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Analysis and Use of Information and Communication Tools in Economics of Climate Change [PDF]

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the context of climate change is of great importance in the scientific community, but can also play an important role in the policy context.
Aline Chiabai
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European overseas, new frontier for biodiversity research? [PDF]

, 2015
The European Overseas Areas are strategically positioned to become a strong focus of biodiversity research in support of sustainable development.
Azevedo, José, Dwyer, Eduard, Feldmann, Philippe, Figueiredo, Susana, Hoetjes, Paul, Irissin-Managata, Josiane, Sierra, S., Villagarcia, Marimar   +7 more
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Using Financial and Sustainability Ratios to Map Sectors. An Approach With Compositional Data

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article aims to visualize in a single graph Spanish fish and meat processing companies with respect to solvency, energy, waste and water intensity and gender employment gap. These financial, environmental, and social indicators are ratios, which require specific statistical analysis methods.
Elena Rondós‐Casas, Núria Arimany‐Serrat, Miquel Carreras‐Simó, Germà Coenders   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge-rich Image Gist Understanding Beyond Literal Meaning

, 2018
We investigate the problem of understanding the message (gist) conveyed by images and their captions as found, for instance, on websites or news articles. To this end, we propose a methodology to capture the meaning of image-caption pairs on the basis of
Dietz, Laura, Effelsberg, Wolfgang, Hulpus, Ioana, Ponzetto, Simone Paolo, Weiland, Lydia   +4 more
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Exploring university student perspectives of a challenge‐based curriculum

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The world faces multiple global and local challenges, with some describing one challenge, climate breakdown, as an existential threat. Publications in this journal have highlighted the importance of curricula that help students better understand and address these challenges.
Miles Thompson, Alpesh Maisuria, Shona McCartney, Rhianna Hamilton   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Freshwater fish functional diversity shows diverse responses to human activities, but consistently declines in the tropics

Ecography, EarlyView.
Freshwater environments are intertwined with human activities and the consequence has been environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. Fish provide key ecological and economic benefits, and fish abundance and diversity can be affected by human activities resulting in functional diversity (FD) changes that might scale up to ecosystem impacts ...
Romullo Guimarães de Sá Ferreira Lima, Bruno Eleres Soares, Marc Cadotte, Míriam Pilz Albrecht   +3 more
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The scaling of seed‐dispersal specialization in interaction networks across levels of organization

Ecography, EarlyView.
Natural ecosystems are characterized by a specialization pattern where few species are common while many others are rare. In ecological networks involving biotic interactions, specialization operates as a continuum at individual, species, and community levels. Theory predicts that ecological and evolutionary factors can primarily explain specialization.
Gabriel M. Moulatlet, Pedro Luna, Wesley Dáttilo, Fabricio Villalobos   +3 more
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Mapping Instrument Preferences for Deforestation Policies Based on EU Public Consultation Data

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Policy makers can choose among many alternative policy instruments to reduce the impact of EU commodity imports on forests and related biodiversity loss in the world. Changes in the instrument mix affect a wide range of stakeholder groups with varying strategic interests and corresponding policy preferences.
Daniel Braun, Dennis Abel, Jan Börner
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Meshing or Clashing Gears? Design (In)Coherences Between the EU Regulation on Deforestation‐Free Products and Third Country Environmental Regulations

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As new regulations emerge to address deforestation and unsustainable land use, their interaction with existing national frameworks remains uncertain. This study examines the (in)coherence between the European Union Regulation on deforestation‐free products (EUDR) and domestic deforestation and land use regulations in Brazil, Cameroon and Gabon.
R. F. Ziegert, L. Berning, M. Cramm, S. Wunder, C. Azevedo‐Ramos, M. Sotirov   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The EU's Strategy for Sustainability: A Landmark Turn With the European Green Deal?

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While the European Green Deal (EGD) has been widely recognized as a milestone in the EU's sustainability strategy, scholars disagree on the nature of the policy change it represents. Critics highlight its limited social and environmental ambitions, despite its portrayal as a “man on the moon” moment.
Ekaterina Domorenok, Franco Gatti
wiley   +1 more source