The TERM 2007 report examines performance of the transport sector vis-a-vis potential future targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions and concludes that technology measures are insufficient to meet likely targets. Policy-makers have to address the growth in transport demand.--Publisher's...

The European Water Framework Directive is shaping a new conception of integrative water protection. In this article, the consequences of the Water Framework Directive in respect to national environmental policy will be discussed in referring to the notion of responsibility which is a central...

Legitimacy is regarded as one critical aspect of biodiversity management and nature conservation arrangements. Multi-level governance is claimed to pose several challenges to legitimacy. The aim of this paper is to review some legitimacy challenges in multilevel governance contexts, and to...

In neueren Analysen der westeuropäischen Integration wird zunehmend auf die strukturellen Grenzen positiver Integration hingewiesen. Vor diesem Hintergrund erscheint die Analyse internationaler Umweltregime als Beispiele für positive Regelungen jenseits des Nationalstaates gewinnbringend. Bei...