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This paper presents an application of a multi-attribute aggregation methodology to the construction of a sustainability … index. Sustainability is a multi-faceted issue, in which synergies or conflicts may arise among the different components … the FEEM Sustainability Index (FEEM SI), a composite index including 19 different indicators grouped in the three …
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This paper proposes a new tool to assess sustainability and make the concept of sustainable development operational. It … considers its multi-dimensional structure combining the information deriving from a selection of relevant sustainability … aggregate index to measure overall sustainability. The former allows capturing the sector and regional interactions and higher …
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This paper discusses the growth model with environmental constraints recently presented in (Acemoglu et al., 2011) which focuses on the redirection of technical change by climate policies with research subsidies and a carbon tax. First, Acemoglu et al.'s model and chosen parameters yield...
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This paper presents an application of a multi-attribute aggregation methodology to the construction of a sustainability … index. Sustainability is a multi-faceted issue, in which synergies or conflicts may arise among the different components … the FEEM Sustainability Index (FEEM SI), a composite index including 19 different indicators grouped in the three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014167107
seeking activities instead of protecting the environment. A higher level political authority could intervene and force the low …
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profits than the environment. Therefore, effective environmental protection needs their full cooperation. Against this … lead to the lack of local official's cooperation on the environment, and provides some suggestions for appropriated …
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Funding adaptation requires adequate governance and there are different ways to organise and channel the funds to where it is most efficient and most necessary. This paper investigates this issue and studies the practical implementation of a development under conditionality, namely...
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Global warming requires a response characterized by forward-looking management of atmospheric carbon and respect for ethical principles. Both safety and fairness must be pursued, and there are severe trade-offs as these are intertwined by the limited headroom for additional atmospheric CO2...
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With large shares in global trade and carbon emissions, China's international trade is supposed to be significantly affected by the proposed carbon-based border tax adjustments (BTAs). This paper examines the impacts of BTAs imposed by the USA and EU on China's international trade, based on a...
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sustainability improves at the regional and world level thanks to the GHG emission reductions achieved through climate policy … targets are necessarily costly, curbing GHG emissions can prevent future irreversible impacts of climate change on human kind … and the environment. Climate policy is therefore crucial for present and future generations. Nonetheless, one may wonder …
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