Showing 1 - 10 of 139
Today, climate change is among the most hotly-debated topics worldwide. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), one of the three financial mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol open to developing and developed countries, was devised to assist in mitigation of global warming. Since it was initiated,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482103
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Experimental research in psychology and economics indicates that depression causes heightened risk aversion. Previous research has documented robust links between seasonal variation in length of day, seasonal depression (known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD), risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442124
25 p.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447353
vi, 46 p. "A Report from The Program on Climate Economics, Climate Leadership Initiative, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon."
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447374
The issue of climate change has attracted increasing business attention in the past decade. Whereas companies initially aimed primarily at influencing the policy debate, corporate strategies increasingly include economic responses. Existing classifications for climate change strategies however...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460306
In this paper I investigate an initiative that promotes systemic change: the Transition Model, which emerged from Totnes Transition Town in the UK in 2006. This model is premised on the need for communities to build resilience in the face of climate change and peak oil. It provides a framework...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482264
Landfill gas (LFG) projects use the gas created from decomposing waste, which is approximately 49% methane, and substitute it for natural gas in engines, boilers, turbines, and other technologies to produce energy or heat. The projects are beneficial in terms of increased safety at the landfill,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450763
Social, political, and economic trends suggest that the United States may soonjoin other United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)countries in drafting substantive, national climate change policy. After providing a briefoverview of past and present climate action taken both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429420
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The central question that this research report attempts to answer is how southern African countries can leapfrog from agrarian to knowledge-based economies. There is no single answer to this question, but rather a complex solution. This can best be answered using scenario...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442028
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Verskeie korporatiewe fiaskos gedurende die afgelope dekade het wêreldwye opskudding veroorsaakmet die gevolg dat daar vanaf ‘n nuwe oogpunt gekyk word na die wyses waarop korporasiesbestuur word. Terselfdertyd is daar ‘n wêreldwye belangstelling gekweek in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442039