Tropical coral reefs provide substantial ecosystem services on a global and local scale: they produce fish, protect shore lines, provide tourism recreation, and host a huge biodiversity. But coral reefs face…
In the last decade, Europe has established a broad portfolio of energy and climate policies in order to cope with the challenges of resource scarcity and climate change. As one of the pioneering member states,…
The overall target of the project was the transdisciplinary integration and application of of results from the research initiative “Social dimension of climate protection and climate change” of the German…
The aim of the entire accompanying research was the synthesis and dissemination of the scientific work within the research programme "Economics of climate change" of the Federal Ministry of Education and…
In the year 2006 ZEW had developed the Country Index for Family Enterprises on behalf of the Stiftung Familienunternehmen. The objective of this index was an international comparison of investment locations…
The objective of this study was to document whether the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) has had an impact on low-carbon investment and operating decisions of companies covered by the EU ETS. The study was…
The research project "Sociopolitical Impact of the German Energy Transition" examines the links between energy and social policy with help of empirical analyses and contributions of philosophy, economic ethics,…
The European Union has set ambitious targets for 2020 to reduce emissions to 20% below 1990 level and raise the share of renewable energy in its energy mix up to 20%. These are further strengthened by the…
The EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) is a joint macro-regional strategy of the countries of the Danube Region and the European Commission. The EUSDR area includes the German Federal States…