We show that U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol is straightforward under political economy considerations. The reason is that U.S. compliance costs exceed low willingness to pay for dealing with global warming in the U.S. The withdrawal had a crucial impact on the concretion of the Protocol...

Domestically, the effects of climate change could overwhelm disaster-response capabilities. Internationally, climate change may cause humanitarian disasters, contribute to political violence, and undermine weak governments. In this Council Special Report, Joshua W. Busby moves beyond diagnosis...

Although benefit assessment principles are well established for specific populations, very little attention has been paid to how to define the scope of the pertinent population for such assessments. Whose social welfare matters and whose benefits should be included in the assessment? In the case...

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 -...