Die vorliegende Studie sucht aus juristischer und soziologischer Perspektive Konzepte für einen effektiveren und zugleich sozialeren Klimaschutz jenseits festgefahrener "Kopenhagen-Debatten". Damit wird der vermeintliche Gegensatz "soziale Gerechtigkeit versus ambitionierte Klimapolitik"...

This book presents an in-depth empirical analysis of consumer response to alternative policies for energy conservation. Its main focus is on innovative policy instruments that have attracted increasing attention from academics and energy conservation practitioners alike: critical peak pricing,...

Preface -- 1 Local Utilities in the German Electricity Market and their Role in the Diffusion of Innovations in Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Mitigation -- 2 Contracting and Mikro-KWK - the Role of Municipal Utilities in Germany -- 3 Governance variety in the energy service contracting...

Mainstreaming Environmental Finance into Financial Markets - Relevance, Potential and Obstacles -- Mainstreaming Framework Conditions for Environmental Finance - The Role of the Public Sector -- Mainstreaming Environmental Finance Markets (I) - Small-Scale Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy...

Effiziente Energienutzung kann für nahezu alle Probleme der Energiepolitik (Energiekostensenkung, Versorgungssicherheit, Klimaschutz) den schnellsten, größten und wirtschaftlichsten Lösungsbeitrag leisten und positive Nettoeffekte für Wirtschaft und Beschäftigung bewirken. Die Studie des...

1. Market Solutions for Climate Change -- 2. Energy Security in the Asia-Pacific Region -- 3. Asia’s Role in the Global Economic Architecture -- 4. Energy Economics in China’s Policy-Making Plan -- 5. The Economics of The Green Industrial Revolution -- 6. The Logic of Qualitative Business...

Innovation is key to achieving a sustainable electricity system. New technologies and organizational changes can bring about more sustainable, climate-friendly electricity structures. This book sets out to explore the dynamics, the drivers and the setting of innovation processes. It is also...

This volume explores: how conflicting scenarios involving energy use/conservation could be reconciled; how we can shape a more sustainable energy system from the existing one; and the possible technological progress and innovations to enable a brighter future