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P roponents of large dams, hoping to capitalize on concern for climate change, are promoting a major expansion of large dams in developing countries. Yet large dams are highly vulnerable to climate change, which is changing rivers in ways we cannot predict. At the same time, healthy rivers are...
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individual advantage, thereby raising tensions for liberal theories of justice that are committed both to basic liberties and to …
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, die die Lohnspreizung eindämmen, fördern zugleich Effizienz und Gerechtigkeit. …
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implicitly assume that countries have a universal understanding of justice. But this assumption is rather questionable. With … regard to the existing cultural differences in the understanding of justice the transferability of elements of health care … systems is not always given. A transfer usually requires a thorough examination of the ideas of justice in each country. This …
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This paper proposes a framework for assessing credits trading mechanisms for corporate social responsibility (CSR). The motivation to structure this framework derives from contemporary market-based mechanisms of emissions trading (or carbon/credits/offsets) and renewable energy credits (RECs)....
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The acceleration of sea level rise (SLR) has become a threat to the stability of nation-states worldwide and associated with risks to environmental sustainability, economic infrastructure, and public health. However, from both an international and U.S. perspective, there is a lack of research...
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This paper aims to present the role of oil in today’s world, society, and economy. It is important because anything … transportation, but especially after World War II, the transfer of wealth from some countries (the consuming countries) to another … countries (the producing countries) is unique in human history; and the influence of the second group of countries in world …
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