Wissenschaftliche Literatur Climate Change

Jana Viktoria Nysten

Can You Sue Away ClimateChange?

An Examination of the Potential of ClimateChange Litigation to Fill Gaps in the Global Governance for GHG Emissions Reductions

Umweltrecht in Forschung und Praxis

Climatechange litigation has been on the rise in recent years and the number of cases keeps increasing. Accordingly, a diverse – and partly heated - discussion has emerged in the legal literature: some argue that it could help fix the legal framework where political consent is lacking to enact respective laws or negotiate respective treaties, while others point to alleged limitations, such as the competences of courts in the different legal systems and the idea of…

Chika Ubaldus Ogbonna

Adaptation to ClimateChange in Developing Countries

Institutional Challenges and Opportunities for Nigeria‘s Niger Delta Region

Studien zur Umweltpolitik

Climate variability and change has become a major environmental challenge facing developing countries in the 21st century. The natural resource-rich Niger Delta of Nigeria is highly vulnerable to climatechange and variability. The research elicited data from multiple stakeholders within relevant agencies and organizations, with a focus on the stakeholders’ views on legal and institutional challenges to adaptation in Bayelsa, Delta, Imo and Rivers States. Assessment of…

Michael Schymura

Norms and the Development of New Knowledge as Determinants of Climate Policy

Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence

Studien zur Umweltpolitik

The evaluation of long-term effects of climatechange in cost-benefit analysis has a long tradition in environmental economics. Since the publication of the “Stern Review? in 2006, the debate about the impacts of climatechange on the economy and how to compare cost and benefits with each other was revived. The assessment of climatechange mitigation policies mainly depends on three not mutually exclusive decisions: First, the discount rate chosen, since costs are…

Lefteris Topaloglou / Eike Albrecht / Steven Kramm / Niyanta Shetye (Ed.)

Pursuing Societal Transformation in Coal Mining Regions through Education and Knowledge Transfer

Umweltrecht in Forschung und Praxis

This volume is the outcome of a scientific workshop on Pursuing Societal Transformation through Education and Knowledge Transfer in Kozani. The workshop was carried out in December 2022 in the framework of a cooperation project financed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The project brought together Brandenburg University of Cottbus – Senftenberg (BTU), Germany, and the University of Western Macedonia (UOWM), Kozani, northern Greece. [...]

Robert Celec (Ed.)

Health Care Through Various Aspects of Social Action

EUB. Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung

The monograph entitled “Health care through various aspects of social action” touches on research findings that find a common ground in the studies that are protecting our health. Initially, it gives insight into the results of a study that analyses the health and problems of students related to distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, when most universities were forced to switch to online distance learning.

In the following chapter, it presents the…

Robert Celec (Ed.)

Ecological Influences on Different Life Aspects

EUB. Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung

The scientific monograph is an important interdisciplinary work, dealing with several aspects of life and ecological issues. Its profound message seeks to highlight the important impact of certain ecological problems on our life; from social, natural and technical sciences, as well as art. In terms of content, this book presents research findings that are scientifically well-structured and direct us through the independent research and study views of the authors, so that…

Maximilian Horn

Verhaltenswissenschaftlich fundierte Interventionsstrategien im Kontext der Energiewende

Eine Analyse am Beispiel der Elektromobilität

IPMB – Beiträge zur Psychologie

Für viele gesellschaftliche Problembereiche sind Interventionen zur Veränderung individuellen Verhaltens relevant. Doch die etablierten Konzeptionen von Interventionsstrategien haben ihre Schwächen: Während die Einstellungsforschung mit der Einstellungs-Verhaltens-Lücke hadert, stößt der Rational-Choice-Ansatz an seine Grenzen, wenn Verhalten nicht anhand rationaler Informationsverarbeitungsprozesse zu erklären ist.

Diese Untersuchung präsentiert auf Basis einer…

Friedrich-Wilhelm Fischer

Politische Schocks in Deutschland und der EU

Ursachen und Folgen

POLITICA – Schriftenreihe zur politischen Wissenschaft

Die Bundestagswahl 2017 zeigte zahlreiche Verwerfungen in Gesellschaft und Politik. Rechtsanwalt Prof. Fischer analysiert die Pläne der Regierung unter den Gesichtspunkten des Gemeinwohls und der Stabilität.

Zusätzlich wird geklärt, ob in der repräsentativen Demokratie allein Ergebnisse allgemeiner Wahlen die Parteien berechtigen, Projekte zu beschließen, die langfristig zu tiefgreifenden Veränderungen, wie durch die Klimapolitik in Deutschland und der EU führen…

Maja Borlinič Gačnik/Črtomir Rozman/Andrej Škraba

Decision Support Systems in the Agricultural and Tourism Industries

Schriftenreihe agrarwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

Agriculture and tourism are two critical sectors that shape the socio-economic landscape of rural areas. In recent years, the diversification of agricultural activities into tourism has become an increasingly important strategy for farm sustainability, economic resilience, and rural development. The monograph Decision Support Systems in the Agricultural and Tourism Industries provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of how decision support systems (DSS) can…

Jennifer Schäfer

Merging the Megatrends ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Digitalisation’

An Analysis on the Adoption of Smart Home Technologies in Real Estate

Nachhaltigkeits-Management – Studien zur nachhaltigen Unternehmensführung

As climatechange mitigation intensifies, the exploration of “sustainability” and “digitalisation” in residential real estate becomes critical. This sector accounts for nearly half of global building emissions. Focusing on eco-friendly smart home technologies, the author examines their limited adoption despite significant potential. Through three empirical lenses – spanning academic literature, real estate investors, and end-consumers – the study identifies key drivers…