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Environmental non-governmental organizations: key players in development in a changing climate—a case study of Mali
Ménard, Gabriel - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 15 (2013) 1, pp. 117-131
Developing countries are often most impacted by climate change. While the work of international environmental organizations has received considerable public and academic attention, local environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) also play a key role in assisting local populations...
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2012 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2013
This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
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ICT applications in the research into environmental sustainability: a user preferences approach
Chiabai, Aline; Rübbelke, Dirk; Maurer, Lisa - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 15 (2013) 1, pp. 81-100
study provides empirical results on the role of ICT in research for environmental sustainability, but instead of … ascertaining the impact of ICT on environmental protection, we conduct an analysis of the use of ICT in sustainability research. We … assess the preferences of experts in different thematic sustainability fields for applying ICT tools, and we investigate ways …
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City Blueprints: Baseline Assessments of Sustainable Water Management in 11 Cities of the Future
Leeuwen, C. - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 15, pp. 5191-5206
sustainability into account. Megatrends (e.g. population growth, water scarcity, pollution and climate change) pose urgent water … sustainability of UWCS (Van Leeuwen et al., Wat Resour Manage 26:2177–2197, <CitationRef CitationID="CR33">2012</CitationRef>). In … Salaam). The assessments showed that cities vary considerably with regard to the sustainability of the UWCS. This is also …
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City Blueprints: 24 Indicators to Assess the Sustainability of the Urban Water Cycle
Leeuwen, Cornelis; Frijns, Jos; Wezel, Annemarie; Ven, Frans - In: Water Resources Management 26 (2012) 8, pp. 2177-2197
optimizing the role of civil society. Although there are approaches for assessing the sustainability of countries and cities …, there is no dedicated framework for the assessment of the sustainability of urban water management. We have therefore …
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Jalloh, Abdulai; Faye, Mbene Dieye; Roy-Macauley, Harold; … - In: West African agriculture and climate change: A …
Agriculture is the major source of livelihood for the majority of West Africans. The agricultural sector employs 60 percent of the active labor force but contributes only 35 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The disparity between contribution to GDP and share of population means that many...
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Rio+20: Looking Back at 20 Years of Environmental and Resource Economics
Gerlagh, Reyer; Sterner, Thomas - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 54 (2013) 2, pp. 155-159
contribution from theory, through the sustainability paradigm of non-decreasing welfare, has turned out ineffective. It does not …
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The social cost of carbon on an optimal balanced growth path
Kögel, Tomas - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
This paper derives analytically the growth rate of the social cost of carbon (SSC) on an optimal balanced growth path. More specifically, the paper examines a deterministic Ramsey model of optimal economic growth with carbon emissions. In this model, restrictions on technology and preferences...
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Climate change accounting research: keeping it interesting and different
Milne, Markus J.; Grubnic, Suzana - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 24 (2011) October, pp. 948-977
Purpose – This paper aims to set out several of the key issues and areas of the inter-disciplinary field of climate change research based in accounting and accountability, and to introduce the papers that compose this AAAJ special issue. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides an...
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Climate risk management through sustainable land management in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Nkonya, Ephraim; Place, Frank; Pender, John; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
Empirical evidence has shown that farmers can adapt to climate change by using sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices that provide local mitigation benefits, reducing or offsetting the negative effects of climate change at the level of the plot, farm, or even landscape. However,...
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