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climate change on humans and the environment will include increasing stresses on and even collapses of ecosystems … by implementing green development strategies based on low energy –intensity, low-carbon emissions and clean technologies. …
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The relatively new and still amorphous concept of "Green Growth" can be understood as a call for balancing longer-term investments in sustaining environmental wealth with nearer-term income growth to reduce poverty. We draw on a large body of economic theory available for providing insights on...
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: Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy (with courses such as Sociology of Development and Global Challenges, Environment … and Sustainable Development, Energy Matrix Planning, Energy Economics, Policies and Regulations on Energy and Environment … and courses mainly devoted to renewable energy and their management). The Postgraduate Program is to be implemented in 4 …
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This report, developed within the framework of the OECD Green Cities programme, is a pilot case study examining the green growth potential of the Paris-IDF region. In a context of stiff international competition and internal socio-economic and environmental pressures, green growth could be an...
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This report examines the current state of knowledge about green growth in cities and outlines the key research questions and protocols that will guide the OECD Green Cities programme. It builds the case for an urban green growth agenda by examining the economic and environmental conditions that...
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Chileans living outside Chile. Their WTP reflects the “existence value” of the natural environment in Patagonia and the … environment-friendly sources of energy, in the context of the proposed construction of big hydroelectric dams in the Chilean … residents are willing to make to protect the natural environment in Patagonia. The estimate from sample 2 will indicate the …
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number of ways. One example is the failure to undertake profitable energy conservation investments. Explanations of this … requirements for energy investments. Suggestions for improving corporate decision-making in this area are proposed. …
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Energy represents a major sustainable-development challenge for Canada. In the short term, labour shortages and … infrastructure bottlenecks are likely to hinder energy developments and need to be addressed. In addition, provincial fiscal … timely realisation of energy supply plans.<P>Maintenir la viabilité du secteur de l'énergie au Canada<BR>L’énergie représente …
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countries, compatible with the sustainability of the processes concerning the Earth system. Mainly by focusing on the energy-environment … development, characterized by the role of fossil fuels and by the progressive dominance of those with a higher energy and density …
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Biomass energy is expected to play a major role in the substitution of renewable energy sources for fossil fuels over … the next several decades. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA 2012) forecasts increases in the share of biomass … in US energy production from 8 percent in 2009 to 15 percent by 2035. The general view has been that carbon emitted into …
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