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Innovación financiera para una economía sostenible
Alonso, Andrés; Marqués Sevillano, José Manuel - 2019
El cambio climático, su gestión y mitigación, constituye sin duda uno de los elementos de riesgo más importantes que afrontará nuestra sociedad en las próximas décadas. El sector financiero desempeña un papel fundamental en este reto, tanto por su exposición y las consiguientes...
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Financial innovation for a sustainable economy
Alonso, Andrés; Marqués, José Manuel
Climate change and its management and mitigation are unquestionably among the main risks facing our society in the coming decades. The financial sector plays a key role in this challenge, firstly because of its exposure and the consequent capital shocks if this risk crystallises, and secondly...
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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,...
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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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An Evaluation of Integrated Climate Protection Policies for the United States
Bernow, Stephen; Duckworth, Max - 1998
four decades. This innovation path also aims to promote environmental quality, particularly by reducing emissions of … criteria air pollutants, to reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil, and to induce technological innovation and diffusion in … energy production and consumption. The innovation path would reduce economy-wide carbon emissions by 26% below baseline …
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Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und Innovationsfinanzierung in China seit der Wirtschaftsreform 1978: Eine systemisch-konstruktivistische (autopoietische) Erkl?rung auf der Grundlage d...
Ou, Minhui - 2007
phases of innovation. The analysis is founded on three important theoretical thoughts: Schumpeter?s logic of innovation, the … run Kondratiev wave. Subsystems can exist in an economic system ? routine, arbitrage, innovation and evolution system … of the autopoietic innovation system in China. It shows that the implementation of basic innovations derives from many …
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Conceptual Framework for the Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Athurupane, Prabhasara; Wickramsinghe, Bhagya - 2019
This paper seeks to evaluate the role of ICT in achieving the sustainable development goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015. While SDGs do not specifically address ICT, or include a goal on development of ICT, as argued (Berleur & Avgerou, 2005)in this paper, it is an underlying element...
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Political Economy of climate change, ecological destruction and uneven development
School of Economics and Finance
The purpose of this paper is to analyze climate change and ecological destruction through the prism of the core general principles of political economy. The paper starts with the principle of historical specificity, and the various waves of climate change through successive cooler and warmer...
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State of the Art: Carbon Emission Accountability Modeling
Lo, Valencia; Potdar, Vidyasagar - 2010
Global warming is becoming a big problem and carbon emissions from a variety of sources are the cause of it. To control emission, a number of carbon emission reduction policies and schemes such as the Kyoto Protocol & COP15 treaty have been reached and put in place. However, not all countries...
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