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Green swans and blue skies: Climate change and insolvency risk for financial institutions

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This lecture in honour of the late Gabriel Moss QC and Ian Fletcher QC examines the challenge of climate‐related financial risk. Prudential regulators and central banks recognize that the systemic nature of climate‐related financial risk makes it an emerging vulnerability relevant to cross‐border insolvency resolution.
Janis Sarra
wiley   +1 more source

The Antarctic Treaty System needs a disaster management authority to guard the continent against disasters. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Bode M, Johnson C, Mackintosh A, Hamilton R, Karim MS, Chown SL.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Two Shades of Green? Gender Differences in Environmental Concern and Activism

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines gender differences in environmental concern and activism using data from the World Values Survey. The results indicate that women are more likely than men to be concerned about the environment, but are less likely to engage in environmental activism.
Hava Orkut, Caroline Perrin
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening resilience in Philippine health emergency and disaster risk management: a whole-of-society approach. [PDF]

Western Pac Surveill Response J
Downey EL, Law R, Esguerra PM, Capistrano R, Sekitani Y.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Drought Risk in Mango and Avocado Orchards: Insights Into Plant Water Relations and Irrigation‐Related Agronomic Solutions

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is making water availability more uncertain, with growing consequences for the productivity and long‐term sustainability of tropical and subtropical fruit orchards. Mangifera indica L. and Persea americana Mill. both require large amounts of water to sustain growth and productivity.
Eleonora Cataldo
wiley   +1 more source

Community Participation and the Making of Brazil's National Oral Health Policy. [PDF]

Int Dent J
Narvai PC, Peres MA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Education as a Common Possession

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on Will Kymlicka's account of solidarity and membership through the lens of conflict over public schooling in San Francisco. It contrasts a Marshallian vision of society as a shared possession capable of sustaining democratic solidarity and welfare institutions with an anti‐Marshallian politics that sees the language of ...
Margaret Kohn
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and factors associated with severe pain in the postoperative period of orthopedic surgery. [PDF]

Rev Bras Enferm
Almeida JC, Kamide TV, Miura CRM.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Art of Reception: Field Visits as Microcosms for Development Interventions of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Uganda

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
wiley   +1 more source