Arbeitslosigkeit und Umweltbelastung rangieren weit oben in der Skala der gesellschaftlichen Problemwahrnehmung, wie auch in der politischen Diskussion. Vorschläge zur gleichzeitigen Lösung dieser beiden Probleme verdienen besondere Beachtung. In diesem Papier wird der Vorschlag der...

In diesem Papier wird das Konzept der praventiven Umweltpolitik vorgestellt und im Hinblick auf die zu seiner Ausfüllung benötigten Informationen untersucht. Die Umweltpolitik ist trotz anderslautender Beteuerungen nach wie vor in hohem Maße reaktiv, auf Schadensbehebung, nicht auf...

The United Nations Committee for Development Planning (CDP) in its annual report has attempted to formulate a development strategy for the 1990s. We have asked Udo E. Simonis, a member of the CDP, to summarize the main findings and recommendations of that report.

The United Nations Committee for Development Planning (CDP) in its annual report 1991 has attempted to redefine and update the list of countries classified as least developed in order to give guidance to donor agencies and countries about an equitable allocation of foreign assistance. We have...

The United Nations Committee for Development Planning (CDP) in its annual report 1992 will address the relationships between poverty, environment and development, as a kind of input to the discussion that led to and will ensue from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development...

This paper is about excessive overuse of resources and about serious environmental impacts, and the need for a global ecological turnaround. Ideas about a social contract for sustainability are being discussed, and examples given of resource decoupling and impact decoupling. Global environmental...