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Can the use of alternative resources e.g. wind, sun ray, sea waves as energy, minimize global warming?

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of formulating integrated nitrogen policies in national and international and what may be the environmental, economic and social effects of such policies?

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Is it useful for current policy making in Europe to explore non-binding targets for reduction of emissions to the atmosphere for the year 2050, and if yes are appropriate tools available?

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How to ensure transparency and understandability of environmental models to assist international negotiations on environmental policy while increasing the model complexity by integrating air pollution, global warming and sustainable development?

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How can we use environment and sustainability as factors for all policy areas in planning, reporting, controling and accounting for government, companies and organisations?

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How can we avoid the global warming and climate change if the emission for gases of industry continue to contribute the pollution? The development country always blamed for the global warming factors, for example: Indonesia with the illegal logging.

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What is the worldwide potential of producing electricity from salinity gradients in water (i.e. rivers flowing in seas)?

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How can we influence human behaviour towards a more sustainable attitude?
Besides technical development and transitions (change in processes) human behaviour (individual & groupwise) is a main tool to reach a sustainable world: people make a difference!

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“How can the government effectively use knowledge development regarding risk perceptions? What (new) knowledge is needed? Are what if scenarios in the area of external security useful in this approach?”

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“Perception of risk is changing. What bothers a civilian, what keeps him/her up at night? Is it useful to regularly test existing rules and policies?”

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“How can other policy areas be included in the risk approach? E.g. how can security be included in other sectors, especially spatial planning?”

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“What are long term effects of noise and air pollution on human wellbeing?”

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“What is known about the accumulation of environmental shortages and its social effects? How can these shortages be solved or prevented? What are positive environmental effects on health by vegetation, nature, movement, reduction of barriers etc.?”

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“Are there limitations in the national environmental policies against creating effective integral solutions on an area scale, focused on a sustainable (local) environment?”

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“A pro active approach by the government that would make integration of environmental policies with other social problems possible requires more interactive work methods. What are these work methods and how should the process be designed?”

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“How can knowledge on environmental problems be translated to spatial challenges? What are environmental criteria for a successful spatial planning? Who guards these criteria and is therefore in control?”

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“How can knowledge management regarding spatial planning and environmental issues be designed on a decentralized level? Using shared services or local? What will a new system cost compared to current system? ”

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“What are policy priorities regarding environmental quality in rural areas and cities? How can the government secure these policies?”

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“How can the government use functions of soil and water services as integral area development and in themes regarding storage and transport in the soil. What is the position or interest of soil functions? What new knowledge is required?”

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“How can you involve long term effects and consequences for later generations in the choice between ecosystem services and the involved trade off? ”

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