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Environmental Kuznets Curves for Air Pollution in African and Developed Countries : Exploring Turning Point Incomes and the Role of Democracy
Sulemana, Iddisah - 2016
countries. In particular, the relationship between economic growth and air pollution in Africa remains largely unexplored. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983525
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Towards inclusive green growth in Africa : critical energy efficiency synergies and governance thresholds
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel; Ojong, Nathanael - 2022
green growth (IGG) in Africa. Our contribution is novel from both the conceptual and empirical perspectives. With regard to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013262630
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Country Sustainable Development and Economic Growth : The International Evidence
Wang, Jiazhen - 2020
This study documents a significant and positive impact of country-level ESG improvement on economic growth using a comprehensive sample across 109 countries. The economic benefits of country-level ESG improvement are robust after alleviating endogeneity concerns using instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012849911
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Long-term low emissions development strategies : cross-country experience
Aguilar Jaber, Aimée; Anderson, Brilé; Nachtigall, Daniel - 2020
The Paris Agreement invites signatory countries to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS). This report compares the experience of three developed countries that have communicated LT-LEDS within the framework of the United Nations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422646
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Green triangular co-operation : an accelerator to sustainable development
Casado-Asensio, Juan; Pelechà Aigües, Néstor; … - 2019
This report showcases how triangular co-operation can contribute to achieving ‘green’ objectives (e.g. on climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, biodiversity, desertification, and local environmental issues). Data collected through an OECD survey on triangular co-operation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012164704
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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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Economic growth and emissions : testing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis for ECOWAS countries
Omotor, Douglason Godwin - In: West African journal of monetary and economic integration 17 (2017) 2, pp. 25-56
The objective of this paper is to establish whether the estimated relationship between environmental degradation and per capita income corroborates the inverted U-shape hypothesis as exemplified by the Environmental Kuznets curves (EKCs) in selected ECOWAS countries. Considering two variants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013348367
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International tourism, exchange rate, and renewable energy : do they boost or burden efforts towards a low carbon economy in selected African countries?
Adjei-Mantey, Kwame; Adusah-Poku, Frank; Kwakwa, Paul Adjei - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-19
Africa continues to suffer from the effects of climate change in many ways. Records show that the continent's carbon … energy development, as well as exchange rate fluctuations in Africa, the study assesses the impact of international tourism …, exchange rate, and renewable energy on CO2 emissions of seven most visited countries in Africa. Carbon dioxide emission was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014503022
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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