Das als Durchbruch gefeierte Abkommen von Paris (2015) hat erneut bestätigt, dass es auf die Fähigkeit der Politik zur Zusammenarbeit ankommt, weltweit, national und in Netzwerken, wenn die Stabilisierung des Weltklimas gelingen soll. Das Handbuch informiert über die wichtigsten Institutionen...

chapter 1 Economic growth and environmental regulation in the People’s Republic of China: Introduction to the volume -- part PART I Growth and environmental regulation -- chapter 2 Economic growth and environmental protection in the People’s Republic of China -- chapter 3 Environmental...

1. Introduction -- 2. Elucidating complexity theories -- 3. Complexity in the natural sciences -- 4. Complexity in social theory -- 5. Towards transdisciplinarity -- 6. Complexity in philosophy : complexification and the limits to knowledge -- 7. Complexity in ethics -- 8. Earth in the...

pt. 1. Emerging emissions trading schemes in air quality management and climate policy -- pt. 2. Permit trading in land use management and biodiversity -- pt. 3. Water trading and water quality trading -- pt. 4. Overarching design options and conclusions.

1. Introduction -- 2. Blueprint for a green economy in the twenty-first century -- 3. Sustainable development -- 4. Progress in valuing the environment -- 5. Accounting for the environment and sustainability -- 6. Progress in prices and incentives for environmental improvement -- 7. Towards a...

Dueling paradigms -- Our precious endowment -- Understanding our natural endowment -- A tale of two energy crises -- Dysfunctional markets -- Nature as guide -- Closing the materials loop -- Shifting back to renewable energy sources -- Economic succession -- Economic resiliency -- Conclusion.

Water quality markets: institutional design and performance -- Market-like water quality trading: why it matters and how to make it happen -- Buying water for the environment -- Auctions of water rights -- The economic effects of using property taxes in lieu of direct user fees to pay for water...

pt. 1. Foundations for understanding the trade of natural resources and its implication for ecosystem services -- pt. 2. Ecosystem impacts of global flows of virtual land, water and sea in the physical economy -- pt. 3. Accounting tools for global ecosystem services -- pt. 4. Instruments for...