The replacement of fossil resources with renewable biomass in a bioeconomy is seen as a major contribution to climate change mitigation. This transforma

The latest Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) by the European Union (EU) provides an updated framework for the use of renewable energy in the EU transp

Das Narrativ naiver marktgläubiger (deutscher!) Ökonomen mag so gut verkäuflich sein, wie es im Fall der Kritik am Emissionshandel falsch ist. Denn es gibt gute Argumente dafür, die CO2-Preisbildung nicht Bürokraten, Politikern oder Experten zu...

The UNIDO/KCG Conference “Developing Inclusive and Sustainable Global Value Chains in the Digital Age” is jointly organized by the Kiel Centre for Globalization (KCG) at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and the United Nations Industrial...

The PEGNet conference 2019 will provide a platform for leading development scholars, practitioners and policy-makers to reflect on the determinants, elements, impacts and linkages of effective social protection schemes.

The relationship between nutrient intake and wealth of poor households continues to be an issue of huge policy relevance. In this paper, we contribute to the ongoing debate on the nutrient-income elasticity using a sample of ultra-poor households...

To limit global warming to 1.5°C, vast amounts of CO2 will have to be removed from the atmosphere via Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR). Enhancing the CO2 s

As the prospect of average global warming exceeding 1.5°C becomes increasingly likely, interest in supplementing mitigation and adaptation with solar g

Debates on the extent to which developing countries suffer from a brain drain often focus on the emigration of locally scarce health personnel. In this paper, we empirically examine how two potential determinants -aid for health and local income...