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The aim of this paper is to analyses residential solar PV feed-in tariffs (FiT) policy history to inform the development of a sustainable flexible pricing regime to enhance the diffusion of energy storage, electric vehicles, solar PV installations and other distributed resources focusing on the...
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The circular economy (CE) has recently stimulated debates on sustainable consumption and production; Its regenerative systems minimise the environmental impact as practitioner reduce their externalities, including; waste, emissions, and energy leakages through the use and reuse of resources....
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The circular economy proposition is not a novel concept. However, it has recently stimulated sustainable consumption and production ideas on remanufacturing, refurbishing and recycling of materials. A thorough literature review suggests that the circular economy’s regenerative systems are...
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actors in geo-economics. The problems of the balance of forces between the leading world centers - China, the US and the EU … conceptual level as well economic decisions of countries and leading companies. The analysis indicates an increase in China's geo … of current trends and approaches to climate policy will lead to unique geo-economic China's position …
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premium into the model, results show a substantial increase in both mitigation and adaptation, reflecting a more conservative … attitude by the social planner. Interestingly, adaptation is stimulated more than mitigation in the first half of the century …, while the situation reverses afterwards. Over the century, the risk premium correction fosters more mitigation, which …
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the IMPACT model results on yield, production, and net trade of major crops in China, and on daily calorie availability as … suggest that China will be able to maintain a level of at least 3,000 kilocalories per day through 2010 to 2050. Overall …
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The saying ‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions’ could have been coined to describe the 5,000 years journey to what is today known as ESG. This references the progression, if that indeed is the correct term, outlined in the comprehensive, informed and informative but...
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How may tension and conflict in oil, gas and mineral markets undermine future global peace and economic development? Which new modes of behaviour can promote an appropriate balance between competition and collaboration? Possible answers to these key questions stem from the EU project on the...
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The report summarizes first-year research of a three-year study of pathways to urban sustainability. The research team selected the STAR Communities assessment model as the backbone for its analysis. This framework offers a menu-based system for enabling city managers and leaders to build paths...
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Natural gas extracted form shale reached record production totals in 2015 in the United States and the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts natural gas production will continue to increase. Wastes from shale gas extraction can contain the radioactive isotopes radium-226 (Ra-226)...
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