High temperatures can have a negative effect on workplace safety for a variety of reasons. Discomfort and reduced concentration caused by heat can lead to workers making mistakes and injuring themselves. Discomfort can also be an incentive for workers to report an injury that they would not have...

Ensuring a crisis-proof food supply has become a key political issue. In Germany, official spatial planning allows the use of priority and reserved areas to secure land for agricultural use and regional food supply. The focus should be particularly on climate-resilient areas that also have a...

Die Notwendigkeit der Reduzierung der Emissionen von Treibhausgasen ist von weltweiter Bedeutung. Die weitere genetisch-züchterische Erhöhung des Milcheiweißgehaltes, bei gleichzeitiger Absenkung des Milchfettgehaltes, auf hohem Leistungsniveau (z. B. 9000 kg Milch/Kuh/Jahr) führt zu einem...

In recent years the analysis of US climate policy on the electricity sector has predominantly deployed electricity planning or capacity expansion models that use deterministic or equilibrium optimization methods. While uncertainty in key input assumptions is considered, it is usually restricted...