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Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2007 AbstractThe literature on environmental policy under adverse selection usually assumes that firms' profit vary monotonically with a private information parameter. However, it is easy to demonstrate using standard production setups that regularity is not the rule. We show that policy requirements are very sensitive to this assumption. In particular, the
Bontems, Philippe, Bourgeon, Jean Marc
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Approaching national climate targets in China considering the challenge of regional inequality
Nature Communications, 2023 Achievement of national climate targets and the corresponding costs would entirely depend on regional actions within the country. However, because of substantial inequalities and heterogeneities among regions, especially in developing economies ...
Biying Yu +7 more
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The use of biodiversity data in rural development programming [PDF]
Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2017 This study focuses on rural development policy implementers and evaluators as users of European biodiversity data. It critically analyses the use of biodiversity data for measuring the impact of agri-environment programmes and related rural development ...
Evelyn Underwood, Miriam Grace
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Toward a new framework for restoring lost wildlife migrations
Conservation Letters, 2022 Global declines in wildlife migrations have prompted new initiatives to conserve remaining migratory behaviors. However, many migrations have already been lost.
Kristin J. Barker +7 more
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Agricultural and Food Economics, 2023 Agriculture is a major source of food and income for poor and rural households living in developing countries; yet, agricultural systems are increasingly threatened by changing climate conditions that compromise their productivity and resilience.
Maria Teresa Trentinaglia +2 more
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Glasgow to Paris—The impact of the Glasgow commitments for the Paris climate agreement
iScience, 2023 Summary: In the Glasgow COP26, several major emitters have announced new climate neutrality commitments. Others revised their nationally determined contributions (NDC).
Lara Aleluia Reis, Massimo Tavoni
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Recent Contributions of Agricultural Economics Research in the Field of Sustainable Development
Agriculture, 2018 Sustainable development is more often considered by media, public opinion, and politicians to be the main goal our society should attempt to pursue in the coming years. To this aim, academic researchers have made sustainability one of the main objects of
Danilo Bertoni +7 more
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EU land use futures: modelling food, bioenergy and carbon dynamics
Energy Strategy Reviews, 2020 This paper presents an original system dynamics model, which aims to assess how changes in diet, agricultural practices, bioenergy and forestry could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Alexandre Strapasson +5 more
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Earth's Future, 2023 The introduction of fire suppression policies and expansion of exclusionary protected areas in East and Southern African savannas have engendered a wildfire paradox.
Abigail R. Croker +2 more
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Network governance and the Urban Nexus of water, energy, and food: lessons from Amsterdam
Energy, Sustainability and Society, 2019 Background Silo-thinking stands for one-dimensional and sectorial policy and decision-making in which natural resources managers do not reflect on interrelations between different sectors involved in the management of resources. Nexus-thinking stands out
Moises Covarrubias +2 more
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