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Chapter 3. The nature of natural capital and ecosystem income
Fenichel, Eli P.; Abbott, Joshua K.; Yun, Seong Do - In: Handbook of environmental economics : Volume 4, (pp. 85-142). 2018
The natural capital concept is generating broad interest that extends well beyond economists. Economics has a long history of applying capital theory to natural resources. However, measurement of the value of ecosystems has mostly focused on income flows rather than valuing stocks of natural...
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Supporting research for sustainable development
Borowiecki, Martin; Machado, Diogo; Paunov, Caroline; … - 2019
This document presents nine innovation policy initiatives from different OECD countries that support research and innovation for sustainable development by embracing systemic solutions to address the challenge. The three types of initiatives reviewed include: i) grant schemes that support the...
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Long-term low emissions development strategies : cross-country experience
Aguilar Jaber, Aimée; Anderson, Brilé; Nachtigall, Daniel - 2020
The Paris Agreement invites signatory countries to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS). This report compares the experience of three developed countries that have communicated LT-LEDS within the framework of the United Nations...
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Tracing Sustainability in the Long Run : Genuine Savings Estimates 1850 - 2018
McLaughlin, Eoin; Ducoing, Cristián; Oxley, Les - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
investment, including human capital (education), and natural resource depletion. Its value as an indicator is determined by its …
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Race for Sustainability:Energy, Economy, Environment and Ethics
Hickson, Ken - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
, Environment and Ethics.<b>Contents:</b> <ul> <li>Introducing the Race for Sustainability</li> <li>Why Sustainability Matters … interested in sustainability and the environment.<b>Key Features:</b> <ul> <li>Discusses a wide variety of sustainability issues … can each make a difference to better the environment</li> …
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Defining and Measuring Green FDI: An Exploratory Review of Existing Work and Evidence
Golub, Stephen S.; Kauffmann, Céline; Yeres, Philip - Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprises … - 2011
This paper was developed at the request of the OECD Working Party of the Investment Committee to document efforts to … identify investment policy restrictions to green FDI. It does so by reviewing the literature and existing work on the … contributions of FDI to the environment; by providing a two-part definition of green FDI; and by discussing various assumptions …
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The Economics of Climate Change Impacts and Policy Benefits at City Scale: A Conceptual Framework
Hallegatte, Stéphane; Henriet, Fanny; Corfee-Morlot, Jan - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2008
series under the OECD Environment Directorate’s project on Cities and Climate Change. The project aims to explore the city …
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Ranking Port Cities with High Exposure and Vulnerability to Climate Extremes: Exposure Estimates
Nicholls, R. J.; Hanson, S.; Herweijer, Celine; … - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2008
This global screening study makes a first estimate of the exposure of the world's large port cities to coastal flooding due to storm surge and damage due to high winds. This assessment also investigates how climate change is likely to impact each port city's exposure to coastal flooding by the...
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On comprehensive wealth, institutional quality and sustainable development-quantifying the effect of institutional quality on sustainability
Stoever, Jana - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 81 (2012) 3, pp. 794-801
This paper shows a significant and causal positive relationship between good institutions and sustainability. While sustainability is measured with the adjusted net saving (ANS) indicator, institutional quality is measured using an average of six dimensions of governance. An instrumental...
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Climate Change, Economic Development, and Global Equity
Rao, J. Mohan - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2011) 1
Climate change involves fundamental international asymmetries in terms of its sources and impacts. The World Development Report 2010 presents an optimistic picture of the possibilities for tackling global warming, its optimism rather at odds with the gloomy prospects that may well be in store...
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