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Comparative analysis of climate and topography in Chaco and Oriental, Paraguay
Lemenkova, Polina - 2021
Abstract [EN]The article reports the issues corresponding to the climate variability and possibility of droughts in spatially distinct regions of Paraguay, the Chaco and the Oriental (Paraná Basin). Based on the GMT scripting approach and high-resolution datasets from the TerraClimate and...
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Is “Canal Istanbul” Compatible with the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement?
Sancak, Ibrahim E. - 2022
This study analyzes the compatibility of the Canal Istanbul project with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement (PCA). Turkey ratified the PCA in October 2021 and has committed to the SDGs since 2015. However, the government in Turkey strives to capitalize on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013310611
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The Dynamics of Man's History and Economic Development : A Refocus on Ecological Disturbance and Climate Change
CHIRWA, MULULU - 2023
Man’s history and developmental endeavour have been advancing alongside a trail of ecological ramifications and climate change. Since prehistoric times, scientists have not recorded an accelerated shift in ecology during any other epoch beside that of modern man on the planet. The paper seeks...
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Trading Off Global Fuel Supply, CO2 Emissions and Sustainable Development
Wagner, Liam - 2016
The United Nations Conference on Climate Change (Paris 2015) reached an international agreement to keep the rise in global average temperature ‘well below 2°C' and to ‘aim to limit the increase to 1.5°C'. These reductions will have to be made in the face of rising global energy demand....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978618
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Biomass productivity-based mapping of global land degradation hotspots
Le, Quang Bao; Nkonya, Ephraim; Mirzabaev, Alisher - 2014
Land degradation is a global problem affecting negatively the livelihoods and food security of billions of people, especially farmers and pastoralists in the developing countries. Eradicating extreme poverty without adequately addressing land degradation is highly unlikely. Given the importance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010378895
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Can Bitcoin Stop Climate Change? Proof of Work, Energy Consumption and Carbon Footprint (SoK)
Ibañez, Juan Ignacio; Freier, Alexander - 2023
Despite their potential in many respects, blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) technology have been the target of criticism for the energy intensity of the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus algorithm in general and of Bitcoin mining in particular. However, mining is also believed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014257609
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Climate change, ethics and sustainability: An innovative approach
Sánchez García, José Luis; Díez Sanz, Juan María - In: Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (JIK) 3 (2018) 2, pp. 70-75
and a key element in any consideration and review of the process. In this context, the concept of sustainability emerges … responsibility of man within the framework of an ethics of sustainability. Man is called to do right in all orders. When he does not … existence of God, analyzing the theistic view, the foundations of sustainability for the good of man himself and the planet. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011946745
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Climate change, ethics and sustainability : an innovative approach
Sánchez García, José Luis; Díez Sanz, Juan María - In: Journal of innovation & knowledge : JIK 3 (2018) 2, pp. 70-75
and a key element in any consideration and review of the process. In this context, the concept of sustainability emerges … responsibility of man within the framework of an ethics of sustainability. Man is called to do right in all orders. When he does not … existence of God, analyzing the theistic view, the foundations of sustainability for the good of man himself and the planet. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853591
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Sustainable Growth and Modernization Under Environmental Hazard and Adaptation
Hritonenko, Natalia - 2014
We develop an aggregated model to study rational environmental adaptation policies that compensate negative consequences of certain environmental hazards and changes. The model distinguishes the three categories of adaptation measures that (a) compensate the decrease of the environmental amenity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013067831
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Re-embedding the economy in nature and society : seven theses on the socio-ecological reorientation of the economy in times of Covid-19 and the climate crisis
Loske, Reinhard - 2020
This paper reflects on the links between the current COVID-19-crisis and the climate and biodiversity crises. It argues that the present pandemic and nonsustainable development on a global scale have similar roots: from ignoring natural boundaries to denying scientific facts, from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240970