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Asia's energy adequacy, environmental sustainability, and affordability : an overview
Lee, Minsoo; Park, Donghyun; Saunders, Harry D. - 2014
The three pillars of Asian energy security are an adequate, reliable supply; environmental sustainability; and affordable access for all. As Asians become more affluent, managing demand by tackling outmoded subsidies so prices reflect true costs, exploring green innovations in technology and...
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China's Energy Policies and Strategies for Climate Change and Energy Security
Deng, Haifeng; Farah, Paolo Davide - 2021
China, conducted via an analysis of the study’s available literature and through the support of international data, this … article mainly focuses on the concept of energy security, itself. Under the second section, based on the examination of China … order to strengthen environmental protection in China, it is crucial to reform the highly inefficient and strictly regulated …
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Bolivia's green national accounts through a commodity super cycle
Jemio, Luis Carlos; Andersen, Lykke E.; Medinaceli, Agnes - 2017
This paper calculates and analyzes key indicators from Bolivia's Green National Accounts during the period 1990 - 2015, which covers an entire Commodity Super Cycle. The first half includes the Great Commodities Depression while the second half of the period is characterized by an unprecedented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011817588
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Insights from Bolivia's green national accounts
Jemio M., Luis Carlos; Andersen, Lykke E. - 2010
The purpose of the present paper is to demonstrate the usefulness of Green National Accounting by drawing out some interesting insights from the Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounts recently elaborated by the Institute for Advanced Development Studies for the case of Bolivia. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285475
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Deforestation of Tropical Rainforests: Economic Causes and Impact on Development
Amelung, Torsten; Diehl, Markus - 1992
The book reveals an analysis of the sources of deforestation in tropical countries. In the first part, the authors provide data on the forest resources that have been depleted as a result of activities of different industries or their supply chain partners. In the second part of the book, there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012590186
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Insights from Bolivia's green national accounts
Jemio, Luis Carlos; Andersen, Lykke E. - 2010
The purpose of the present paper is to demonstrate the usefulness of Green National Accounting by drawing out some interesting insights from the Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounts recently elaborated by the Institute for Advanced Development Studies for the case of Bolivia. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008772884
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Decomposition Analysis of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the European Union
Drastichová, Magdaléna - 2017
Climate change is a significant threat to sustainable development (SD). Using the Log-Mean Divisia Index Method (LMDI) a decomposition of the data on the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union (EU) in 2000-2013 is carried out. To detect if decoupling of the environmental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012952172
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Pollution and Weather Trade-offs for Endurance Events
Nath, Purnendu - 2021
This paper addresses the trade-off between unfavourable air pollution levels and favourable weather conditions for selecting a date for the staging of an outdoor event. For an event date that has been fixed, it presents a personal preference-based data-driven decision framework for individual...
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The Case for a Climate-Smart Update of the Africa Mining Vision
Toledano, Perrine; Dietrich Brauch, Martin; Bhuwalka, Karan - 2021
The 2009 Africa Mining Vision (AMV) provides guidance for the industrialization of African countries by leveraging their mining sector. However, the global context has changed since its adoption. As a result, it does not include guidance on how governments should embrace the climate change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013214768
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Bolivia's green national accounts through a commodity super cycle
Jemio, Luis Carlos; Andersen, Lykke E.; Medinaceli, Agnes - 2017
This paper calculates and analyzes key indicators from Bolivia's Green National Accounts during the period 1990 - 2015, which covers an entire Commodity Super Cycle. The first half includes the Great Commodities Depression while the second half of the period is characterized by an unprecedented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011778863