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Food Court
Czarnezki, Jason J. - 2018
This article, focusing on produce and grain, discusses the environmental and climate change impacts of food production, processing, packaging, and distribution, which ultimately contributes to both economic and social costs. The article addresses environmental energy costs in the food supply
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012913700
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A Global Voice for Survival : An Ecosystemic Approach for the Environment and the Quality of Life
Pilon, André Francisco - 2018
In view of the overwhelming pressures on the global environment and the need to disrupt the systems that drive them, an ecosystemic theoretical and practical framework is posited for the evaluation and planning of public policies, research and teaching programmes, encompassing four dimensions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014113000
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Societal Transformations, Politics, Economics, Education, Development, Environment and the State of the World
Pilon, André Francisco - 2023
An ecosystem theoretical and practical framework is posited for the evaluation and planning of advocacy, communication, public policies, research and teaching programmers, intertwining four dimensions of being-in-the-world (intimate, interactive, social and biophysical), as they combine, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014347651
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Reform in the WTO : Options for Constraining Dual Pricing in the Multilateral Trading System
Marhold, Anna-Alexandra - 2018
Dual pricing is a practice through which resource-endowed states sell their energy resources at significantly lower prices on the domestic market, as compared to the price on the export market. Dual pricing could be considered an environmentally harmful fossil fuel subsidy: States that maintain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012931636
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Briefing Note : Aligning International Investment Agreements with the Sustainable Development Goals
Johnson, Lise; Sachs, Lisa; Lobel, Nathan - 2021
investment and investment governance on sustainable development have evolved, it is not clear that IIAs, as currently designed …, are fit for their purpose of promoting development. Worse: they may be undermining efforts to achieve the Sustainable … evaluated with respect to their ability to:• Encourage and channel investments that contribute to sustainable development, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013232389
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Energy Efficiency and Conservation : New Legal Tools and Opportunities
Dernbach, John C.; McKinstry, Robert B.; Lowder, Darin - 2015
Many new and ambitious energy efficiency and conservation laws are being enacted at all levels of government - and with greater financial incentives than provided previously. These innovations are intended to overcome or minimize market barriers such as principal-agent problems, information and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014185707
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The Right to Breathe Clean Air and Access to Justice - Legal State of Play in International, European and National Law
Huck, Winfried; Maaß, Jennifer; Sood, Saparya; … - 2021
on the right to breathe clean air (RBCA) in international, interregional and national law. The Sustainable Development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013234485
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Urban agenda and urban sustainability strategies : taking stock of policy implementation and policy discussion
Barnebeck, Stephanie; Kalff, Yannick - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011341240
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The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) and Climate Protection : When, Where, and How?
Andersen, Henrik - 2022
The working paper concerns the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) and its climate provision. It addresses the “When”, “Where”, and “How”. The “When” concerns when the CAI may enter into force. The paper provides an overview of some of the current issues that may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013289956
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Energy and Fossil Fuels as a Topic of WTO Accession Protocols
Marhold, Anna-Alexandra - 2018
This contribution seeks to analyse and compare WTO Accession Protocols, particularly the interpretations given relevant commitments made in them regarding energy and fossil fuels. After first providing an outline of the accession process and its importance for the natural resources and energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918296