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Earth Wars : The Battle for Global Resources
Hiscock, Geoff - 2012 - 1st ed.
, Brazil, and Indonesia, has become one of the biggest issues facing the world today. Whether it is the rare metal lithium … Pitch -- Multitude of Factors -- New Products for Old Trading Routes -- The World in 2050 -- Notes -- Chapter 2 … Dealers -- Commodity Trading Skills -- Russia's Billionaire Oligarchs -- The AAR Connection -- Money in Metals -- World's Most …
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Sustainability through directed change in the visionary university : from predicting to producing the future
Curaj, Adrian; Păunică, Mihai; Popa, Andreea; Holeab, … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 22 (2020) 55, pp. 905-919
The sustainability of a university can be questioned from the perspective of three functional goals, henceforth setting the analytical framework: (i) the development of suited knowledge (dynamic and evolving, mirroring the complexity of the socioeconomic environment, definitely internationalised...
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Internationalizing the Political Economy of Hydroelectricity : Security, Development and Sustainability in Hydropower States
Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Walter, Gotz - 2019
Our study offers a comparative assessment of the economic, sociopolitical and environmental implications of the world … World Bank data from 1985 to 2014 and a research design with three mutually exclusive reference classes of countries: major …
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From the accounting of war to the accounting of peace : putting bricks for a new environmental accounting : a critical analysis
Diaconu, Paul - In: Journal of accounting & management information systems … 16 (2017) 1, pp. 107-131
sustainable economy. Accounting, as a tool of force for war, did nothing but stimulate the aggressive behaviour of the world …This paper critically examines the potential movement from accounting of war to accounting of peace. The 20th century … capitalist economy developed in the war, and also stimulated the war. In contradiction with the current state of facts, some …
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Promoting Poles of Clean Growth to Foster the Transition to a More Sustainable Economy
Hoffmann, Ulrich - 2015
For effective mitigation of the current severe economic crisis, developing countries can seize real opportunities for cleaner growth, including low-carbon growth. While complex and long, the process of greening economies can and should be gradually piloted towards selected “poles of clean...
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Climate policies and nationally determined contributions : reconciling the needed ambition with the political economy
Vogt-Schilb, Adrien; Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2017
Countries have pledged to stabilize global warming at a 1.5 to 2°C increase. Either target requires reaching net zero emissions before the end of the century, which implies a major transformation of the economic system. This paper reviews the literature on how policymakers can design climate...
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Mitigating climate change through sustainable technology adoption : insights from cookstove interventions
Alem, Yonas - 2021
Deforestation and burning of forest products to meet cooking needs massively contribute to global warming. In order to reduce the biomass fuel consumption of households in developing countries, various improved cookstove (ICS) interventions were implemented by governments, NGOs, and other...
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Sustainable finance and fintech: can technology contribute to achieving environmental goals? : a preliminary assessment of "Green Fintech"
Macchiavello, Eugenia; Siri, Michele - 2020
The Fintech Action Plan (see now also Digital Finance Strategy) and the Sustainable Finance Strategy both represent important pillars of the current EU policy agenda. Nonetheless, the two areas have been treated as separate for a long time, while they present certain common features and great...
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Sustainable Development and Market Liberalism's Shotgun Wedding : Emissions Trading Under the Kyoto Protocol
Driesen, David M. - 2014
This article analyzes the international emissions trading regime at the heart of the world's effort to address global …
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Sustainable Development and Market Liberalism's Shotgun Wedding : Emissions Trading Under the Kyoto Protocol
Driesen, David M. - 2014
This article analyzes the international emissions trading regime at the heart of the world's effort to address global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014051997