The market of political consulting and lobbying from the perspective of Polish and German parliamentarians.
The number of forms, contexts and actors of policy advice and lobbying has grown over the years to such an extent that the problem of diffu
Inhabitants of Pacific Small Island States are facing multiple socio-ecological pressures and the impacts of global climate change aggravate the situation.
The world we live in has been shaped by expertise. Yet experts were not born with power: they had to struggle to achieve their authority and legitimacy.
On June 19, 2015, following a long period of preparation, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution A/69/L.65: 65 “Development of an international legally-binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conserv
With a growing impetus to meet energy demand through decentralized hybrid mini-grids in rural and semi-urban locations in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the need to accurately assess the market drivers, policy requirements and job creation impacts of t
This chapter examines global energy trends, whether a global renewable energy transition is already taking place, and what steps are needed to further accelerate the global deployment of renewables.
This essay maps the conditions under which a socially just and sustainable global future could emerge from large-scale structural transformations to contemporary society.
Green infrastructures play an essential role in urban planning, namely with their potential to reduce the impact from air pollution episodes together with extreme weather events.
The principles of responsibility and accountability have increasingly become a significant concept for the political capability to act independently and make decisions without superior authorization.
GRASP (Governance of Resources for Arctic Sustainable Policy and Practice) is an inter- and transdisciplinary research project jointly developed in 2014 by the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the Inst
Die Helmholtz-Allianz ENERGY-TRANS1 wurde im Jahr 2011 kurz nach den Ereignissen in Fukushima und den darauf folgenden Entscheidungen über die deutsche Energiewende gegründet und endete fristgerecht in 2016.
New energies form new energy landscapes (Apostol, Palmer, Pasqualetti, Smardon, & Sullivan, 2016; Gailing & Leibenath, 2013). Energy carriers converge within space and open up leeway and scope for design.
Die Energiewende ist eines der ambitioniertesten politischen Transformationsvorhaben in der bundesdeutschen Geschichte (Ethikkommission Sichere Energieversorgung 2011).
The advantages of superconductivity have been acknowledged by the European Commission with its funding of Best Paths, a collaborative project on energy transmission that includes a superconducting power transmission line as one of its five constit
This chapter explores aspects of the relationship between the financial system and resource industries, starting with general criteria for sound investment and an overview of the various materials and resources that need to be distinguished.
This chapter aims at extending the policy advisor’s toolbox, by presenting the potential of serious games to support the whole spectrum of advisory and analytical processes behind public policymaking.
n diesem Buch setzt sich die Gesellschaft für Sicherheits-wissenschaft e. V. (GfS) mit dem Thema Sicherheit in einer vernetzten Welt in einem breiten Verständnis der (soziotechnischen) Vernetzung auseinander.
The bioeconomy, understood as the production of renewable biological resources and their conversion into food, feed, bio-based products and bioenergy via innovative and efficient technologies, has the potential to tackle current grand challenges l
Mit den im September 2015 von den Vereinten Nationen verabschiedeten Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) der Agenda 2030 wurden erstmals soziale und ökologische Nachhaltigkeitsziele systematisch verknüpft.
Mit den im September 2015 von den Vereinten Nationen verabschiedeten Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) der Agenda 2030 wurden erstmals soziale und ökologische Nachhaltigkeitsziele systematisch verknüpft.
After having worked academically in the field of semiconductor nanophysics I joined the Institute for
Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam in 2012.
Sie ist eine der großen Aufgaben unserer Zeit: die Energiewende. Das anspruchsvolle Ziel dieser Jahrhundertaufgabe lautet, Energie umweltverträglich, wirtschaftlich und sicher bereitzustellen.
Der Band vereint die wichtigsten Forschungsergebnisse der Helmholtz-Allianz ENERGY-TRANS zur Energiewende aus dem Blickwinkel unterschiedlicher Fachbereiche: u.a.
Der Band vereint die wichtigsten Forschungsergebnisse der Helmholtz-Allianz ENERGY-TRANS zur Energiewende aus dem Blickwinkel unterschiedlicher Fachbereiche: u.a.
Der Band vereint die wichtigsten Forschungsergebnisse der Helmholtz-Allianz ENERGY-TRANS zur Energiewende aus dem Blickwinkel unterschiedlicher Fachbereiche: u.a.
Die schulische Förderung von MINTeressierten Mädchen („FeMINTinnen“) erfordert aufgrund verschiedener Motivlagen und Prädispositionen auch unterschiedliche Ansätze.
Resiliente Energiesysteme sind nicht gefeit vor Störfällen, bleiben aber auch bei schweren Störungen funktionsfähig oder werden es rasch wieder und lernen aus Krisen.
Der Band vereint die wichtigsten Forschungsergebnisse der Helmholtz-Allianz ENERGY-TRANS zur Energiewende aus dem Blickwinkel unterschiedlicher Fachbereiche: u.a.
US-Präsident Donald Trump möchte mit seinem „America First EnergyPlan“ die Wirtschaft ankurbeln, Arbeitsplätze schaffen und unabhängig von Energieimportenwerden.
sdg 14 focuses on human interactions withthe ocean, seas and marine resources.It is underpinned by targets addressingconservation and sustainable use of theocean, seas and marine resources includingcoastal zones, and targets referring tocapacity b
Deutschlands Energiesystem ist bislang stabil, Störungen können jedoch nicht ausgeschlossen werden. Anschläge, Wetterextreme und Rohstoffengpässe könnten die Versorgung bedrohen.
Deutschland soll international mehr Verantwortung übernehmen – an dieser Forderung muss sich die deutsche Politik neu ausrichten. Die neue Agenda heißt: Außen-, Entwicklungs- und Sicherheitspolitik gemeinsam denken.
The chapter provides concluding thoughts on the governance of the Arctic as a globally embedded space as put forward in the Introduction and exemplified in the manifold contributions to this volume.
This chapter focuses on policy-relevant research organizations or think tanks as important institutions in open, democratic, innovative, and adaptable political systems.
This chapter is a joint effort by natural and legal scientists to make the case for the dramatic consequences black carbon (BC) emissions mainly from outside the Arctic region have on the Arctic ecosystem, and how BC has recently become the specif
The chapter assesses the prospects for Arctic oil and gas development by taking a closer look at international determinants, which have been largely overlooked so far.
This introductory chapter sets the stage for the edited volume and formulates a framework for analysing the governance of Arctic change in a global perspective.
Nachhaltige Innovationen ist ein sich neu entwickelndes Forschungsfeld in der Innovationsforschung, das dem zunehmenden Bedeutungszuwachs der Nachhaltigkeit Rechnung trägt.
Die komplexe Debatte über Climate Engineering dreht sich sowohl in der Öffentlichkeit als auch inder Wissenschaft um die zwei zentralen Fragen nach der Erforschung und dem Einsatz von CETechnologien.Dabei wird eine Vielzahl von Argumenten diskutie
Risk perception is an important component of risk governance, but it cannot and should not determine environmental policies. The reality is that people suffer and die as a result of false information or perception biases.
It is no secret that the world is urbanizing very fast. If UN estimates turn out to be true, by midcentury 2.5 billion people will have joined the approximately 3.9 billion living in cities today, an urban population increase of over 60 %!
Scientists and engineers have long been aware of the tension between narrow specialization and multidisciplinary cooperation, but now a major transformation is in process that will require technical fields to combine far more effectively than form
Online magazines and blogs are attempting to translate mindfulness into the cultural mainstream, but online discussions often reproduce assumptions and patterns of thinking which are divisive, leading to an increasingly polarized debate.