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Globalization of Low-Carbon Technologies : The Impact of the Paris Agreement
Anbumozhi, Venkatachalam (ed.); Kalirajan, Kaliappa (ed.) - 2017
targets. Further, this book provides new perspectives on market and non-market mechanisms for the globalization of low …Chapter 1. Paris Agreement and Globalization of Low-Carbon Technologies: What’s next for Asia?.- Part I. Regional …-Carbon Technology Barriers: Australia.- Part III. Globalization of Low-Carbon Technologies for Achieving INDCs - Market and Non …
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Sustainable Real Estate : Multidisciplinary Approaches to an Evolving System
Walker, Thomas (ed.); Krosinsky, Cary (ed.);  … - 2019
This edited collection broadens the definition of sustainable real estate based on industry trends, research, and the Paris Climate Agreements. Discussions encompass existing and new buildings throughout their life cycle, the financing of their development and operations, and their impact on the...
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Towards a Sustainable Economy : Paradoxes and Trends in Energy and Transportation
Da Costa, Pascal (ed.); Attias, Danielle (ed.) - 2018
This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances - mainly in the domains of energy and transportation - contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system. Drawing on methods from engineering, the management sciences and economics, which it...
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New Developments in Eco-Innovation Research
Horbach, Jens (ed.); Reif, Christiane (ed.) - 2018
Eco-innovations are crucial for reducing the environmental damages arising from economic activities, and are one of the main drivers of a successful transition towards sustainable development and remedying essential climate change problems. This book provides an overview of recent advances in...
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Realising the 'Triple Dividend of Resilience' : A New Business Case for Disaster Risk Management
Surminski, Swenja (ed.); Tanner, Thomas (ed.) - 2016
Why aren’t we investing more in disaster resilience, despite the rising costs of disaster events? This book argues that decision-makers in governments, businesses, households, and development agencies tend to focus on avoiding losses from disasters, and perceive the return on investment as...
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Resolving the Climate Change Crisis : The Ecological Economics of Climate Change
Lawn, Philip - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
’s predilection with continuous GDP-growth. Given this starting point, the world’s high-income nations must begin the transition to a … protocol and emissions-trading framework is likely to achieve a desirable climate change outcome. Failure of the world …
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Towards Global Sustainability : Issues, New Indicators and Economic Policy
Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
This study develops a new indicator for national and global sustainability. The main components of the EIIW-vita indicator are: the share of renewable energy, the genuine savings rate, and the relative "green export" position of the respective countries; it is in line with OECD requirements on...
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The Economics of the Global Environment : Catastrophic Risks in Theory and Policy
Chichilnisky, Graciela (ed.); Rezai, Armon (ed.) - 2016
This is the first book combining research on the Global Environment, Catastrophic Risks and Economic Theory and Policy. Modern economic theory originated in the middle of the twentieth century when industrial expansion coupled with population growth led to a voracious use of natural resources...
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Building the Impact Economy : Our Future, Yea or Nay
Martin, Maximilian - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
of the world’s current impasse. These are: game-changing innovations in companies; a way forward for the global fashion …
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Innovative Approaches Towards Low Carbon Economics : Regional Development Cybernetics
Xu, Jiuping - 2014
in extreme weather events all around the world, resulting in significant human development crises. To overcome this issue …
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