Abstract

This PIK Report represents a peer-reviewed selection of 50 papers of the 96 presentations delivered at the 2001 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change "Global Environmental Change and the Nation State", held 6-7 December 2001 in Berlin. The 2001 Berlin Conference was organised by the Environmental Policy and Global Change section of the German Political Science Association, in co-operation with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the Environmental Policy Research Unit of the Free University of Berlin, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Comments should be addressed directly to the authors. The production of these proceedings has been made possible through generous funds from the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.