Results 101 to 110 of about 1,633,305 (311)
Business Coalition Calls for Action [PDF]
Climate and energy legislation can create new jobs and increase investments in Tennessee and the U.S.comprehensive energy policy, Tennessee, energy legislation, climate legislation, climate policy, energy policy, green investment, clean technology ...
Cortney Piper, Susan Richardson-Williams
core
Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Environmental Research LettersDirect air capture (DAC) is increasingly recognized as a necessary puzzle piece to achieve the Paris climate targets. However, the current high cost and energy intensity of DAC act as a barrier.
Nicoletta Brazzola +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Digital twins in sustainable transition: exploring the role of EU data governance
Frontiers in Research Metrics and AnalyticsIntroductionDigital twins can accelerate sustainable development by leveraging big data and artificial intelligence to simulate state, reactions and potential developments of physical systems.
Beatrice Garske +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Assessing the Policy gaps for achieving China’s climate targets in the Paris Agreement
Nature Communications, 2019 The extent to which China’s existing and forthcoming policies would lead to emission reductions domestically has not been well understood. Here the authors combined expert elicitation and a system dynamic model and showed that China is on track to peak ...
Kelly Sims Gallagher +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Climate change and its consequences were never felt more than in recent years. Severe weather conditions are not only becoming more frequent but also more extreme. Political actors worldwide have recognised the dangers and problems related to climate change which has emerged as an issue on domestic policy agendas over the past 25 years.
openaire +2 more sources
Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Agriculture in the climate change negotiations; ensuring that food production is not threatened
Animal, 2013 With the human population predicted to reach nine billion by 2050, demand for food is predicted to more than double over this time period, a trend which will lead to increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture.
J. Muldowney, J. Mounsey, L. Kinsella
doaj +1 more source