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Beyond mitigation : potential options for counter-balancing the climatic and environmental consequences of the rising concentrations of greenhouse gases

MacCracken, Michael C. - 2009

"Global climate change is occurring at an accelerating pace, and the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are forcing climate change continue to increase. Given the present pace of international actions, it seems unlikely that atmospheric composition can be stabilized at a level that will...

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Trade liberalization and the environment in Vietnam

Jha, Shreyasi - 2006

and export activity in water and toxic pollution-intensive sectors compared with the less pollution-intensive sectors. The … traditional sectors and toward pollution-intensive manufacturing (especially leather and textiles). The paper also highlights the …

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Health effects and pesticide perception as determinants of pesticide use : evidence from bangladesh

Dasgupta, Susmita - 2005

"In a recent survey of 820 Boro (winter rice), potato, bean, eggplant, cabbage, sugarcane, and mango farmers in Bangladesh, over 47 percent of farmers were found to be overusing pesticides. With only 4 percent of farmers formally trained in pesticide use or handling, and over 87 percent openly...

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Air pollution during growth : accounting for governance and vulnerability

Hamilton, Kirk - 2004

"New research on urban air pollution casts doubt on the conventional view of the relationship between economic growth … and environmental quality. This view holds that pollution automatically increases until societies reach middle … show in this paper, the empirical relationship between pollution and income becomes much weaker when measures of governance …

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