The positive correlation of transport and economic developmet has in many cases been empirically tested and asserted. Nonetheless, a multitude of technically oriented investigations further results that contradict…
R&D policy in the field of energy is directly insistent upon political framework conditions of the energy policy, which itself is substantiated by its goal-setting towards sufficiently warranted supply,…
This project continues on the CEPAM framework, which provides the IPTS with a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model that accommodates rigorous and comprehensive quantitative assessment of the economic impacts…
The Competitivess Report 2005 (CR 2005) includes a chapter developing a concept for a European Innovation Policy. The role of environmental technologies was discussed in the project as a contribution to the…
Within the Kyoto Protocol, the European Union has committed itself to substantial reductions in overall CO2 emissions. As an ongoing process, this commitment was broken down into sector and country specific…
Competitiveness is becoming to be more and more of a central criterion fort he assessment of policy-based intervention on national and EU levels. Adhering to this development is the internally projected fusion of…
This research scheme initially analysed the long-term potential for the use of project-based mechanisms (JI & CDM) in Germany and identified project categories for JI and CDM-projects that are particularly…
The EU has ambitious goals in terms of economic performance. The goals are to be reached in combination with social cohesion and sustainable development in terms of environment. The key economic policy instruments…
The synthesis report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2001 recognized that anthropogenic climate change has become observable. The expected average temperature rise between 1.4 C and 5.8 C…