The article aims at enucleating the main issues of the current debate on the strategies by which to face the crisis in Italy and place solid basis for an eco-sustainable evolution of industrial systems. More specifically, it is underlined the relevance of the "industrial ecology" approach, the...

Sustainable economic growth is considered as implying a constant or declining flow of polluting emissions. This depends crucially on technological progress consisting on a continuous flow of environment friendly innovation. The paper shows that environmental regulation is necessary to achieve...

The green economy is not only a relevant goal on environmental perspective but represents a challenge on the ground of economic growth and employment. This we paper provides an attempt to estimate the effects on Italian manufacturing of a structural approach to energyefficiency policies...

The «Sarkozy Report» edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Amartya Sen and Jean-Paul Fitoussi arguedthat GDP does not provide reliable information on the economic performance and social progressof a country. The Commission expressed, rather, a preference for an indicator of «sustainable...

Wind energy has been the main source of renewable energy in the European Union for the last decade, providing sustainable solutions to the demanding task of replacing conventional energy sources and limiting the environmental damage caused by industries worldwide. While the wind energy field in...

The frequency of intense natural disasters has been on the rise worldwide over the past 40 years. Meanwhile, temperatures have risen on average, while both temperatures and precipitation have become more variable and more extreme. Their impacts are clearly visible in Asia and the Pacific region,...