Die Einschätzungen zur wirtschaftlichen Bewertung von Klimaschutzmaßnahmen, insbesondere zur Steigerung der Energieeffizienz, sind sehr widersprüchlich. Dieses Buch erläutert anhand von Zahlenmaterial die analytischen Hintergründe und ist auch für Nicht-Ökonomen verständlich geschrieben....

Incorporating Behavioural, Social, and Organizational Phenomena in the Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation Options -- Cultural Discourses in the Global Climate Change Debate -- Consumption, Motivation and Choice Across Scale: Consequences for Selected Target Groups -- The Legacy of Twenty...

Profitable energy-efficiency potentials are often not exploited in industry since management tends not to focus on energy issues. Sharing experiences between companies reveals possibilities for reducing the transaction costs involved. For this purpose, regionally or locally-organised learning...

The People's Republic of China foresees a target of 30 GW for installed wind power capacity by 2010 (2008: 12 GW). This paper reports on the technical and economic potentials of wind power, the recent development, existing obstacles, and related policies in China. The barriers to further...