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Accounting for health in climate change policies: a case study of Fiji [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND Climate change is expected to affect the health of most populations in the coming decades, having the greatest impact on the poorest and most disadvantaged people in the world.
Bowen, Kathryn, Morrow, Georgina
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Does a change in the ‘global net zero’ language matter?
Global Sustainability, 2023 Non-technical summary Changes in language used in long term climate policy can undermine their credibility and discourage climate action. Previous IPCC reports have promoted an idea of reaching ‘global net zero’ (GNZ) emissions by 2050 in order to limit
Hannah Parris +2 more
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Climate change: towards policy coherence [PDF]
, 2014 The fifth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, being released in sections from late 2013 through 2014, is rekindling public interest in climate change.
Adrian Macey
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Energy, Sustainability and Society, 2022 Background To achieve climate targets, a transition to low-carbon energy production is necessary. However, conflicts between different interests, values and priorities, particularly at the community level, can constrain this transition.
Sybille Reitz +2 more
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The role of policies in reducing the cost of capital for offshore wind
iScience, 2023 Summary: Offshore wind will play a critical role in decarbonizing Europe’s energy infrastructure. Nevertheless, according to recent financing cost surveys, its investment risk expressed as the cost of capital (CoC) is higher than for onshore wind and ...
Mak Đukan +3 more
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DPJ Government and Climate Change Policy [PDF]
, 2017 The monograph provides knowledge on the complex nature of both external and internal determinants influencing foreign policies of East Asian countries.
Socha, Marcin
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DISCOUNTING AND CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY [PDF]
, 2007 A constant social discount rate cannot reflect both a reasonable opportunity cost of public funds and an ethically defensible concern for generations in the distant future. We use a model of hyperbolic discounting that achieves both goals.
Karp, Larry S., Tsur, Yacov
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Energies, 2023 Rising energy costs have led to increased discussion about the social impact of the energy transition in Germany in recent years. In 2021, a gradually increasing CO2 tax was introduced.
Maike Venjakob +2 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 The Farm to Fork Strategy of the EU aims at sustainable food systems. One objective of the Strategy is to reduce nutrient losses by at least 50% resulting in at least 20% less fertilizer use by 2030.
Katharine Heyl +6 more
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Making School-Based GHG-Emissions Tangible by Student-Led Carbon Footprint Assessment Program
Energies, 2021 Schools play an important role in achieving climate protection goals, because they lay the foundation of knowledge for a responsible next generation. Therefore, schools as institutions have a special role model function.
Oliver Wagner +3 more
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