This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances - mainly in the domains of energy and transportation - contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system. Drawing on methods from engineering, the management sciences and economics, which it...

Eco-innovations are crucial for reducing the environmental damages arising from economic activities, and are one of the main drivers of a successful transition towards sustainable development and remedying essential climate change problems. This book provides an overview of recent advances in...

Chapter 1: Introducing Water Risk: A Framework for (Integrated) Water Risk Assessment and Management -- Part 1: Assessing Water Risk: Frameworks, Models, and Tools -- Chapter 2: Data for Water Risks: Current Trends in Reporting Frameworks, Shortcomings, and the Way Forward -- Chapter 3: How Do...

Wirtschaft und Klöster -- Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeit -- Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen -- Arbeitsethos im Kloster -- Corporate Governance und Führung -- Verantwortung aus klösterlicher Sicht -- Entwicklung von Ordensgemeinschaften

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Analysis of the current situation of research areas -- Chapter 3 Dynamic and optimal comprehensive evaluation model of haze control policy in Hebei province -- Chapter 4 Scenario analysis of comprehensive impact of haze control policy on economy, society and...

1:-Wrong Intentions & Flawed Foundations -- 2:-Great Moderation let the Party Going -- 3:- Global Financial Crisis -Tip of the Iceberg -- 4.:-On the Non-Monetary Side & A World Beyond ECB -- 5:- A Jigsaw of Financial Institution & Unions within Union -- 6:-Stagnation in Europe: A lost decade of...

Chapter 1. Introduction: Rethinking Time and Space -- Chapter 2. Hobbes and Locke: "Fear of Death, Poverty or Other Calamity -- Chapter 3. Marx's Devastating Critique of Capitalism -- Chapter 4. Ethics and Education: Possessive Individualism Versus Global Caring -- Chapter 5. The Super Rich:...

Chapter 1. Economics of the Green Climate Fund, Paris Agreements, and Global Funds and Currencies: An Overview -- Chapter 2. The Green Climate Fund: History, Institution, Pledges, Investment Criteria -- Chapter 3. The Microbehavioral Economic Models of Adaptation Behaviors to Global Warming --...

1. Emerging Risks: An Overview; Thomas Walker, Dieter Gramlich, Kalima Vico, and Adele Dumont-Bergeron -- Part I. Ecological Risks -- 2. Climate Change: Macroeconomic Impact and Implications for Monetary Policy; Sandra Batten, Rhiannon Sowerbutts, and Misa Tanaka -- 3. Global Warming and Extreme...

Part I. Energy sphere in Industry 4.0 -- Chapter 1. Growth of energy consumption during automatization of production, distribution, and consumption in Industry 4.0 -- Chapter 2. Energy crisis management in Industry 4.0 -- Chapter 3. Renewable energy and evaluation of its applicability in...