Underscores the urgent need to transform global energy systems so that the world's population has access to energy based on renewable sources. This title offers a contribution to the scientific and policy debates on these critical issues.
Underscores the urgent need to transform global energy systems so that the world's population has access to energy based on renewable sources. This ti...
At the start of the 21st century, fighting poverty and protecting the environment are two of the most urgent challenges facing the international community. In this report, the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) argues that successful environmental protection is a prerequisite for effective poverty eradication. The report investigates the link between the causes and manifestations of poverty and environmental problems, asking key questions such as: which institutional arrangements offer ways of coping with these problems, and where must gaps be closed? To this end, WBGU has...
At the start of the 21st century, fighting poverty and protecting the environment are two of the most urgent challenges facing the international commu...
Development and environment problems have reached such alarming proportions that the very survival of humanity is now subject to critical and unprecedented threats. In its latest report, the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) criticizes Germany's global change research community for its lack of international orientation, its bias towards individual disciplines and for its weaknesses in translating scientific results into a form readily accessible to policymakers. The Council identifies alternatives for restructuring the research landscape, focusing primarily on a new "Syndrome...
Development and environment problems have reached such alarming proportions that the very survival of humanity is now subject to critical and unpreced...
