"Pick an environmental issue. Maybe air pollution, toxic waste, or deforestation. These all seem like solid choices, but none of these is actually an environmental problem--at least, not at its heart. Deep down they're economic problems. Nearly all the issues we classify as environmental stem...

In defining the transition towards a post-carbon future, understanding the needs and determinants for policy priorities in different types of cities will help tailor a common roadmap that can be adopted under various socio-economic contexts. This paper provides an analysis of results collected...

In the first two years of the Biden Presidency, Congress passed three massive funding bills, which poured hundreds of billions of dollars into clean energy infrastructure, R&D, and deployment. Although the direct effect of these laws will be dramatic, this article focuses on positive feedbacks...

Rechtzeitig zum Klimagipfel in Kopenhagen und 3 Jahre nach seiner "... unbequeme(n) Wahrheit" (BA 12/06) erscheint Al Gores neues Buch, in dem er Lösungsmöglichkeiten für die damals aufgelisteten Probleme zusammenträgt. Und getragen ist das Buch von einer - manchmal beinahe naiven -...