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World Development SustainabilityEnergy production and consumption is the primary source of global carbon emissions. In order to achieve the goal of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) in the Paris Agreement, countries around the world have set off an upsurge of energy ...
Xiaobin Pan, Shangwen Liu
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Rethinking plastic waste: innovations in enzymatic breakdown of oil‐based polyesters and bioplastics
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Plastic pollution remains a critical environmental challenge, and current mechanical and chemical recycling methods are insufficient to achieve a fully circular economy. This review highlights recent breakthroughs in the enzymatic depolymerization of both oil‐derived polyesters and bioplastics, including high‐throughput protein engineering, de novo ...
Elena Rosini +2 more
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.We investigated the toxicity of 12 active compounds commonly found in herbal weight loss supplements (WLS) using human liver and colon cell models. Epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate was the only compound showing significant toxicity. Metabolic profiling revealed protein degradation, disrupted energy and lipid metabolism suggesting that the inclusion of EGCG ...
Emily C. Davies +3 more
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Impact of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on the Global South
Discover SustainabilityThe European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (EU CBAM), currently in its transitional phase, represents a novel approach by the EU to address the threats of carbon leakage and environmental dumping, while promoting greener production systems and
Piergiuseppe Morone, Alessandra Alfino
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China's Dual Identity and Its Discourse Toward the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Journal of Global Strategic StudiesThe European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) affects China’s export interests and provides a stage for identity performance in policy discourse.
Joshua Kharizetha Evangelize Syauta
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Framework Proposal for a US Upstream Greenhouse Gas Tax with WTO-Compliant Border Adjustments [PDF]
, 2018 Discussions regarding policies to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been ongoing for decades, and GHG policies of various types have been implemented for years in many countries.
Flannery, Brian +3 more
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Aged human bmMSCs are seeded in the scaffold. Osteoblastic induction can slightly increase cell's bone‐forming activity to produce bone‐like tissues, shown as the sporadic xylenol orange‐stained spots (the lower left image). Notably, pioglitazone plus EGCG co‐treatment dramatically increases cell's bone‐forming activity and bone‐like tissue production (
Ching‐Yun Chen +6 more
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How to design a border adjustment for the European Union Emissions Trading System ?. [PDF]
Border adjustments are currently discussed to limit the possible adverse impact of climate policies on competitiveness and carbon leakage. We discuss the main choices that will have to be made if the European Union implements such a system alongside the ...
Monjon, Stéphanie, Quirion, Philippe
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Could the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism promote climate mitigation? An economy-wide analysis
Advances in Climate Change ResearchDue to concerns about carbon leakage and sectoral competitiveness, the European Union (EU) proposed implementing the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM).
Kun Zhang +5 more
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Gatting the New Climate Treaty Right: Leveraging Energy Subsidies to Promote Multilateralism [PDF]
, 2015 In a previous paper, Trading Up Kyoto: A Proposal for Amending the Protocol, I argued that not only do international trade rules, specifically the operation of the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) agreements, hinder international climate change treaty ...
Badrinarayana, Deepa
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