Acknowledgments
This study was accepted as a doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Law of the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. I thank my supervisor Professor Dr. Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg for his constructive critique of the drafts of my thesis, and I thank him and Professor Dr. Carmen Thiele for providing the reports quickly.
I started my research about border adjustments in the context of the project ‘Re-thinking the Efficacy of International Climate Agreements Post COP15’ (RECAP15) at European University Viadrina. This project was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research within its programme on Economics of Climate Change, Grant No. 01LA1139A. Within the project, I had the opportunity to learn from my environmental economist colleagues. I would like to thank Professor Dr. Wolfgang Peters for his constant support, his patience in our interdisciplinary discourse and for his critical perspective on publications and presentations within the project. I am also grateful to Professor Dr. Daniel Becker and Professor Dr. Gerard Rowe for their constructive criticicism and for their motivation.
The thesis was finalised at the University of Technology Dresden, Germany. I thank Professor Dr. Thilo Rensmann for giving me the opportunity to work at the Chair of International Law, European Law and Public Law and for providing me the chance to deepen my knowledge in a network of international lawyers.
I thank my sister Nicole and my parents for their encouragement and Robert for being with me and for his support and patience.
Finally, I thank Hugh Jackson for his corrections to the language and Johanna Lee and Kayla Griffin of Brill Nijhoff Publishers for supporting and advising me during the publication process.