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Voluntary approaches to environmental policy can contribute to stemming environmental degradation in developing countries with weak institutions. We evaluate the role of a behavioral anomaly, limited attention paid by owners or managers, in explaining the voluntary adoption of environmental...
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Voluntary approaches to environmental policy can contribute to stemming environmental degradation in developing countries with weak institutions. We evaluate the role of a behavioral anomaly, limited attention paid by owners or managers, in explaining the voluntary adoption of environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240957
responsibilities. At the same time, environmental stresses caused by China's energy and resources demands have become increasingly …
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energy demand and CO2 emissions. Therefore, cities are the key to meeting its proposed carbon intensity target in 2020 and … difficulty in further carbon mitigation, inevitable emissions growth due to rising living standards, and coal-dominant energy … carbon a crucial step for China's endeavor of harnessing the market forces to reduce its energy consumption and carbon …
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energy demand and CO2 emissions. Therefore, cities are the key to meeting its proposed carbon intensity target in 2020 and … difficulty in further carbon mitigation, inevitable emissions growth due to rising living standards, and coal-dominant energy … carbon a crucial step for China’s endeavor of harnessing the market forces to reduce its energy consumption and carbon …
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measure sustainability and the conflicting messages that policy makers receive, despite a common underlying conceptual …
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This paper takes sustainability to be a matter of intergenerational welfare equality and examines whether an optimal … practical, especially in the context of developing countries. The maximin criterion of sustainability may be more appealing to …
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The development of the agricultural sector and the improvement of the food security situation are seen as essential components to sustainable development in Africa. However, continuing population growth, impacts of climate change and environmental degradation add to an unprecedented combination...
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Population growth is often viewed as a most oppressive global problem with respect to environmental deterioration, but the relationships between population development, economic dynamics and environmental pollution are complex due to various feedback mechanisms. We analyze society’s economic...
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sustainability. At the same time productivity growth is often seen as the solution to environmental challenges. Methodological …
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