Social aspects of environmental policy
The project analyzes conflicting goals and synergies of socially just environmental policy and develops recommendations for sustainable and accepted measures.
Dirk Arne Heyen, Johanna Cludius, Corinna Fischer, Gerolf Hanke, Tanja Kenkmann, Katja Schumacher, Nelly Unger, Beate Richter, Immanuel Stieß
Monograph
ISBN/ISSN: 1862-4804
The project analyzes conflicting goals and synergies of socially just environmental policy and develops recommendations for sustainable and accepted measures.
Resource-intensive consumption patterns cannot be sustained within planetary boundaries. But technological innovations alone are not enough to bring about the necessary changes. Social innovations that could reduce resource consumption are not yet being sufficiently utilized since these innovations require far-reaching changes in everyday practices, infrastructures and institutions.
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