Funding a response to climate change after Kyoto will require another look at both burden sharing and funding mechanisms. After reviewing the risks of cap-and-trade with carbon offsets and the advantages of a harmonized carbon tax, a method is proposed to utilize a harmonized carbon price to...

Has the Kyoto Protocol induced carbon leakage? We conduct the first empirical ex-post evaluation of the Protocol. We derive a theoretical gravity equation for the CO2 content of trade, which accounts for intermediate inputs, both domestic and imported. The structure of our new panel database of...

The Paris Agreement on Climate Change requests signatory countries to specify voluntary caps on their greenhouse gas emissions. The caps stated by the end of 2021 imply percentage emission reductions that vary widely across countries. This paper uses globally representative data from the Global...

This volume was prepared by Rahel Aichele while she was working at the ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2012 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes five self-contained chapters. The chapters investigate how, in a...

This Presentation describes sustainability accounting, the emergence of sustainability accounting, develops a framework of sustainability accounting, describes critical theory perspective, and managerial path of sustainability accounting development. It also gives an overview of Inside out...

The unraveling of the Arctic is bad enough for the Arctic itself, but it will have enormous consequences for the entire planet since the Arctic is a crucial component of the global climate system. Current policies do not provide much hope to prevent these harms. We have committed the earth to...

This paper shows a significant and causal positive relationship between good institutions and sustainability. Sustainability is measured by the indicator of adjusted net saving (ANS) and institutional quality by an average of six dimensions of governance. An instrumental variable is used to rule...

The purpose of this study is to examine the causality between the role and importance of creating an interconnection in the implementation of development processes in agricultural areas, either in developed or less disadvantaged areas in mountain areas of the agricultural industry. It also...

On our current trajectory, severe disruptions to national and regional food systems are highly likely to happen - the main question is when. This report, commissioned by the UN DESA as a strategic input to SD21 and the Rio discussions, focuses on vital areas and offers a collection of up to date...

The paper presents, with examples, the steps through which scientific cooperation has laid the foundations for the adoption of measures of great importance for a sustainable development that ensures a sustainable future for future generations and a sustainable life based on security. "The...