Rezension: Die Welt läuft sehenden Auges in die Klimakatastrophe. Erste Vorboten hierfür waren die Jahrtausendflut an der Elbe und die Überschwemmung New Orleans. Die Welt sitzt in einer doppelten Falle, in einer Treibhausfalle und in einer Politikfalle. Das Kyoto-Protokoll reicht gerade...

Introduction -- Historical reflection : a brief genealogy of sustainable development -- Sustainability and climate change -- Sustainability and energy systems -- Sustainability and food systems -- Sustainability as transformation and reflexivity

The COP-21 meeting in Paris produced an important result. For the first time all countries developed and developing agreed to take some mitigation action. However even if all countries deliver on what they have promised by 2030 and progress thereafter continues only at the same rate global...

History of the nexus at the intergovernmental level / Felix Dodds and Jamie Bartram -- Sustainable development goals and policy integration in the nexus / David Leblanc -- Nexus scientific research : theory and approach serving sustainable development / Joachim von Braun and Alisher Mirzabaev --...