Kiel Policy Brief No. 31: Several factors lead to a rising interest in large-scale investments in agricultural land, particularly in Africa.

Commercial interest in land (large-scale land acquisition, LaSLA) in developing countries is a hot topic for debate and its potential consequences are contentious: proponents conceive of it as much needed investment into the formerly neglected...

The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is the European Community’s instrument for the management of fisheries, aiming to enhance the sustainability of fish stocks and the economic competitiveness of the fishing industry. However, neither the living...

CO2 emissions from international shipping, which are currently unregulated, are predicted to rise dramatically if no regulations are implemented. International bunker fuel emissions have been excluded from the Kyoto Protocol; the UNFCCC conference in...

The current WTO jurisdiction on linkages of trade and environment is not free of contradictions and has provided for heated debate due to some inconsistencies in past WTO rulings. The article argues that the WTO jurisdiction is not only unclear but...

KBW 3: Cutting government subsidies could contribute substantially to consolidating the budget in Germany.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 28. Cutting government subsidies could contribute substantially to consolidating the budget in Germany.