Links to social science research on environmental policy and global change

Comments and information about new links are welcome and should be directed to jacob@zedat.fu-berlin.de

German and European Advisory Bodies

• European Environmental Advisory Councils

• German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU)

• German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)

• Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung/Council for Sustainable Development 

German Universities and Research Institutes in the Field

• Adelphi Research

• Ecologic 

• Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU)

• Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW)

• Öko-Institut e.V. - Institute for Applied Ecology 

• Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

• Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie

Junior Researchers Groups 

• www.agchange.de  
  Gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse im Wandel? Deutungs-, Verteilungs-, Bewertungs- und Nutzungskonflikte der ‚Agrarwende‘ aus interdisziplinärer Sicht 

Research Programmes

• International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)

• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Priority Programme „Human Dimension on Global Environmental Change“

German Professional Organisations

• German Political Science Association (DVPW)

Selected Non-German Universities and Research Institutes in the Field

• Global Environmental Assessment Project at Harvard University (GEA)
• International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

Miscellaneous

• Environmental Organization Web Directory

• German Environmental Information Network

• The Online Environmental Community

• Homepage von Detlef Sprinz

• Joint website of the German Environmental Ministry and the Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development on the World Summit 2002 

• Vista verde

• Afes-Press