Green growth entails several different kinds of processes: conversion to low-carbon energy, climate resilience, and response to climate shocks. Equity implies a fair sharing of the costs, within countries and between countries. The authors set out to explore some of the ways that equity has been...

Regional governance systems and national frameworks to address climate change and accelerate green growth in Asia are reviewed and tools to address climate change are outlined. Options for regional level political institutions and financial architecture needed to fulfill voluntary pledges and...

This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of...

Vor nunmehr 40 Jahren erschien ein Text, der in vielerlei Hinsicht bahnbrechend war und der es wert ist, in Erinnerung gerufen zu werden. 1966 formulierte Kenneth E. Boulding in seinem Aufsatz »The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth« bemerkenswerte Visionen zur Bewirtschaftung der Erde...

Intro -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT -- 1: A NEW DIRECTION IN ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of Scholarly Findings -- 3. Final Remark -- References -- 2: DETECTING VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTIONS BY DESIGNED BREAK-INDICATOR SATURATION -- 1. Introduction...