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Today’s world is dramatically different from what it was forty or even only twenty years ago. The population and … primary energy consumption figures have shot upwards, and global future perspectives are changing, because the world needs …
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Welfare economics shows how innovation and cost control are necessary to correct the negative externalities of production and consumption patterns to ensure a path of sustainable growth. When welfare economics describes the fundamentals of green growth, with innovation as a cornerstone for the...
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credit risk. China's green credit reforms, part of sweeping “green finance” policies adopted by the Chinese government over … the past decade, require banks to do exactly that. China's green credit reforms offer an opportunity to test current … global capital markets. This study uses data from the 21 Chinese banks that are at the forefront of China's green finance …
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We revisit the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) argument that an economy could pollute and develop at first and reduce pollution as income continues to grow. We propose a dynamic structural model to capture the interaction between economic growth, human capital accumulation, environmental...
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EU Green Deal and US Green New Deal strategies indicate that green growth is at the center of the policy agendas of many developed countries and regions. The green growth is a key element in achieving sustain- able development. Green growth is an economic growth strategy that prioritizes human...
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Lack of cooling and cold-chain access is a critical development challenge that has significant implications for people's livelihoods, productivity, health, food, and nutritional security. While business-as-usual demand projections suggest 19 new cooling appliances will be sold every second by...
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Drawing upon the literature on environmental innovation and social metabolism, this paper investigates whether technology can lessen the problem of scarce natural resources. We focus on fossil and biomass materials as important resources for production and consumption. Utilizing a dynamic panel...
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, based on a panel of 45 countries that represent more than 90% of the world's GDP. The analysis was structured in two steps …
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Sustainable finance refers to financial practices, policies, and interdisciplinary science, handling financial services, financial resources, financial decision-making, financial regulations, and the financial industry overall from sustainability perspectives by integrating environmental,...
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Socio-ecological transitions are a main project, current EU policies, national environmental politics, and regional as well as local action address. Manifold approaches exist and the European Union is anxious to coordinate and facilitate the process of a consolidated transition. Therefore, a...
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