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BASIC effect on global climate governance. Power changes and regime shifts

Berthaud, Pierre; Voituriez, Tancrède - HAL - 2013

In this paper we address the issue of the indeterminacy of climate change negotiations and examine the role played by the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) in this indeterminacy. Mobilising the analytical tools of international political economy (IPE), we show that changes...

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Teaching Sustainable Development Issues: An Assessment of the Learning Effectiveness of Gaming

Blanchard, Odile; Buchs, Arnaud - HAL - 2014

The article aims at assessing the effectiveness of a role-play in addressing two concerns: clarifying the concept of sustainable development and teaching sustainable development issues. The effectiveness is gauged by surveying students to reveal how the game matches a set of "significant...

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French Family Business and Longevity. Have they been conducting sustainable development policies before it became a fashion?

Antheaume, Nicolas; Barbelivien, Dominique; Robic, Paulette - HAL - 2012

Our research started with the following question: have longstanding family businesses been conducting sustainable development policies long before the word became a fashion. After presenting our methodology, we investigate the sustainable development concept and review the family business (FB)...

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A range based Multi-Actor Multicriteria Analysis to incorporate uncertainty in stakeholder based evaluation processes

Baudry, Gino; Macharis, Cathy; Vallée, Thomas - HAL - 2014

worst one depending on its performance uncertainty in the long run. The range based MAMCA provides a wide range of possible …

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Evaluation of Environmental Performance of Companies

Tóth, Gergely - In: Society and Economy 25 (2003) December, pp. 383-402

The paper portrays environmental performance evaluation as a novel, innovative, applicable method or group of methods … performance evaluation, maybe slightly, but actively. It strives to enhance the application of EPE through a guidebook for … the existence, implementation and usefulness of environmental performance evaluation. …

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Sustainable or non-sustainable future?

Kuna, Zbyněk - In: Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionales 3 (2000) 2, pp. 5-11

Author mentions global problems of the world. Sustainable development and natural resources in relations to world population problem and food problem. He gives main responsibility for the future development to the developed countries and to the international institutions. Pieces of knowledge...

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The regional soul of sustainability

Pinelli, Michele - Dipartimento di Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia - 2013

Profits and social-environmental performance have always been perceived as in contrast with one another. Governments …) the role of entrepreneurs in the implementation of sustainability is increasingly important and not just complementary to … development. There is emerging evidence that sustainability is becoming profitable for firms as a result of a dynamics involving …

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Green Growth, Resources and Resilience Environmental Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

This report—Green Growth, Resources, and Resilience—describes an evolving policy landscape characterized by a changing economic reality, rising demand for resources, increasingly apparent impacts of environmental and climate change, and increased risk and uncertainty. The report provides new...

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Environmentally Sustainable Development in the People'?s Republic of China: Visions for the Future and the Role of the Asian Development Bank

Zhang, Qingfeng - Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

The rapid pace of growth, the sectoral structure of the economy, the sources of energy used, and increased urbanization are four large-scale drivers behind the complex environmental agenda of the People’s Republic of China. To improve the quality of the ambient environment, the recently...

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Potential Impact of Emission Trading Schemes on the Australian National Electricity Market

Liebman, Ariel; Zhou, Xun; Dong, Zhao Yang; James, Geoff - Energy Economics and Management Group, School of Economics - 2008

Power industry worldwide has been identified as a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Consequently, many countries have started the implementation of emission trading schemes aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by power stations. The Australian government aims to implement an...

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