This paper discusses the merits and limits of the recent European energy policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions, devoting particular attention to the European trading system of carbon permits and to the measures that the European Union has adopted to promote renewable energy sources. From the...

L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...

The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...

The desire to demonstrate performance with respect to sustainable development has led to a profusion of approaches. The widespread use of quantitative indicators often appears unconnected to any theory of sustainable development. One reason for this disconnect is that theoretical treatments have...

Sustainable development and sustainable economy are mostly used concepts. Understanding clearly their meaning allows their use in an appropriate context and, therefore, their boundaries in terms of theoretical and practical approaches on which occasion it can be given their interdependencies....

Currently, the concept of sustainable development is creating various controversies. One of them<np pagenum="280"/> is dividing the sustainable development and the attractiveness of territories. This paper makes an effort to show that the two concepts could be convergent or totally divergent. In this case, we...

In this context of global economic crisis, coupled with an ecological one, attractiveness of the region is more topical than ever, but at the same time, governments must deal with citizen and scientist pressures about well-being of individuals and the environment. Because of this, it seems...

Industrial Ecology (IE) aims at minimizing energy and material flows within industrial processes. Initially, IE was thought of as an analogy between industrial and natural systems. In the latter, energy and material flows are cycled so that the system tends to become self1-sufficient. IE...

With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition....