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Grounds for regulation and intervention in environmental matters: view of environmental and ecological economics
Gago, Roberto Fernandez; Sanchez, Federico Marbella - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 1 (2001) 1, pp. 104-121
The view taken by environmental economics of the environment tends to see it as having certain characteristics. Among … economic agents taking advantage of the environment, the difficulty of identifying them and of formalising and guaranteeing … economics, the environment interacts with the economic system through physical flows. It provides resources for productive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233194
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Poverty-environment-development nexus
Parikh, Jyoti - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 2 (2002) 3/4, pp. 344-365
Environmental resources provide life support and livelihood to the poor. Degradation of the environment, whether caused …, rural and agrarian and urban, each of which relates to the environment differently. The environment provides basic … environment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010668847
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Polluting non-renewable resources, tradeable permits and endogenous growth
Grimaud, Andre; Rouge, Luc - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 4 (2004) 1/2/3, pp. 38-57
production process generates a flow of pollution. This flow negatively affects the dynamics of the stock of environment, which is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010668871
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Cosmic Heat Emission concept to 'stop' global warming
Toyama, Takayuki; Stainer, Alan - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 9 (2009) 1/2, pp. 151-168
Global warming, over the last few decades, has become one of the most debated challenges facing society. There have been very few innovative remedies to combat this phenomenon which could lead to ecological disaster. A remedial concept is proposed to 'stop' or at least minimise, global warming...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010668875
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Capital accumulation, technological progress and environment
Scarano, Giovanni - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 8 (2008) 4, pp. 355-364
The paper deals with the problem of the relation between capital accumulation and the carrying capacity of the ecosphere for humankind. The approach is that of ecological economics, which utilises laws and models of ecological sciences to model some aspects of economic systems and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461173
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Grounds for regulation and intervention in environmental matters: view of environmental and ecological economics
Gago, Roberto Fernandez; Sanchez, Federico Marbella - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 1 (2001) 1, pp. 104-121
The view taken by environmental economics of the environment tends to see it as having certain characteristics. Among … economic agents taking advantage of the environment, the difficulty of identifying them and of formalising and guaranteeing … economics, the environment interacts with the economic system through physical flows. It provides resources for productive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461200
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The influence of climate change considerations on energy policy: the case of Russia
Markandya, A.; Golub, A.; Strukova, E. - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 3 (2003) 3, pp. 324-338
To those working on climate change, it is obvious that energy policy should be influenced by climate change considerations. The question that this paper seeks to answer is, to what extent do they influence policy and what contribution can a careful analysis of the costs and benefits of climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461201
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Endowments, preferences, technologies and abatement: growth-environment microfoundations
Pfaff, Alexander; Chaudhuri, Shubham; Nye, Howard L.M. - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 4 (2004) 4, pp. 209-228
Will economic growth inevitably degrade the environment, throughout development? We present a household-level framework …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461220
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United Nations Secretary-General's High Level Panel on System Wide Coherence and the environment: incremental change or UN reform?
Wilkins, Hugh - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 6 (2006) 4, pp. 285-300
and effectively in the areas of environment, development and humanitarian assistance. Regarding environmental issues, the … Panel has focused on: mainstreaming environment in development decision-making; the institutional framework for the UN … system's environment activities; coherence in the UN's normative work in the field of environment. To inspire meaningful …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461251
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Environmental policies and the trade of energy technologies in Europe
Costantini, Valeria; Crespi, Francesco - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 8 (2008) 4, pp. 445-460
Environmental regulation may represent a relevant mechanism through which technological change is induced. In this way, countries that are subject to more stringent environmental regulations may become net exporters of environmental technologies. This paper provides new evidence on the evolution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461287