareness, trust, understanding of the purpose, visibility, incentives, regressivity, levels of taxation, terminology, communication about ETR and the use of alternative instruments. Together with these similarities, a pattern of differences between the countries can also be seen. The final section of this paper introduces the national studies described in the following papers.
Ben A. Minteer: The landscape of reform - civic pragmatism and environment thought in America
(2007)
Considering the traditional coal-based energy infrastructure in the German state North Rhine-Westphalia the question arises how to face the needs of embanking climate change. To reduce greenhouse gas intensive electricity generation in the Ruhr area, the introduction of carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an option of particular relevance. The paper investigates and discusses possibilities of setting up a CCS infrastructure in NRW. It shall clarify whether, and possibly how, highly efficient conventional fossil fired power plants could be refitted with CO2 capture to flexibly react to potentially changing climate policy conditions and to keep up with the market.
This paper presents the results of a collaborative project on public acceptance of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Germany, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi). The project "Socio-economic Research on Acceptance of CCS" (April 2006 to March 2008) analyzed various aspects of public acceptance of CCS mainly in the national context of Germany. It was the first project to handle this subject matter. Public acceptance is one of the crucial factors for the implementation of CCS in the future.
Cleaning up the CDM
(2010)
Standardised baselines for urban passenger transport : no quick solution for fostering model shift
(2010)
Dismantling development
(2010)