Unter dem Eindruck der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise hat die EU das Instrumentarium zur Regulierung des Finanzmarktes weiterentwickelt und verschärft. Dieser Prozess hat auch Auswirkungen auf die Akteure am Europäischen Kohlenstoffmarkt und ihre Handelsstrategien. Dieser Abschlussbericht...

Sektorale Ziele werden als eine Möglichkeit diskutiert, das Risiko von Wettbewerbsverzerrungen und Carbon Leakage infolge von asymmetrischen Klimapolitiken oder klimapolitischen Zielen zu mindern (vgl. Baron et al. 2008, 2009; Fujiwara 2010, Center for Clean Air Policy 2010). Asymmetrien können in...

Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Theorising contemporary sustainability -- Sustainability today : from fringe to mainstream -- Ecological modernisation : promises and prospects -- Corporate social responsibility : business stepping up? -- Practising contemporary sustainability --...

Over the past few years it has become increasingly clear that the physical consequences of climate change and the transition to a carbon-neutral economy are posing risks to companies and must be managed accordingly. At the same time, around half a million sites belonging to companies and other...

2015 was a watershed year for addressing global challenges. Under the umbrella of the United Nations, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction were adopted. Six years after their adoption,...

To date, processes to implement the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and international climate change mitigation and adaptation obligations are largely disconnected in most countries. This creates administrative overlaps, costs and hampers the development of effective problem...

Multilateral cooperation initiatives (or “climate clubs”) can generate some of the additional action that is needed to achieve the goals agreed in the Paris Agreement. An analysis of the state of collaboration in the four policy areas energy transition, synthetic fuels, food systems and...

"The book explores the proactive and reactive features of China and India's domestic and foreign policies to address two intertwined challenges: first, China and India have taken policy measures that accord with their own domestic priorities; second, both countries have had to alter the...