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Qualitative scenario building for post-carbon cities
Breil, Margaretha; Cattaneo, Cristina; Johnson, Katie - 2015
In defining the transition towards a post-carbon future, understanding the needs and determinants for policy priorities in different types of cities will help tailor a common roadmap that can be adopted under various socio-economic contexts. This paper provides an analysis of results collected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438685
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The emissions reduction potential for freight transport on a high-speed rail line along the "European Silk Road"
Arsenev, Aleksandr; Angers, Erica; Holzner, Mario - 2023
This report estimates the CO2 emissions of freight transport on a hypothetical high-speed rail (HSR) line along the northern route, from Lyon to Warsaw, of a 'European Silk Road' (ESR). Using a methodology consisting of predictions regarding the freight-carrying capacity of the future HSR, and...
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A review of the circular economy and its implementation
Heshmati, Almas - 2015
Circular economy (CE) is a sustainable development strategy that is being proposed to tackle urgent problems of environmental degradation and resource scarcity. CE's 3R principles are to reduce, reuse and recycle materials. The principles account for a circular system where all materials are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449209
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A Review of the Circular Economy and its Implementation
Heshmati, Almas - 2016
Circular economy (CE) is a sustainable development strategy that is being proposed to tackle urgent problems of environmental degradation and resource scarcity. CE's 3R principles are to reduce, reuse and recycle materials. The principles account for a circular system where all materials are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001862
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The new urban paradigm
Lanfranchi, Gabriel; Herrero, Ana Carolina; Palenzuela, … - 2018
This policy brief argues in favor of a new urban model that harnesses the power that cities have to curb global warming. Such a model tackles fundamental management challenges in the energy, building and transport sectors to promote the growth of diverse and compact cities. Such a model is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011908104
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The Development of Global Justice and Sustainable Development Principles in the WTO Multilateral Trading System Through the Lens of Non-Trade Concerns : An Appraisal on China's Pro...
Farah, Paolo Davide - 2016
The ongoing economic instability in several countries and regions throughout the world, along with the volatility of … consequences of the global expansion of world trade and of the monetary and commercial translation of all interpersonal …, and in different parts of the world are just some of the most critical examples on how the existing systems are failing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014123758
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The Development of Global Justice and Sustainable Development Principles in the WTO Multilateral Trading System Through the Lens of Non-Trade Concerns : An Appraisal on China's Pro...
Farah, Paolo Davide - 2016
The ongoing economic instability in several countries and regions throughout the world, along with the volatility of … consequences of the global expansion of world trade and of the monetary and commercial translation of all interpersonal …, and in different parts of the world are just some of the most critical examples on how the existing systems are failing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014123865
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Integrative Governance : Generating Sustainable Responses to Global Crises (Foreword)
Farah, Paolo Davide - 2018
now even more supported in the dynamics of political discourses, because as it happened between the two World Wars and all … the events that led to the Second World War, liberal democracies are again showing the potential loopholes in their own …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014112915
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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
responsibility of man within the framework of an ethics of sustainability. Man is called to do right in all orders. When he does not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853591
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Analysing mechanisms for meeting global emissions target : a dynamical systems approach
Ranganathan, Shyam; Swain, Ranjula Bali - 2014
Global emissions beyond 44 gigatonnes of carbondioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) in 2020 can potentially lead the world to an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010428663