Biotic and abiotic carbon sequestration currently seem to be the only viable tools at the disposal of mankind for mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and thus a remedy for tackling global warming challenges. This study accesses the global carbon capture and storage (CCS) programme: the...

This note argues that a carbon tax system is more practical to implement, monitor and enforce than tradable permit-based approaches to global climate-change action. It suggests that a sensible design will be an upstream carbon tax on the fossil fuel supply chain, which can also include other...

We show that people's optimism towards financial markets and the macroeconomy is dynamically influenced by their political affiliation and the existing political climate. Individuals become more optimistic and perceive the markets to be less risky and more undervalued when their own party is in...

Die grundlegende Bedeutung einer wirksamen Klimaschutzpolitik für das Leben auf derErde, insbesondere auch die menschlichen Lebengrundlagen, ist spätestens seit der Rio-Konferenz der UN für Umwelt und Entwicklung im Jahre 1992 unbestritten. Die Verabschiedungder Klimarahmenkonvention bildet...