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Title Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacker : a pioneer on environmental, climate and energy policy / Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacker, editor
Published Cham : Springer, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource
Series SpringerBriefs on pioneers in science and practice ; volume 28
SpringerBriefs on pioneers in science and practice ; v. 28.
Contents Autobiographical Sketch -- Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker's Publications -- Modular University (1971) -- Contagious Knowledge: Contagion as a Quality Criterion for Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science (1983) -- Editorial Note on 'Integrated Application of Emerging and Traditional Technologies for Development' (1983) -- The Environmental Dimension of Biotechnology (1986) -- Not a Miracle Solution but Steps towards an Ecological Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (1987) -- Earth Politics (selected pages, 1992) -- (with Jochen Jesinghaus): Ecological Tax Reform (selected pages, 1992) -- Sustainable Energy Policies: Political Engineering of a Long Lasting Consensus (1993)
Summary On the occasion of the 75th birthday of Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacker this unique anthology presents thought-provoking texts from 1970 to 2013, spanning several disciplines and combining science and practice. Among them are three Reports to the Club of Rome that Weizsacker lead-authored, a new university curriculum system to promote interdisciplinary studies and a proposal for a five-fold increase in resource productivity, which would make it possible to shut down nuclear and fossil power plants, avoiding dangerous climate change impacts. Weizsacker is Co-President of the Club of Rome and Co-Cha
Analysis energiebeleid
energy policy
milieubeheer
environmental management
milieu
environment
klimaatverandering
climatic change
Climatology
Energy
Klimatologie
Energie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Weizsäcker, Ernst U. von (Ernst Ulrich), 1939-
Environmental policy.
Climatic changes -- Political aspects
environmental policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Climatic changes -- Political aspects
Environmental policy
Form Electronic book
Author Weizsäcker, Ernst U. von (Ernst Ulrich), 1939- editor.
ISBN 9783319036625
3319036629