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Controlling groundwater pollution from agricultural nonpoint sources: An overview of policy instruments
Dosi, Cesare; Zeitouni, Naomi - 2000
The aim of this paper is to provide a review of policy instruments aimed at controlling pollution from agricultural diffuse sources, and compare their pros and cons. The review also includes a description of instruments introduced through recent reforms of the European Common Agricultural Policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608666
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Evaluating environment in international development
Uitto, Juha I. (contributor) - 2021
international organizations, not-for-profits, and multilateral and bilateral aid agencies to illustrate how systematic evaluation is … influenced efforts in a wide range of countries and what the implications are for evaluation. It also explores ways in which Big … scholars of environment studies, development studies, international relations, sustainable development and evaluation, as well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014280302
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Budgetary Framework Reform in Green Transition in the EU and Germany
Botta, Fabio; Bender, Christian; Lenk, Thomas; Hesse, Mario - In: Intereconomics 59 (2024) 1, pp. 48-54
The proposal to amend Council Directive 2011/85/EU on the EU budgetary framework may result in changes in the role of environmental sustainability and explicitly the role of green budgeting in decision-making processes. While this topic is still in its infancy in Germany compared to other EU...
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Tradable Permits
Ellerman, A. Denny; Johnstone, Nick; Schneider, Friedrich; … - In: CESifo Forum 04 (2003) 1, pp. 3-32
Tradable Permits – a Market-Based Allocation System for the Environment. Tradable Permits and Other Environmental Policy Instruments – Killing one Bird with two Stones. Tradable Permits – Ten Key Design Issues. Tradable Permits with Imperfect Monitoring. Emissions Trading with Greenhouse...
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Letting states do the dirty work: State responsibility for federal environmental regulation
Sigman, Hilary - 2002
Under most U.S. environmental regulations, the federal government shares responsibility with the states by authorizing them to implement and enforce federal policies. Authorization provides states with considerable discretion over the effects of regulation and is perhaps the most significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318356
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Market dynamics, dynamic resource management and environmental policy in the context of (strong) sustainability
Klarl, Torben - 2010
In this paper, we investigate the relationship between market dynamics, dynamic resource management and environmental policy. In contrast to static market entry games, this paper draws attention to the effects of market dynamics on resource dynamics et vice versa, because (1) we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291746
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Allocation and Ex Ante Cost Efficiency of a Swedish Subsidy for Environmental Sustainability: The Local Investment Program
Vredin Johansson, Maria - 2004
We evaluate the allocation rationality and ex ante cost efficiency of a major Swedish investment subsidy program, the "Local Investment Program" (LIP). The LIP, effective between 1998-2002, had dual purposes: to step up the pace at which Sweden transforms into an ecologically sustainable society...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321603
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European forests and carbon sequestration services: an economic assessment of climate change impacts
Ding, Helen; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Teelucksingh, Sonja S. - 2010
in the evaluation of climate impacts on European forests: Firstly, future projections yield different states of the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276872
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Assessing local action groups and auctions as institutional alternatives for designing and implementing agri-environmental measures in the EU - results from an expert survey
Eggers, Jörg; Mettepenningen, Evy; Beckmann, Volker - In: Agrarwirtschaft: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, … 57 (2008) 7, pp. 325-333
and research institutes assess them. This ex-ante evaluation is based on 279 interviews in nine EU member states, carried … performance of LAG is generally rated higher than that of auctions, (2) different actors show similar evaluation patterns, thus … forming advocacy coalitions, and (3) experiences and learning may play an important role in the actors' evaluation of both …
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European Policies towards Palm Oil - Sorting Out some Facts
Pehnelt, Gernot; Vietze, Christoph - 2009
This paper analyses the role of palm oil and its sustainability from different perspectives. We consider the role of palm oil within the GHG context. We discuss the impact of palm oil on biodiversity and analyse how palm oil can contribute to economic growth and development in tropical...
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