This paper presents an outcome-based payment scheme to reward ecological services in agriculture. It was designed by a research group from the Georg-August-University of Goettingen. Starting in January 2004 the payment scheme is tested upon it's implementation as an agri-environmental program in...

Cities, home to more than half of the world's population and important economic hubs, are vulnerable to climate change and worthy to protect. To address these challenges, implementing adaptation measures is inevitable. The paper provides insights into climate change related risks, opportunities...

Companies are increasingly concerned with current and future climate change risks that have the potential to generate a substantial change in their business operations, revenue and/or expenditure. Therefore, the paper focusses on the companies' perspective and aims to create a higher awareness...

The reliability of the electricity grid is of vital significance for the proper functioning of a society and its economy. The aim of this study is to develop a methodology to quantify differences in the electricity distribution grid's economic importance, and investigate limitations from its...

[Einleitung] David Ricardo veröffentlichte im April 1817 sein Hauptwerk „On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation“, was ihn zum Mitbegründer der klassischen Nationalökonomie machte. Ricardo zeigt unter anderem wie die eingeschränkte Verfügbarkeit natürlicher Ressourcen sowie...

The European Union's Council Regulation on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development has introduced auctioning as a new instrument for granting agri-environmental payments and awarding conservation contracts for the recent multi-annual budgetary plan....

Methanhydrate sind die im größten Umfang vorhandene Kohlenstoffressource und ihre im Vergleich zu Erdöl und Erdgas breite geographische Verteilung sowie ihr erhebliches Potential machen sie zu einem begehrten Rohstoff. Demgegenüber besteht die Gefahr einer Forcierung des Treibhauseffektes im...