The reflections presented here are directly related to the shortcomings concerning welfare and 'green' growth concepts identified in the course of the research project Cornerstones of an ecologically sustainable welfare concept as a basis for eco-political innovation and transformation processes...

This paper is part of the research project Cornerstones of an ecologically sustainable welfare concept as a basis for eco-political innovation and transformation processes funded by the German Ministry of Environment. The main aim is to identify differentiated and exemplary starting points for...

Intense climate-related disasters - floods, storms, droughts, and heat waves - have been on the rise worldwide. At the same time and coupled with an increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, temperatures, on average, have been rising, and are becoming more variable and more...