The global dimension of environmental problems stresses the need of an internationally linked environmental environmental policy. The example of climate change policy shows, that environmental policy has to be a subject of a globally oriented international policy formulating operational targets...

Setting the scene -- Energy research in the European Union -- Scientific controversies on energy foresight -- Economic and energy modelling -- European quantitative tools -- Case studies on European energy-related policies -- Ex-post evaluation and comparison of energy models -- Interaction of...

Starting with the significant differences between the European Union member states regarding the implementation of the sustainable development goals stipulated by the United Nations and the transition from the fossil fuel economy to the one based on the principles of bio-economics, the article...