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Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2020 Climate change is a major global issue, which is becoming increasingly important on the international scene. As it has a direct impact on ecosystems and societies. Water is at the heart of these changes.
Touitou Mohammed +2 more
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Modeling the economic costs of disasters and recovery: analysis using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2014 Disaster damages have negative effects on the economy, whereas reconstruction investment has positive effects. The aim of this study is to model economic causes of disasters and recovery involving the positive effects of reconstruction activities ...
W. Xie, N. Li, J.-D. Wu, X.-L. Hao
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Impacts of emission trading scheme on technological progress: A case study in China
HeliyonDespite its significant role in mitigating climate change, technology was usually exogenously treated in evaluating climate policy, particularly emission trading scheme (ETS); such treatment cannot comprehensively reveal how ETS affects technological ...
Shuyang Chen
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Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023 With less than a decade remaining until 2030, global investment in clean energy access falls short of the anticipated levels required to achieve the sustainable development goals.
Mbanda L. Njoke +4 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.The energetic offset between the donor and the acceptor components in organic photoactive layers is central to the tradeoff between photovoltage and photocurrent losses. This Perspective covers the most important issues surrounding this topic in non‐fullerene acceptor blends, from the difficulty of accurately determining state energies and driving ...
Dieter Neher, Manasi Pranav
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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Impact of the chips act on the GVC participation of China's electronics industry [PDF]
Journal of International Logistics and TradePurpose – In this paper, we evaluated the impact of the US “Chip Act” on the participation of the Chinese electronics industry in the global value chain based on the dynamic CGE model.
Shiwen Gu, Inkyo Cheong
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Soya export tax, a mechanism to reduce poverty? [PDF]
Población y Desarrollo, 2018 The present work has the objective to quantify the ex-ante economic impact of the introduction of the soya export tax in Paraguay’s economy. The issue presented is that the revenue resulted from this tax is transferred to households pertaining to the two
Lorenzo Octavio Vera Bower +1 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Energy is a fundamental driver of economic growth, shaping productivity, industrialization, and long‐term economic resilience. In sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where energy access remains uneven and infrastructure is underdeveloped, understanding sector‐specific energy demand is essential for designing sustainable energy strategies.
Michael Appiah +3 more
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Journal of Water and Climate Change, 2022 Climate change is widely acknowledged as a serious threat to global development, and Bangladesh is no exception; without a doubt, global warming has placed Bangladesh among the most vulnerable countries. The motivation behind this paper is to examine the
Syed Shoyeb Hossain +2 more
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