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Climate change presents a major social, economic and political challenge for the Slovak Republic. The majority of municipal administrations are unaware of the potential climate risks they face today and in the coming years. Identifying risks posed by climate change and its inevitable impacts is...
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decades its productivity growth has stagnated. As a result, the productivity gap of Trentino widened by over 20% compared to … regions with the same productivity level in 2000. The benchmarking of productivity drivers in Trentino with those of “peer …” regions points to several policy priorities, including: reviving productivity in tradeable sectors, also through increased …
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. While agriculture is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, it is also a source of carbon storage in soils …. This report examines the economic and policy issues related to the impacts of climate change on agriculture and adaptation … responses and to the mitigation of greenhouse gases from agriculture. It outlines research undertaken and underway in other …
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Agriculture is a major user of water and is responsible for much of its pollution. But the agricultural sector faces …
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How can we meet the needs of today without diminishing the capacity of future generations to meet theirs? This is the central question posed by "sustainable development". OECD countries committed themselves to sustainable development at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in...
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How can we meet the needs of today without diminishing the capacity of future generations to meet theirs? This is the central question posed by "sustainable development". OECD countries committed themselves to sustainable development at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in...
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