Seit Kurzem gewinnen Ansätze zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel als komplementäre Strategie zum Klimaschutz immer stärker an Bedeutung. Ein wichtiges Handlungsfeld stellt dabei die Bewirtschaftung der Ressource Wasser dar. Das vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) geförderte...

The negative effects of climate change are felt in the form of rising temperatures, weather variability, shifting boundaries of agro-ecosystems, the spread of invasive species and pests, and more frequent extreme weather events. Climate change reduces crop yields, the nutritional quality of most...

This paper studies the long-term distribution of energy-efficiency outcomes in the German residential sector. To uncover the underlying energy efficiency of buildings, we estimate the causal response of building-level heat energy demand to variability in heating degree days. We examine...

Currently, the region named Brazilian Legal Amazon (BLA) represents the agricultural frontier of Brazil, and it concentrates the deforestation processes, so-called arc of deforestation. This region covers the total area of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and Tocantins, and...