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Analysing bioenergy and land use competition in a coupled modelling system: The role of bioenergy in renewable energy policy in Germany
Delzeit, Ruth; Gömann, Horst; Holm-Müller, Karin; … - 2010
target on German agriculture and world agricultural prices. A main result of the simulations is that accounting for existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285362
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European Policies towards Palm Oil - Sorting Out some Facts
Pehnelt, Gernot; Vietze, Christoph - 2009
tropical countries and contributes to the reduction of poverty and hunger in the developing world. The EU Renewable Energy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271184
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Towards a sustainable biomass strategy: what we know and what we should know
Bringezu, Stefan; Ramesohl, Stephan; Arnold, Karin; … - 2007
The paper reviews the current knowledge on the use of biomass for non-food purposes, critically discusses its environmental sustainability implications, and describes the needs for further research, thus enabling a more balanced policy approach. The life-cylce wide impacts of the use of biomass...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299920
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An economic assessment of biogas production and land use under the German renewable energy source act
Delzeit, Ruth; Britz, Wolfgang; Kreins, Peter - 2012
The Renewable Energy Source Act (EEG) promotes German biogas production in order to substitute fossil fuels, protect the environment, and prevent climate change. As a consequence, green maize production has increased significantly over the last years, causing negative environmental effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453715
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Hunger bekämpfen! Aber wie? Drei Thesen aus wirtschaftsethischer Sicht
Pies, Ingo - 2013
gerichtet, wäre für die Hungernden dieser Welt mehr zu erreichen gewesen. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011733853
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Volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung der biobasierten Wirtschaft in Deutschland
Efken, Josef; Banse, Martin; Rothe, Andrea; Dieter, Matthias - 2012
Das Thünen-Institut wurde vom Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) gebeten, die volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung der biobasierten Wirtschaft in Deutschland zu kalkulieren. Grundlage bildet die vom Bioökonomierat der Bundesregierung aufgestellte...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311100
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An economic assessment of biogas production and land use under the German renewable energy source act
Delzeit, Ruth; Britz, Wolfgang - 2012
The Renewable Energy Source Act (EEG) promotes German biogas production in order to substitute fossil fuels, protect the environment, and prevent climate change. As a consequence, green maize production has increased significantly over the last years, causing negative environmental effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286845
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Quantifying sustainability: A new approach and world ranking
Carraro, Carlo; Campagnolo, Lorenza; Eboli, Fabio; … - 2012
evolution of all indicators over time throughout the world, and (ii) the aggregation methodology to reconcile them in one … current sustainability at world level differs from what the traditional measure of well-being, the GDP, depicts, highlighting … the trade-offs among different components of sustainability. Moreover, in the next decade a slight decrease in world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294272
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Interactions between Climate and Trade Policies: A Survey
Galeotti, Marzio; Kemfert, Claudia - 2004
Economic globalization affects the environment and sustainable development in several ways and through various channels. The purpose of this paper is to review the key links between globalization and the environment. The paper intends to consider the major issues in multilateral economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324958