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...

Veröffentlichungen zu den Themen: Umweltproduktivität, Umweltnutzung der privaten Haushalte, Material- und Energieflüsse, Flächennutzung, Umweltschutzmaßnahmen, Verkehr und Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Umwelt, Waldgesamtrechnung, UGR und Nachhaltigkeit.

The concept of "green growth" implies that a wide range of developmental objectives, such as job creation, economic prosperity and poverty alleviation, can be easily reconciled with environmental sustainability. This study, however, argues that rather than being win-win, green growth is similar...

Ecological economics claims to integrate natural sciences and economics. This is not merely an interdisciplinary task. It is an approach without analogy in the history of science. Therefore, any research strategy following standard approaches and arguments runs the risk of failure. Simple...

The paper attempts to raise certain questions, the answers to which are probably the emanation of the Bulgarian village. What is the reason for its sustainability, manifested and outlined particularly in the transformation periods? In the periods of crisis the village is a social buffer of the...

The circular economy (CE) has recently stimulated debates on sustainable consumption and production; Its regenerative systems minimise the environmental impact as practitioner reduce their externalities, including; waste, emissions, and energy leakages through the use and reuse of resources....

Environmental issues have gained importance in business as well as in public life throughout the world. So in this scenario of global concern, corporate houses has taken green-marketing as a part of their strategy to promote products by employing environmental claims either about their...

This working paper, part of my Master of Economics and International Business Management, highlights the impacts of environmental changes on society and the multidisciplinary concept of sustainable development. This work focuses on two major actors, financial actors and policy-makers, and their...

Several studies have addressed issues related to food value chains focusing on reducing food loss and food waste (FLW) and improving efficiency and improve food security. In order to make food more accessible, affordable, and safe, food systems have contributed to unsustainable land-use...