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Environmental and Technology Policies for Climate Change and Renewable Energy
Fischer, Carolyn; Newell, Richard G. - 2005
We assess different policies for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and promoting the innovation and diffusion of CO2-reducing power technologies: (1) emissions price, (2) tax on fossil power, (3) tradable emissions performance standard, (4) market share requirement for renewables, (5)...
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THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENERGY SECTOR
ANGHELUȚĂ, Sorin P.; MARGINA, Oleg; ZAHARIA, Alina; … - 2014
Sustainable development highlights the importance of energy sector in any economy by establishing specific targets in the field. Also, for a good human resources management were implemented strategies at national and international level being shown in this way their importance in sustainable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316140
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The Clean Development Mechanism and Least Developed Countries: Key Determinants for Enhancing Climate Change Mitigative Capacity with Case Study Analysis of Niger.
Winkelman, Andrew Gene - 2011
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol offers developing countries the opportunity to participate in the effort to reduce global greenhouse gas levels while also benefitting from sustainable development opportunities. To date, the majority of CDM investments have gone to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476711
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Decision-making in relation to climate and climate change in the People's Republic of China : from adaptation to sea-level rise to destination choice in Chinese tourism
Lau, Maren Anja - 2006
PART I: INTRODUCTIONChapter 1: introduction and method1.1 General introduction 1.2 Purpose, aim and scope1.3 Outline and methodPART II: SEA-LEVEL RISE AND DECISION-MAKING IN THE COASTAL ZONEChapter 2: the garbage can – a theoretical approach to decision-making2.1 Decision-making processes in...
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Tourism, Climate Change and the Coastal Zone
Hamilton, Jacqueline Margaret - 2005
Klimawandel, ob durch steigende Temperaturen oder den Anstieg des Meeresspiegels, wird das räumliche und zeitliche … Tourismus, Klima, Küste und Klimawandel. Der Fokus von Kapitel 3 ist die Rolle von Klimainformationen im touristischen … Nachfrage von und nach allen Ländern der Welt modelliert wird. In Kapitel 7 wird das Hamburg Tourismus Modell (HTM), ein …
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The drivers and outcomes of the clean development mechanism in China
Thomas, Sebastian; Dargusch, Paul; Griffiths, Andrew - 2011
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a flexible market mechanism intended to reduce greenhouse emissions and promote sustainable development. China hosts a third of all registered CDM projects, and generates two-thirds of all certified emissions reductions. Understanding the political...
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Legal issues for implementing the clean development mechanism in China
Jiang, Xiaoyi - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2010
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
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ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN ROMANIA
NUTA, Ionel - 2015
Year 2014 was considered by NASA and NOAA hottest year in history. Combined temperature of the atmosphere and oceans has increased overall by 0.68 degrees Celsius, and the devastating effects of climate changes produced irreversible consequences on the sustainability of the planet earth....
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Abfall- und Kreislaufwirtschaftlicher Transformationsprozess in Deutschland und in China : Analyse - Vergleich - Übertragbarkeit
Läpple, Fang - 2007
die Entwicklung Chinas geworden. Chinas Umweltprobleme betreffen die ganze Welt. Die Entwicklung der Kreislaufwirtschaft ….Germany is one of the model countries in the world at the development of circular economy. China is just at the beginning. But …
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Das Dispositiv der Zukunftsfähigen Entwicklung
Timpf, Siegfried - 2000
Wird über Nachhaltigkeit gesprochen, so stellt sich der Eindruck ein, es gehe um einen Begriff, den bestimmte Akteure benutzen, um mit ihm interessengeleitete Praktiken zu legitimieren. Der ironische Gehalt dieser rhetorischen Figur liegt in der Überschätzung des Begriffs der Nachhaltigkeit...
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