Einige zentrale Rahmenbedingungen für die Weltlandwirtschaft sind dabei, sich dramatisch und nachhaltig zu ändern. Zum einen ist der mehr als einhundert Jahre andauernde Megatrend sinkender Agrarpreise, den wir auch als die Landwirtschaftliche Tretmühle bezeichnen, zu Ende gegangen. Zum...

At the UN World Food Summit in Rome in 1996 an ambitious goal was formulated, namely to cut in half the number of malnourished people in 1995 by 2015. It has now become clear that this objective is no longer within reach. In fact, the opposite is happening. The number of malnourished people is...

Water is a vital resource for human existence on earth. The importance of this resource to the wellbeingof mankind and the general scarcity of drinking water which is expected to grow requires thepublic to reflect on the best ways to address demand and supply issues. Therefore, the discourse...

The polluter pays principle tells us that whoever is responsible for producing pollution is alsoresponsible for paying for the damage caused by the pollution (OECD, 1992). So anyone whoseactivities lead to the emission of a tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) should be taxed for the extradamage that...

A new version of the PAGE integrated assessment model, PAGE09, is introduced. The mostimportant scientific, impact, emission and adaptation inputs in the latest default version of themodel, PAGE09 v1.7 are described. The scientific and economic impact results are presented for abusiness as usual...

The PAGE09 model is a greatly revised update of the PAGE2002 integrated assessment model ofclimate change. It calculates the impacts of climate change and the costs of abatement andadaptation policies under uncertainty for eight world regions and ten time periods...

Although international programs for carbon osets play an important role incurrent and prospective climate change policy, they continue to be very controver-sial. Assymmetric information creates several incentive problems, include adverseselection and moral hazard, in oset markets. The current...

My assignment today is to comment on Community Issues that are likely to emerge during thetransition to a bioeconomy. There are many issues and some myths that are drivers of change inthis transition. World hunger, biotechnology, food versus fuel, and indirect land use; organic,natural, local...

Facing growing complexity and uncertainty of social and environmental contexts, e.g. globalisation, climate change, dynamics of markets of energy and resources, geopolitical security risks and conflicts as well as technological change, it is more important than ever to reflect today’s...

Energie und erneuerbare Energien sind bisher keine zentralen Themen für denGrundschul-Unterricht und zumeist auch nicht für die SEK I. Dies liegt vor allem an derfehlenden Lehrplananbindung. Als Konsequenz hiervon gibt es auch kaum Lehrmaterial,welches interessierte Lehrkräfte nutzen...