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Energy and climate change
(2018)
Effectiveness and efficiency of food-waste prevention policies, circular economy, and food industry
(2020)
This chapter addresses material leakage as a major problem of international open markets for used goods, in particular for used vehicles. It develops elements of an international metal covenant that should allow for a more sustainable management of global material flows in that area. The arguments in favour of such a proposal are as follows: Any regulation should actively seek for industry participation, taking advantage of business interest in supplying a sufficient amount of materials while lowering materials cost. It should also address public issues such as sustainability of recycling and waste. A first section analyses contracts as a tool to overcome knowledge problems that occur when many actors are involved. A second short section gives empirical evidence for material leakage in the case of used vehicles from Germany. A third section develops elements of an international metal covenant. A fourth section analyses potential impacts and discusses legal and institutional issues. Finally, some conclusions are drawn.
A global collaborative accounting network to calculate the resource use of products and services
(2015)
Applying the material-based approach to Central and Eastern European Countries : the case of Poland
(1999)
Germany
(1997)
Recent trends in the German CCS debate : new players, arguments and legal framework conditions
(2010)
Nanologue
(2008)
Sustainable energy
(2017)
The role of gender concerns in the planning of small-scale energy projects in developing countries
(2015)