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Ethical and legal challenges in bioenergy governance: Coping with value disagreement and regulatory complexity

Gamborg, Christian; Anker, Helle Tegner; Sandøe, Peter - In: Energy Policy 69 (2014) C, pp. 326-333

and national governments can deal with the multiple sustainability issues raised by bioenergy, it is argued that failure …

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The world at a crossroads: Financial scenarios for sustainability

Carnicer, Jofre; Peñuelas, Josep - In: Energy Policy 48 (2012) C, pp. 611-617

The global financial system is a major component of our global society. The available analyses of sustainability … flows are three orders of magnitude greater than the annual economic costs of policies for global sustainability. A small …. To assess the roles of the financial sector in future policies for sustainability, we identified 14 key international …

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Energy consumption, human well-being and economic development in central and eastern European nations: A cautionary tale of sustainability

Jorgenson, Andrew K.; Alekseyko, Alina; Giedraitis, … - In: Energy Policy 66 (2014) C, pp. 419-427

Sustainability is fundamentally a challenge of tradeoffs. In order to improve human well-being through economic … sustainability requires reducing the “energy intensity of human well-being (EIWB)”: the amount of energy used per unit of human well …

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Growth curves and sustained commissioning modelling of renewable energy: Investigating resource constraints for wind energy

Davidsson, Simon; Grandell, Leena; Wachtmeister, Henrik; … - In: Energy Policy 73 (2014) C, pp. 767-776

factors should be considered when assessing the feasibility, and even the sustainability, of fast energy transitions. Even a …

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Extended exergy-based sustainability accounting of a household biogas project in rural China

Yang, J.; Chen, B. - In: Energy Policy 68 (2014) C, pp. 264-272

sustainability evaluation of biogas projects. Furthermore, a series of extended exergy-based indicators was presented as benchmarking … from the perspectives of resources, economics and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The sustainability of a “Three …

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Refurbishment decision support tools review—Energy and life cycle as key aspects to sustainable refurbishment projects

Ferreira, Joaquim; Pinheiro, Manuel Duarte; Brito, Jorge de - In: Energy Policy 62 (2013) C, pp. 1453-1460

Europe is facing one of its most challenging crises since Great Depression and the construction sector is one of the worst affected. Refurbishment is therefore often suggested as one of the most useful solutions for the current real estate crisis in consolidated areas like the EU. On the other...

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Energy, economic and environmental discourses and their policy impact: The case of Ontario׳s Green Energy and Green Economy Act

Winfield, Mark; Dolter, Brett - In: Energy Policy 68 (2014) C, pp. 423-435

markets and the state and the relationship between economic development and environmental sustainability in public policy. The …

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Fresh tomato production for the Sydney market: An evaluation of options to reduce freshwater scarcity from agricultural water use

Page, Girija; Ridoutt, Brad; Bellotti, Bill - In: Agricultural Water Management 100 (2011) 1, pp. 18-24

In response to the growing concerns of freshwater scarcity, two metrics are considered for assessing the impacts of consumptive water use of a kg of fresh tomato supplied to the Sydney market. The first is the water use efficiency (WUE)—commonly used by agronomists which considers the absolute...

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The first Brazilian municipal initiative of payments for environmental services and its potential for soil conservation

Zolin, C.A.; Folegatti, M.V.; Mingoti, R.; Paulino, J.; … - In: Agricultural Water Management 137 (2014) C, pp. 75-83

It has become evident that policies aimed at mitigating the growing water resources and water use conflicts in Brazil are crucial. The municipality of Extrema in Minas Gerais state in Brazil pioneered the first Brazilian municipal PES initiative (Conservador das Águas program), based on the...

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Menominee implementation of the Chichilnisky criterion for sustainable forest management

Trosper, Ronald L. - In: Forest Policy and Economics 25 (2012) C, pp. 56-61

For over a century, the Menominee Tribe harvested timber from their forest; during this time the volume of standing timber increased, a sign of sustainable forest management. The Menominee selection of a green golden rule path has been made through consistent and long-standing efforts to reject...

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