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The paper takes the viewpoint of the neoinstitutional theory of the firm to analyse Germany's voluntary Dual Management System for Packaging Waste Collection and Recycling (DSD); namely, its governance structure and its contractual relations with upstream and downstream firms. Two aspects...
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The aim of this paper is to describe and discuss the weak and strong sustainability approach of assessing climate change and to show reasonable applications, weaknesses, possible improvements and linkages of both approaches. Main features of ?weak? and ?strong? sustainability approaches are...
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Mit der Entwicklung der Verkehrsleistungen war in den 90er Jahren auch eine Zunahme des verkehrsbedingten Energieverbrauchs und der Emissionen von Kohlendioxid (CO2) verbunden. So ist der Anteil des Verkehrsektors am gesamtwirtschaftlichen Endenergieverbrauch in Deutschland seit 1991 von 26 %...
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Diese Studie wurde für das Umweltbundesamt erstellt und soll darüber hinaus Anstöße für das vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung initiierte Projekt „Neue Techniken für den integrierten, medienübergreifenden Umweltschutz“ liefern. Den Hintergrund für die Studie bildet die...
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In the German automobile industry the vertical integration, as an indicator of value added, is on average low. Beyond the argument of relative high labour costs for manufacturing, several specific reasons for the level of vertical integration, linked to the flexibility of business administration...
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This paper investigates the economic implications of a comprehensive approach to sustainable greenhouse policies that strives to stabilise the atmospheric concentration of the five major greenhouse gases at an ecologically determined threshold level. In a theoretical optimisation model...
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The aim of this working paper is to provide a preliminary assessment of whether the European Green Deal constitutes a suitable policy framework to combine environmental and economic objectives with the pursuit of social fairness, thus ensuring a just transition towards more sustainable economies...
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Whether in the area of high sulphur dioxideconcentration, lead emissions or waste water1, environmental legislation in the European Community and the Member States has made decisive progress during the last 30 years. Much still needs to be done however, if we are to pass on a healthy...
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Das Finanzierungsinstrument für die Umwelt LIFE wurde 1992 geschaffen und ist eines der wichtigsten Instrumente zur Förderung der gemeinschaftlichen Umweltpolitik. LIFE bietet finanzielle Unterstützung für Maßnahmen zugunsten der Umwelt in der Gemeinschaft und bestimmten Drittländern:...
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