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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. …
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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. …
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: secondary sourced data from annual report, sustainability report and website of the companies and primary sourced data through … interview of sustainability manager. The research results suggest that governance structure and availability of resources have …
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Development planners and project managers have used a wide variety of tools to manage a broad range of environmental risks, including those posed by climate variability, for a long time. Some of these tools have also now been modified to take into account the risks posed by climate change. At...
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The impacts of climate change are expected to create numerous challenges for cities. This report synthesizes key points raised in a series of discussions among “adaptation leaders” from fourteen cities around the world. Critical issues for urban adaptation that emerged from the discussions...
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The struggle against climate change and the increasing implementation of sustainability and environmental, social and … costs, lack of uniform standardisation, or the risk of greenwashing - particularly when issuing sustainability-linked bonds …; however, they are playing an increasingly important role in the transition towards sustainability. …
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This paper considers the persistent effects of climate change on the speed of demographic transi- tion, and hence on the size of the population in regions that are the least developed and the most vulnerable to climate change, such as Sub-Saharan Africa. These effects are transmitted through...
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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...
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Global warming requires a response characterized by forward-looking management of atmospheric carbon and respect for ethical principles. Both safety and fairness must be pursued, and there are severe trade-offs as these are intertwined by the limited headroom for additional atmospheric CO2...
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Climate change is a phenomenon beset with major uncertainties and researchers should include them in Integrated Assessment Models. However, including further dimensions in IAM models comes at a cost. In particular, it makes most of these models suffer from the curse of dimensionality. In this...
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