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Trade, foreign direct investment, and pollution abatement

Sharma, Shruti - 2019

This paper analyzes the impact of tariff liberalization and foreign direct investment on pollution from a plant …-level perspective. It considers how globalization impacts plant-level investment in pollution abatement expenditure. Popular hypotheses … on trade and pollution cite the pollution haven effect - that trade leads to a worsening of environmental conditions in …

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Navigating the energy trilemma during geopolitical and environmental crises

Tol, Richard S. J. - 2023

There are many indicators of energy security. Few measure what really matters-an affordable and reliable energy supply-and the trade-offs between the affordability and reliability. Reliability is physical, affordability is economic. The latest Russian invasion of Ukraine highlights some of the...

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The cold economy

Peters, Toby; Sayin, Leyla - 2022

Lack of cooling and cold-chain access is a critical development challenge that has significant implications for people's livelihoods, productivity, health, food, and nutritional security. While business-as-usual demand projections suggest 19 new cooling appliances will be sold every second by...

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Proposing regulatory-driven blue finance mechanism for blue economy development

Yoshioka, Nagisa; Wu, Hsing Hao; Huang, Michael C.; … - 2020

plastic pollution, extreme weather events, sea level rises, and others. In addressing these ocean risks, ensuring sufficient …

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Trade and SDG 13 : action on climate change

Prag, Andrew - 2017

This paper assesses the interaction of international trade with climate policies, and the influence of trade on the implementation of SDG 13 (climate change). Although international trade contributes directly to GHG emissions, increased trade can help to achieve development goals in a...

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The role of renewable energy in resolving energy insecurity in Asia

Peimani, Hooman; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2019

Energy security implies the availability, affordability, applicability, plausibility and acceptability of countries' energy supply. Implying the sustainability of countries' energy supplies, energy insecurity is widespread across Asia. Southeast Asia (SEA) serves as an example for Asia's energy...

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Blockchain and tokenized securities : the potential for green finance

Schletz, Marco; Nassiry, Darius; Lee, Myung-Kyoon - 2020

Green investment vehicles are limited by multiple market failures, such as high transaction costs for certification and monitoring, and high minimum investment sizes. In this exploratory study, we apply an inductive approach based on qualitative evidence from expert feedback to assess the...

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Climate change mitigation and green growth in developing Asia

Howes, Stephen; Wyrwoll, Paul - 2012

Developing Asia is the driver of today's emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future emissions, the region is critical to the task of global climate change mitigation. Reflecting this global reality and a range of related domestic issues, the governments of the People's...

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Lifestyle choices and societal behavior changes as local climate strategy

Mohanty, Brahmanand; Scherfler, Martin; Devatha, Vikram - 2012

The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing rapid economic growth. Along with rising incomes, the lifestyles of the large middle class are moving quickly towards a buy-and-discard consumer model that involves carbon-intensive products and services. These increase dependency on the Earth's finite...

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Green growth and equity in the context of climate change : some considerations

Sachs, Jeffrey; Someshwar, Shiv - 2012

Green growth entails several different kinds of processes: conversion to low-carbon energy, climate resilience, and response to climate shocks. Equity implies a fair sharing of the costs, within countries and between countries. The authors set out to explore some of the ways that equity has been...

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