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Environmental Security and its Implications for China’s Foreign Relations
Mochizuki, Junko; Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
China’s emerging standing in the world demands a major rethinking of its diplomatic strategies. Given its population size, geographical scale, economic power and military presence, China is poised to play a larger political role in the twenty-first century, and is thus perceived by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002690
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Programs, Prices and Policies Towards Energy Conservation and Environmental Quality in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
environmental quality. The article discusses a variety of programs, prices, market-based instruments, and other economic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010813782
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REDD and International Organizations
Giannini, Valentina - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
Climate change mitigation can be achieved, according to many, by means of Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the Tropics (REDD). Within the climate change policy debate we thus find discussions on how to reduce GHG emissions by designing appropriate REDD programmes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828402
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Is the Value of Bioprospecting Contracts Too Low?
Markandya, Anil; Nunes, Paulo A.L.D. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
In order to regulate the proliferated bioprospecting and protect the biological diversity in the source countries, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) established a legal framework for the reciprocal transfer of biological materials between the interested parties in bioprospecting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828411
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An Economic Model for Bioprospecting Contracts
Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.; Ding, Helen; Onofri, Laura - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2007
contractors involved in these private contracts, i.e. biodiversity sellers and biodiversity buyers, analysing both the magnitude …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005392547
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Conserving Crop Genetic Resources on Smallholder Farms in Hungary: Institutional Analysis
Bela, Györgyi; Pataki, György; Smale, Melinda; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004
Hungary is home to a great diversity of plant and animal species, whose preservation is of global value. This paper focuses on the institutional aspects of the research project on on-farm conservation of crop genetic resources in three Environmentally Sensitive Areas of Hungary (Dévaványa,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385462
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Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones: The Case of Carbon Trading in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2015
Putting a price on carbon is considered a crucial step for China’s endeavor of harnessing the market forces to reduce … issues such as the coverage of sectors, allocation of allowances, price uncertainty and market stabilization, potential … market power of dominated players, use of offsets, and enforcement and compliance. This article explains why China turns to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268612
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Optimal Soil Management and Environmental Policy
Lafforgue, Gilles; Oueslati, Walid - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005
This paper studies the effects of environmental policy on the farmer’s soil optimal management. We consider a dynamic economic model of soil erosion where the intensity use of inputs allows the farmer to control soil losses. Therefore, inputs use induces a pollution which is accentuated by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385355
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Interactions between Climate and Trade Policies: A Survey
Galeotti, Marzio; Kemfert, Claudia - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004
Economic globalization affects the environment and sustainable development in several ways and through various channels. The purpose of this paper is to review the key links between globalization and the environment. The paper intends to consider the major issues in multilateral economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423127
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Can Numerical Models Estimate Indirect Land-use Change?
Brunelle, Thierry; Dumas, Patrice - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
Motivated by the conclusions from various modelling studies, modifications to the bioenergy sector regulations are under way in Europe and in the USA to account for emissions from indirect land-use change (ILUC). Despite their influence on the policy-making, evaluations of the capacity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010584496