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Long-run projections of environmental impact in the OECD: the importance of uncertainty and age structure
Liddle, Brantley - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 11 (2011) 3/4, pp. 200-217
This paper considers the influence of uncertainty with respect to GDP and population total and age structure on long-run environmental impact projections. A simple model, based on the stochastic version of the IPAT equation, is used to generate projections of two environmental impacts for which...
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Alternative fuel vehicles – a real solution for sustainable development?
Ionescu, Laura - Facultatea de Finante şi Banci, Universitatea Spiru Haret - 2009
Research and development on alternative power systems for vehicles has become a high priority for governments and vehicle manufacturers around the world. There are many reasons for this, including heavy taxes on fuel, particularly in Europe; tightening environmental laws, particularly in...
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Carbon-Footprint Policy Of The Top Ten Global Retailers: Contribution To Sustainable Development
Bălan, Carmen - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 12 (2010) 27, pp. 52-65
The goal of the article is to study the policy of the most prominent ten global retailers relative to the reduction in their carbon footprint. This policy is an integral part of the environmental component of the organizational policy for sustainable development. The research has an exploratory...
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Opportunities for biofuel sustainable development in Bulgaria
Gallucci, Teodoro; Lagioia, Giovanni; Dimitrova, Vesselina - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 2 (2010) 3, pp. 241-257
The introduction of Directive 2003/30 EC of the European Union (EU) on biofuels had the ambitious goal to both reduce greenhouse gas emission (GHG) and create new jobs in rural areas. The challenge lies in the availability of premises to convert biomass in energy, which depends on the...
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Commitment to Emissions Restrictions of Major Consumers of Electricity in Brazil
Casarejos, Fabricio; Frota, Mauricio Nogueira; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 6377-6399
In the context of global concerns about climate change that stem from the alarming and unprecedented growth of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, this study discusses the use of energy by large consumers of electricity in Brazil in the perspective of sustainable development, energy resources, and...
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The Kenneth E. Boulding Memorial Award 2014
Victor, Peter A. - In: Ecological Economics 109 (2015) C, pp. 93-100
This speech was delivered at the meeting of the International Society for Ecological Economics at Reykjiavik, Iceland on the 13th of August 2014 at the presentation of the 2014 Kenneth E. Boulding Memorial Award. In the speech Peter Victor pays tribute to Kenneth Boulding, one of the pioneers of...
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Power from closing the Red Sea: economic and ecological costs and benefits following the isolation of the Red Sea
Schuiling, Roelof Dirk; Badescu, Viorel; Cathcart, … - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 7 (2007) 4, pp. 341-361
The closure of the Red Sea at its southern entrance (the Bab-al-Mandab Strait) could well lead to the world's largest hydropower generation, in the order of 50 000 MW. The cost and time-scales involved are beyond normal economical considerations. Macro-engineering projects of this size cause a...
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Power from closing the Red Sea: economic and ecological costs and benefits following the isolation of the Red Sea
Schuiling, Roelof Dirk; Badescu, Viorel; Cathcart, … - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 7 (2007) 4, pp. 341-361
The closure of the Red Sea at its southern entrance (the Bab-al-Mandab Strait) could well lead to the world's largest hydropower generation, in the order of 50 000 MW. The cost and time-scales involved are beyond normal economical considerations. Macro-engineering projects of this size cause a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005753949
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GHG emission scenarios in Asia and the world: The key technologies for significant reduction
Akashi, Osamu; Hijioka, Yasuaki; Masui, Toshihiko; … - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) S3, pp. 346-346
In this paper, we explore GHG emission scenarios up to 2050 in Asia and the world as part of the Asian Modeling …/Impact[Policy]. Global GHG emissions in 2050 are required to be reduced by 72% relative to a reference scenario, which corresponds to a 57 … reduction in 2050. We implement additional model runs, each of which enforced limited availability of one of the key technology …
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VIVER - Vision für nachhaltigen Verkehr in Deutschland
Schade, Wolfgang; Peters, Anja; Doll, Claus; Klug, Stefan; … - Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und … - 2011
in Deutschland für das Jahr 2050 zu entwerfen. Dabei wurde bewusst ausschließlich die interdisziplinäre Expertise des … Personen- und Güterverkehr nicht bis 2050 weiter wachsen, sondern sich in den nächsten Dekaden stabilisieren - der …
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