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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the clean development mechanism (CDM) which creates carbon credits from emission abatement projects in developing economies. The paper aims to examine the operation of the CDM with specific reference to fraud vulnerabilities regarding the...
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and its compatibility with the goals of sustainability; the case of excessive pollution due to adverse selection, moral …. Practical implications – This paper discusses the major issues and examples of pollution and biodiversity degradation that need … to be considered with sustainable finance. The paper also shows why economic growth without considering pollution impacts …
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world pollution if clean development mechanism (CDM) is generously undertaken and if the CDM devotes considerable real … and Taylor's model to argue that the technique effect stems from an increasing in pollution taxes and in international … – While world pollution is jointly determined by the composition and technique effects, in contrast to literature, open trade …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of structural changes in hog production manure management practices. Design/methodology/approach – The data used in this study are obtained from a large-scale nationwide hog producers’ survey in rural China conducted by the...
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Describes how pollution control spending around the world is set to increase from $70 billion (1979) to $115 billion in … water pollution control equipment (WPCE). States that WPCE shipments world wide are projected to rise from $3.3 billion in …
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model of strategic behavior by users/communities of an ecosystem such as a lake, which is subject to pollution resulting … multiple stable states appear. In this case, if the pollution level is high enough it is too costly in terms of what must be …
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The reconvening of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (The “Earth Summit”) from 3 to 4 June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, preceded by a meeting of the Commissioners in London in April, to debate “nothing less than the fate of the planet”, emphasized the urgency of...
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By respecting nature’s limits and investing in nature’s wealth, we can protect and enhance the environment’s ability to sustain human well-being. But how humans interact with nature is intimately tied to how we interact with each other. Those who are relatively powerful and wealthy...
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This paper explores empirically the impact of changes of enforcement efforts on environmental compliance. Our strategy is to link observed fines and other enforcement actions to subsequent compliance behavior. We find that, on the margin, the impact of a fine for water pollutant violations is...
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Mercury exposure has emerged as one of the most prominent environmental health and food safety concerns. The primary danger is the consumption of contaminated fish by young children, nursing mothers, and pregnant women. To mitigate the risks, in January 2001 the FDA issued a national advisory...
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