Die Zuteilungsregeln für die zweite Emissionshandelsperiode Teil 1: Industrie- vs. Energieanlagen

Die erste Emissionshandelsperiode geht am 31.12.2007 zu Ende, die zweite beginnt am 1.1.2008. Damit wird das System fortgesetzt, welches den Betrieb von CO2-emittierenden Anlagen an die Abgabe von Emissionshandelsberechtigungen knüpft. Diese Berechtigungen wurden in der ersten Handelsperiode vollst?ndig kostenlos von der Deutschen Emissionshandelsstelle beim Umweltbundesamt nach komplizierten Regelungen verteilt. Dabei wurde einheitlich ein Erfüllungsfaktor von 0,9709 zugrunde gelegt. Nach ihm richtet sich, in welchem Ma?e die einzelnen Anlagenbetreiber ihre Reduktionsverpflichtungen erfüllen müssen. Nunmehr wurden zwar die Regeln deutlich vereinfacht. Ein neuer fester Erfüllungsfaktor gilt aber nicht mehr nahezu fl?chendeckend, sondern nur noch für Industrieanlagen. Energieanlagen unterliegen einer in ihrer H?he noch ungewissen anteiligen Kürzung. Die Zuteilungsregeln für bis zum 31.12.2002 in Betrieb genommene Anlagen sind nunmehr von einer Zweiteilung zwischen Industrie- und Energieanlagen gepr?gt: Grandfathering einerseits, Benchmark-Ansatz andererseits. Allerdings gibt es auch Gemeinsamkeiten, n?mlich für H?rtef?lle, Kapazit?tserweiterungen und Kleinanlagen. Neu ist die teilweise Ver?u?erung.     

Adaptation and Appropriation on the Colonial Frontier: Indigenous Leadership in the Colombian Chocó, 1670–1808

This article explores the consequences for the native population of the Colombian Chocó of the emergence, over the course of the eighteenth century, of an elite of caciques and indios mandones or principales whose functions of powers far exceeded those of the warrior chiefs that had traditionally acted as leaders of their people. Appointed for the purpose of facilitating the collection of tribute and the supply of labour to European settlers, caciques and mandones were almost universally rejected by native communities during the early phases of Spanish colonisation (c. 1630–1690), and they disappear from the historical record after Independence. Eighteenth‐century sources, however, not only record the existence of a clearly defined elite of mandones or principales in villages across the region, but show these individuals engaging actively with the colonial authorities, on behalf of their communities, at local and audiencia levels. This article argues that, at a time of a much strengthened European presence in the region, caciques and mandones came to understand their roles in ways that were entirely different from those intended by the Spanish, and in so doing acquired the legitimacy that had eluded their seventeenth‐century predecessors. Far from serving merely as intermediaries between settlers and indigenous populations, indios mandones acted as negotiators on behalf of the indigenous population, whose task was to defend and/or advance the interests of the communities they had been appointed to control.     

PREDICTING WHO REOFFENDS: THE NEGLECTED ROLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT IN RECIDIVISM STUDIES*

Prior studies of recidivism have focused almost exclusively on individual‐level characteristics of offenders and their offenses to explore the correlates of reoffending. Notably absent from these studies are measures reflecting the neighborhood contexts in which individuals live. The current research addresses this shortcoming. Using data on a sample of ex‐offenders in Multnomah County, Oregon (Portland and surrounding area) in conjunction with 2000 census data, we answer two questions. First, which individual‐level factors influence rates of recidivism? Second, to what extent does neighborhood socioeconomic status account for variation in the reoffending behavior of ex‐prisoners that is not explained by their individual‐level characteristics? We find that those who return to disadvantaged neighborhoods recidivate at a greater rate while those who return to resource rich or affluent communities recidivate at a lesser rate, controlling for individual‐level factors.     

Düngemittelrecht, Atomrecht und Bodenschutzrecht – lückenlose Anwendungsbereiche?

Das deutsche Bodenschutzrecht ist angesichts seines geringen Anwendungsbereiches sowie seiner sehr lückenhaften und zudem vollzugsunfreundlichen Konkretisierung in Grenzwerten h?ufig wenig effektiv. Diese These verfolgt der vorliegende Beitrag anhand eines besonders wesentlichen, in der politischen, juristischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Debatte bisher kaum beachteten gesundheits- und umweltrelevanten Faktors: der düngungsbedingten Belastung von B?den durch Uraneintr?ge. Dies verhilft zugleich zu einer n?heren Bestimmung der konkurrierenden Anwendungsbereiche verschiedener Umweltgesetze.     

Empire and Its Alternatives

The most ferocious debates are about whether the United States should be described as imperial, but in practice other countries also try to influence other countries’ domestic policies, to propagate their visions, to exert power and to stabilize areas beyond their borders that are perceived as a source of threats. While in the 1990s the winners of globalization were seen as small open states, since the turn of the millennium big powers appear to be gaining because of their ability to project political power: the United States, but also China, Russia, India, and Brazil. This makes for a greater instability and leads to the formulation of theories of realism or neo-realism. The essay concludes with an examination of alternatives to empire and the neo-imperial vision, in particular the importance of elaboration of common or shared values in helping to build a safer and more peaceful international order.