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A statistical analysis of the social and environmental risks of the international trade in virtual water
Kopnova, Y. - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-9
This work develops a statistical methodology of analysis of the international trade in virtual water in the context of sustainable evolution. Using the example of agriculture, the impact of the flows of virtual water in the composition of products using indicators related to social and...
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Is irrigation driven by the price of internationally traded agricultural products?
Cheptea, Angela; Laroche Dupraz, Catherine - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 1 (2021) 1, pp. 1-18
A recent trend of literature investigates how international trade compensates or accentuates the differences in countries’ endowments in water resources and whether trade regulation should be used to improve the use of water resources at the global level. We develop a simple model establishing...
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Research on virtual water in the Chinese international grain trade
Wang, Xiujuan; Hu, Jilian - In: Modern economy 6 (2015) 6, pp. 735-746
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Global Warming and Environmental Production Efficiency Ranking of the Kyoto Protocol Nations
Feroz, Ehsan H.; Raab, Raymond L.; Ulleberg, Gerald T.; … - 2018
We study the United Nations Organization's Kyoto Protocol nations to address two questions. First of all, what are the environmental production efficiency rankings of these nations? Secondly, is there a relationship between a nation's ratification status and its environmental production...
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From fossil fuels to renewables : studies on the effects of resource endowments and climate policy on economic outcomes
Montoya Gómez, Ana Maria - 2020
This doctoral thesis, organized in three self-contained chapters, provides an analysis of the economic effects associated with the extraction of natural resources and the transition from an economy based on fossil fuel use to an economy relying primarily on renewable energy sources. Chapter 1...
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Resilience of German regions to climate change
Stöver, Britta; Bernardt, Florian - 2023
There is broad agreement in the scientific community that climate change has already advanced significantly compared to pre-industrial times and will continue to increase due to past emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). As a consequence, extreme weather events will become more probable, more...
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Sustainable development issues in scientific publications
Sikacz, Hanna - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 17 (2017) 4, pp. 1035-1050
The objective of the article is to present the results of bibliometric analysis of the scientific studies concerning the issue of sustainable development (SD). The analysis allowed identifying the main territories in the context of the above issues. For the purposes of the analysis was used...
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China's Electrical Equipment Manufacturing in the Global Value Chain : A GVC Income Analysis Based on World Input-Output Database (WIOD)
Lu, Yingying - 2015
This paper empirically analyzes China's electrical equipment manufacturing industry in the context of global value … questions are addressed by measuring several different indicators. China is found to have comparative advantage and …. However, such competitiveness is not sustainable for two reasons: (1) China is actually a net value added importer, which …
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Governing the Transboundary Risks of Offshore Methane Hydrate Exploration in the Seabed and Ocean Floor : An Analysis on Existing International Provisions and Chinese Law
Yan, Dong; Farah, Paolo Davide; Ötvös, Tivadar; … - 2021
, methane hydrates have been classified as sources of sustainable energy. China currently maintains an international role in … being the South China Sea. However, such a process does not come without its hazards and fatal consequences, ranging from … liability of individual sovereign states and corporations. China adopted the Deep Seabed Mining Law (hereinafter the DSM Law) on …
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Book Review, Julien Chaisse , China's International Investment Strategy : Bilateral, Regional, and Global Law and Policy, Oxford University Press, 2019, 560 pp, ISBN 9780198827450
Farah, Paolo Davide - 2021
In this book, Professor Julien Chaisse, a renowned scholar in the field of international economic law and China …’s Republic of China (PRC or China). This edited book presents, in a comprehensive, accurate and organized manner, the gradual … definition of the China’s investment strategy. This book’s scope includes reflections on the international investment regime …
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