Expertise

Working collaboratively with stakeholders from different backgrounds and disciplines to find solutions for a range of sustainability issues, particularly in the areas of climate change, ICT for development, and microfinance. >

Christine Polzin

Associate

Contact

c.polzin@no-spam.emergia.de

Publications

Giljum, S., Lutz, C. and C. Polzin. 2010. Global implications of a European environmental tax reform. SERI Working Paper 10. Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Wien.

Rayment, M., Pirgmaier, E., De Ceuster, G., Hinterberger, F., Kuik, O., Leveson Gower, H., Polzin, C., Varma, A. 2009. The economic benefits of environmental policy. Report for the European Commission.

Giljum, S., Dittrich, M., Bringezu, S., Polzin, C. and Lutter, S. 2010. Resource use and resource productivity in Asia: Trends over the past 25 years. SERI Working Paper 11. Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Wien.

Fu, X. and C. Polzin. 2010. Sustainability of Technology-intensive Social Innovation in India: The Role of Absorptive Capacity and Complementary Assets. In: Fu, X., Soete, L. (Eds.), The Rise of Technological Power in the South, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 320-340.

Kostka, G.; Polzin, C.; Scharrer, J.: The future of sugar cane in China and India – Supply constraints and expansion potential, in: Applied Energy 2009 (Vol. 86, Supplement 1): p. 100-107.

Lutter S., Pirgmaier E., Frühmann J., Burger E., Mayr M., Polzin C., 2009: Measuring Performance towards Sustainable Consumption and Production. Types of Indicators and Indicator Sets.

Giljum, S. and C. Polzin. 2009. "Resource efficiency for sustainable growth: global trends and European policy scenarios". Background paper for the UNEP/UNIDO International Conference on Green Industry in Asia – Managing the transition to resource-efficient and low-carbon industries. Manila, Philippines, 9-11 September 2009.

X., Fu/ C. Polzin (2008):
Do Modern Technologies work for the Rural?
ICT and Rural Credit Institutions in India, Confronting the Challenge
of Technology for Development: Experiences from the BRICS, 29-30 May
2008, Oxford.

Polzin, C. (2006): Koshi Yomuti – Banking under the Tree. Client Stories about the social and economic impact of microfinance in the rural areas of Northern Namibia. GTZ: Windhoek.