Human activity and its impact on the earth has different facets. Whether it is the worldwide spread of materials such as plastic, aluminium, concrete, and fallout from nuclear testing, or rapidly…
Being described as an ambitious and balanced agreement, the „Paris Agreement“ adopted in the French capital just yesterday is the first major multilateral deal of the 21st century. Representatives of 195 nations…
Lebensmittelverschwendung war lange ein chronisch unbeachtetes Thema, doch mittlerweile bekommt es endlich die öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit, die es verdient. Und es ist höchste Zeit, birgt der Kampf gegen die enormen Massen…
The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has risen sharply since the beginning of the industrialization. Because of burning fossil fuels especially the energy sector has contributed to global…
Soil and land, whether it is biomass in the form of food, feed, bioenergy, or biomaterials, play a crucial role in today’s life and underpin global efforts towards sustainable development.…
There is a broad consensus among scientists and policy makers that the growth rate of the world’s human population and its current rate of consumption are putting global sustainable development…
The current commodity boom provides a big opportunity for resource-rich countries in terms of mobilizing additional domestic revenues that could be used for fostering development and transformative growth. However, most countries,…
