Tag Archives: Energy and Climate
Climate change as a threat to biodiversity: An application of the DPSIR approach
Omann, I.;Stocker, A. and Jäger, J. (2009)
In: Ecological Economics Journal
Abstract:
Climate change and its consequences present one of the most important threats to biodiversity and the functions of ecosystems. The stress on biodiversity is far beyond the levels imposed by the global climatic changes occurring in the recent evolutionary past. It includes temperature [...]
Global responsibility for CO2 emissions
[...]Which countries and regions are the biggest net importers and exporters of CO2 emissions embodied in trade? How much CO2 has been shifted between different regions through international trade? What are the implications of considering consumer responsibility for global climate and trade policies? Martin Bruckner, Christine Polzin and Stefan Giljum have addressed these questions in
Eco-innovation – putting the EU on the path to a resource and energy efficient economy
Bleischwitz, R., Bahn-Walkowiak, B., Irrek, W., Schepelmann, P., Schmidt-Bleek, F., Giljum, S., Lutter, S., Bohunovski, L., Hinterberger, F., Hawkins, E., Kuhndt, M., Pratt N. (2009)
In: Policy, E.P.P.D.-E.a.S. (Ed.), European Parliament, Brussels.
The objective of this study is to support the European Parliament’s ITRE Committee in its work on the EU’s industrial and energy policy [...]
“What contribution can trade policy make towards combating climate change?”
Kraemer, R.A., Hinterberger, F., Tarasofsky, R. (2007)
In: Parliament, E. (Ed.), European Parliament, Brussels
Trade policy presents an area of opportunity for the EU to address the problem of global climate change. One approach is implementing measures to increase trade in environmental technologies and green services, as EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has identified in [...]
Participatory scenario development for integrated sustainability assessment
Bohunovsky, L., Omann, I. (2009)
Presentation held at the IARU International Scientific Congress on Climate Change from 10 to 12 March 2009 in Copenhagen.
The presentation includes
integrated sustainability assessment and climate change
participatory scenario development
project examples (ARTEMIS, ALARM, ECOCHANGE)
Download presentation. [...]
