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Towards a Sustainable Circular Economy on a Full Planet : The Role of Thermodynamic Principles

Wiedenhofer, Dominik; Haas, Willi; Haberl, Helmut - 2023

The concept of a circular economy has instilled substantial hopes that it will help forging patterns of resource use compatible with Planetary Boundaries. Many countries are implementing circularity policies to reduce wastes and emissions, while also fostering economic growth. Research and...

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Urban agenda and urban sustainability strategies : taking stock of policy implementation and policy discussion

Barnebeck, Stephanie; Kalff, Yannick - 2015

sustainability strategies with concrete aims and goals. Further, the results of a consultation process on this European Urban Agenda … Agenda can contribute to unify individual approaches towards sustainability and consolidate strategies while maintaining the …, the actual urban sustainability strategies are reconstructed to take stock of the current situation in our forty …

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Insights from the Lily Pond : Global Economic Developments Seen from the Perspective of Limits to Growth - Featuring the Oil Enigma

Skala, Martin - 2010

are highlighted; these are particularly centred on the concepts of technology, sustainability, and resources. One of the …

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Bioeconomy for Sustainable Development in Nigeria : Lessons from International Experiences

Oguntuase, Oluwaseun - 2018

Introduction: Bioeconomy has gained significant attention in recent years, with countries adopting it to drive their developmental efforts. However, the concept has not been adequately examined and integrated into policy making in Nigeria.Aim: This paper provided an overview of the bioeconomy in...

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Nautical tourism, carrying capacity and environmental externality in the Lagoon of Marano and Grado

Silvestri, Francesco; Ghinoi, Stefano; Barone, Vincenzo - 2013 - Draft, June 2013

Tourism and environmental preservation are often conflicting activities, mainly in areas such as coastal lagoons, where seaside mass-tourism comes into contact with a very sensitive ecological system. In this paper we deal with a classical problem of both environmental and tourism economics, the...

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Re-embedding the economy in nature and society : seven theses on the socio-ecological reorientation of the economy in times of Covid-19 and the climate crisis

Loske, Reinhard - 2020

This paper reflects on the links between the current COVID-19-crisis and the climate and biodiversity crises. It argues that the present pandemic and nonsustainable development on a global scale have similar roots: from ignoring natural boundaries to denying scientific facts, from...

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Circular economy measures to keep plastics and their value in the economy, avoid waste and reduce marine litter

Brink, Patrick ten; Schweitzer, Jean-Pierre; Watkins, Emma - 2018

We live in the plastic age (the "plasticene"), producing over 300 million tonnes (mt) of plastic every year globally, 5–15 mt of which flow into already polluted oceans. Plastic remains a key material in the global economy, but low rates of collection, reuse and recycling, emissions of...

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Sustainability in the context of globalization

Beţianu, Leontina - In: CES working papers 1 (2009) 1, pp. 43-50

Sustainability tends to become in the new millennium the most important characteristic of economic and social …

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How to Pay for Saving Biodiversity

Barbier, Edward B. - 2018

The 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was one of the first international environmental agreements negotiated. In the same year, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for funding biodiversity conservation in developing countries was launched. Yet 25 years later, biological populations...

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CITES II or The Second Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

Martin, Rowan - 2016

This document examines the successes and failures of the present Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna (CITES) and analyses its defects. Major changes are needed in the structure of the Treaty to overcome its perceived shortcomings. A Vision for a new treaty is...

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