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Energy policies and climate change in China : actors, implementation and future prospects
Lin, Han - 2020
Climate change, energy security and China's stance -- Influences on the development of Chinese policies : historical and contemporary perspectives -- Actors in China's climate-related energy policies -- From CDM to Pilot Carbon Trading Scheme -- ECERS for the energy production sector and energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012042246
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Biodiversity in Canada : ecology, ideas, and action
Bocking, Stephen (ed.) - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001419575
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An introduction to the green economy : science, systems and sustainability
Newton, Adrian C.; Cantarello, Elena - 2014
"This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the green economy, using a strongly interdisciplinary approach based on natural resource management rather than treating it as a sub-set of economics. Examples of real-world case studies are used to illustrate how sustainable development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013489142
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An introduction to the green economy : science, systems and sustainability
Newton, Adrian C. - 2014
1. Introduction -- 2. Sustainability science -- 3. Climate change and carbon management -- 4. Biodiversity and ecosystem services -- 5. Green technology and renewable energy -- 6. Environmental law and social justice / with Kate Forrester, Chris Shiel and Tilak Ginige -- 7. The green economy in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014498644
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Progress towards halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010
2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003330960
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The private and public insurance value of conservative biodiversity management
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Quaas, Martin - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003308424
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The private and public insurance value of conservative biodiversity management
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Quaas, Martin F. - 2005
The ecological literature suggests that biodiversity reduces the variance of ecosystem services. Thus, conservative biodiversity management has an insurance value to risk-averse users of ecosystem services. We analyze a conceptual ecological-economic model in which such management measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468970
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Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis on CO2 emissions : evidence for China
Zhang, Jihuan - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 3/93, pp. 1-16
emissions in China will rise again from its peak is still unknown. If the emission level continues to increase, the Chinese …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012484489
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Effects of investment growth in energy sectors of western areas on local economy and emissions
Lu, Chuanyi - In: International Journal of Energy Sector Management 3 (2009) 1, pp. 29-49
of China on the local economy and emission of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on …‐economic variables are simulated under these scenarios. The long‐term effects on GDP and emission of CO 2 in different scenarios are also … emission of CO 2 growth is 0‐11.10 per cent when the investment grows between 0 and 60 per cent. The oil and gas sector is the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014773445
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Efficiency evolution of coal‐fired electricity generation in China, 1999‐2007
Tai Wu, Han; Pineau, Pierre‐Olivier; Caporossi, Gilles - In: International Journal of Energy Sector Management 4 (2010) 3, pp. 316-336
Purpose – The paper seeks to evaluate the changes in efficiency and productivity of coal‐fired electricity generation of 30 Chinese administrative regions from 1999 to 2007. Design/methodology/approach – The paper incorporates data envelopment analysis with the Malmquist index to study the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014773489