Im Jahr 2009 werden in Kopenhagen mit dem Kioto-Folgeabkommen die Weichen für die künftige internationale Klimapolitik gestellt. Neben der Verminderung der Emissionen wird die Anpassung an den zum Teil bereits einsetzenden Klimawandel eine zentrale Rolle spielen. Wie können die...

The goal of radically increasing renewable energies pushes the current electrical grid to its limits. Smart technologies on the demand side and intelligent storage are keys to cope with fluctuating inputs from distributed generation. In this vein, consumers increasingly gain new opportunities to...

The purpose of sustainable development is to minimize the likelihood of dynamic natural and/or man-made systems to exceed tipping points, when exposed to disturbances. In effect, the systems are protected from losing identity and integrity. The authors of this paper suggest accepting resilience...

The trade-off between economic growth and environmental sustainability is very tough to a faster growing developing country like India. The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis proposes, environmental degradation increases with income growth first, and then it declines with income rise....

We model pollution as an input in the production process and test the long-run relationship between pollution and growth at the industry level. Most empirical studies, especially based on the environmental Kuznets curve, use highly aggregated data. Arguably, the results found may not be...

Vorwort zur 2. Auflage -- Vorwort zur 1. Auflage -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Abbildungsverzeichnis -- Tabellenverzeichnis -- Boxenverzeichnis -- 1. Einführung in das Leitbild nachhaltiger Entwicklung -- 2. Die Beziehung zwischen Wirtschaftswachstum und Umwelt -- 3. Umwelt im Rahmen der...