Over the past few years it has become increasingly clear that the physical consequences of climate change and the transition to a carbon-neutral economy are posing risks to companies and must be managed accordingly. At the same time, around half a million sites belonging to companies and other...

The report examines the role offset approaches can play in the post-2020 climate regime. For this purpose, the report first develops a conceptual approach and a normative vision of what should be viewed as successful offset use. It then proposes tools to operationalize this vision. Lastly it...

The debate on sustainability related corporate due diligence obligations in global value chains has recently gained considerable momentum, in particular at EU level. However, so far, it has been dominated by the focus on human rights due diligence. By contrast, relatively little attention has...

By 2050, the European Union aims to become climate neutral. The achievement of this goal will require, among others, a massive boost in energy efficiency. Companies and other organizations can make a significant contribution to climate protection through systematic and long-term energy...

Sollen in Zukunft ambitionierte Ziele der nachhaltigen Flächennutzung erreicht werden, wiezum Beispiel das 30-Hektar-Ziel aus der Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie der rot-grünenBundesregierung aus dem Jahre 2002, dann müssen politische Strategien gefunden werden,die es erlauben, weitgehende...

Land is an essential but limited natural resource. We employ the concept of stocks to analysedriving forces for land-use conversion and to assess, whether the German political “30-hectares-goal” is feasible given the current institutional setting. In this paper major drivingforces for...

In this paper, we investigate the external effects of the parent's de-cisions on the number of newly born children and the firm's decisions on theamount of polluting emissions that occur in industrial production. We employan optimal control model which comprises three stock variables...

We analyze a dynamic and stochastic ecological-economic model of grazingmanagement in semi-arid rangelands. The non-equilibrium ecosystem is driven bystochastic precipitation. A risk averse farmer chooses a grazing management strategyunder uncertainty such as to maximize expected utility from...

Die Kältetechnik in Deutschland weist insgesamt einen Anteil am Elektroenergiebedarf von ca. 14% auf und ist für etwa 5% der nationalen Treibhausgasemissionen verantwortlich. Angesichts der nationalen Klimaschutzziele verdeutlichen diese Zahlen den Handlungsbedarf zur Erhöhung der...