Plastics are an important material in the economy but present a challenge for waste management, resource efficiency and the environment. Low rates of recycling and high rates of environmental leakage represent key sustainability challenges for plastics as well as product designers and producers....

Food production, Germany, agriculture, scenarios, trend analysis, forecasts, environment, agricultural structures, food processing, food trade, retail, consumer demand, environmental impact, ecology, conservation, environmental policy, agricultural policy, Eastern enlargement, world trade, WTO,...

Die vorliegende Publikation widmet sich der Betrachtung von Wechselbeziehungen zwischen vorbeugendem Hochwasserschutz und regionaler Kulturlandschaftsgestaltung in Flusslandschaften. Der Fokus liegt hierbei auf einer sozial- und politikwissenschaftlichen Perspektive. So werden Gesetze, Planwerke...

The Paris Agreement invites signatory countries to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS). This report compares the experience of three developed countries that have communicated LT-LEDS within the framework of the United Nations...