Why Germany's coal compromise failed to end the debate
E-Mail Can expert commissions develop solutions for controversial issues that will enjoy broad democratic support? A team of researchers from the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) has analysed the work of Germanys "Coal Exit Commission" using a set of new criteria. While the authors view positively the Commissions success in reaching a compromise, they criticise its failure to deliver an outcome that promotes the common good, particularly with respect to the high cost of th...
Tobias Haas Konrad Guertler Sabine Letz Coal Commission Institute For Advanced Sustainability Germany Federal Constitutional Court
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