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Wuppertaler Wissenschafts-Cocktail : Diskurs-Module zum Thema Stammzellenforschung und Klonen
(2009)
UN-Klimagipfel bereitet Boden für Kopenhagen-Abkommen : Beschlüsse von Poznan finden geteiltes Echo
(2009)
Wie kann bei der Endlichkeit der Energieressourcen gewährleistet werden, dass nicht den sozial Schwächsten zuerst der Strom abgeschaltet wird? Wie lässt sich zugleich Gerechtigkeit fördern, ohne dabei die ökologischen Grenzen zu überschreiten? Und was, so die Leitfrage des Buches, bedeutet Gerechtigkeit im Umweltkontext konkret? Julia Schultz diskutiert in ihrem Buch Gerechtigkeitsfragen und analysiert ausgehend von der "Environmental-Justice-Bewegung" in den USA Erfahrungen in Deutschland. Das Buch bietet eine ethische Checkliste, die sich aus Gerechtigkeitsperspektive beim Umweltschutz in Deutschland und auch darüber hinaus verwenden lässt. Beispielhaft werden für die Bereiche Gesundheit, Haushaltsenergie und Tierrechte konkrete Instrumente und Maßnahmen zusammengestellt und kommentiert.
Energy efficiency is a national priority for China as rapid energy consumption growth aggravates its greenhouse gas emissions, local air pollution and energy scarcity. In the 1990s, a large number of voluntary agreements emerged in industrialised countries in order to improve industrial energy efficiency. These experiences are now taken into account in China. This article analyses the drivers for voluntary agreements on industrial energy efficiency in China, based on a case study of three enterprises in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. Furthermore, the article reviews the institutional set-up of energy policy and investigates the pertaining policy culture. From the findings, conclusions are drawn on the role of voluntary agreements within China's larger policy context. We conclude that opposed to avoiding stricter regulation, voluntary agreements in Nanjing are reinterpreted in view of more stringent national provisions on energy efficiency in the 11th Five Year Plan. Hence, agreements have evolved into an implementation tool of national policy at the local level. For industry, another major driver for participation was identified as improving its relations with local authorities. Voluntary agreements showed to have the potential to overcome traditional constraints of implementing top-down policies at the local level in China.
This paper presents the strategy for a large EU-funded Integrated Project: EXIOPOL ("A New Environmental Accounting Framework Using Externality Data and Input-Output Tools for Policy Analysis"), with special attention for its part in environmentally extended (EE) input-output (IO) analysis. The project has three principal objectives: (a) to synthesize and further develop estimates of the external costs of key environmental impacts for Europe; (b) to develop an EE IO framework for the EU-27 in aglobal context, including as many of these estimates as possible, to allow for the estimation of environmental impacts (expressed as LCA themes, material requirement indicators, ecological footprints or external costs) of the activities of different economic sectors, final consumption activities and resource consumption; (c) to apply the results of the work to external costs and EE I-O for illustrative policy questions.
Sustainable Resource Management is the result of longlasting exhaustive research by the Wuppertal Institute. Looking at material flows, industrial and societal metabolism and their implications for the economy, this new book provides radical perspectives on how the global economy should use natural resources in intelligent ways that maximise well-being without destroying lifesupporting ecosystems. It presents a vision of the future and the fundamental elements necessary for the sustainable management of the Earth's resources. It argues that the need to manage the use of our natural resources at a sustainable level can be shaped into a great opportunity for innovation and for new institutions to govern change.
Sustainable management of natural resources is a crucial element for a sustainable development, but also a precondition for economic growth. The book analyses raw materials supply and resource use in a global context. The contributions present state-of-the art results and perspectives on the availability of resources. They discuss factors such as demand from emerging and other countries as well as critical shortage of some materials together with the resulting consequences for economies. It also gives new views and perspectives on the sustainable growth in ermerging economies and examines the possibilities and experiences concerning the decoupling of resource use from economic growth. Moreover, it offers cross-country comparisons with emphasis on emerging countries. A key focus is placed on China regarding its domestic energy, climate and resource policy but also its developing foreign policy in Africa.