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Circular Economy Pathways for Airport Climate Change Mitigation

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Airport operators face growing climate‐change pressures; the circular economy offers pathways to reduce impacts and recover resources. We examine how airport operators apply the circular economy in practice. We use an exploratory qualitative multicase design based on practitioner‐generated documents (e.g., press releases and sustainability ...
Michele Oppioli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Afforestation, reforestation and new challenges from COVID-19: Thirty-three recommendations to support civil society organizations (CSOs). [PDF]

open access: yesJ Environ Manage, 2021
Mohan M   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Climate Justice Partnership Linking Universities and Community Organizations in Toronto, Durban, Maputo and Nairobi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper describes a project based at York University in Toronto, funded through the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa program of the International Development Research Centre and the UK Department for International Development (DFID), which is ...
Perkins, Patricia E. (Ellie)   +1 more
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Rebound Effects in Circular Manufacturing: Overview of Potential Rebound Mechanisms Activated by Circular Strategies Across Key Business Processes

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) is increasingly adopted by the manufacturing industry to decouple economic growth from environmental impacts by optimizing resource use and minimizing waste generation. Nevertheless, circular manufacturing often triggers systemic responses that diminish or offset their potential environmental gains, resulting in the so ...
Mariantonietta Ferrante   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Islamic Faith-Based Organizations And The State During The First Three Decades Of Pakistan: An Appraisal Of Theory And Practice

open access: yesThe Islamic Culture, 2019
One central issue of the current civic-engagement debate is the role of religion in the growth and working of civil society. The fact that the modern concept of civil society emerged in the secular environment of enlightenment era in Europe has put ...
Muhammad Moiz Khan, Hina Khan
doaj  

Making Aid Effectiveness Work for Family Planning and Reproductive Health [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This Population Action International Working Paper analyzes the five principles of aid effectiveness -- country ownership, alignment, harmonization, managing for results, and mutual accountability -- from a family planning and reproductive health ...
Suzanna Dennis
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Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Broadening Civic Space Through Voluntary Action Lessons from 2011 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This publication explores how non-formal voluntary action outside of formal organizations can lead to greater citizen participation in governance; serves as a resource to help civil society organizations (CSOs) explore the opportunities for engagement ...
Fiona Talcott
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Environmental Regulation at the Crossroads: A Review of Catalysts and Barriers in Circular Economy Transitions

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing resource pressures, environmental regulation plays a critical role in enabling the transition to a circular economy (CE). This study conducts a systematic literature review to synthesize how different regulatory approaches—command‐and‐control, market‐based, voluntary, and reflexive—affect CE transitions across economic and ...
Li Yuan
wiley   +1 more source

Management of Civil Service Professionalisation in the Knowledge-based Society. Legal and Institutional Framework. [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper approaches a topic of high actuality concerning the professionalisation of public management, process that could lead to setting up a corps of civil servants, substantiated on meritocratic criteria, political equidistance.
Matei, Lucica
core   +1 more source

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