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Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation
Leal Filho, Walter (ed.) - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
This book introduces innovative approaches to pursue climate change adaptation and to support the long-term implementation of climate change policies. Offering new case studies and data, as well as projects and initiatives implemented across the globe, the contributors present new tools,...
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Climate smart agriculture : building resilience to climate change
Lipper, Leslie (ed.); McCarthy, Nancy (ed.);  … - FAO - 2018
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Short History of the Evolution of the Climate Smart Agriculture Approach and … its Links to Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture Debates -- Chapter 3:Economics of Climate-Smart Agriculture …?: Cross-Country Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 12: Input Subsidy Programs and Climate Smart Agriculture …
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Climate Change and the Sustainable Use of Water Resources
Leal Filho, Walter - 2012
across the world …
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Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development
Uitto, Juha I. (ed.); Puri, Jyotsna (ed.);  … - International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change … - 2017
Processes in Agriculture and Food Security: Insights from Evaluating Behavioral Changes in West Africa -- 15. Using …
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397231
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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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