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Global Energy Corporations and Climate Change: The Role of Formal and Informal Institutions in Shaping Climate Change Risk Disclosure

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines climate change risk disclosure in the global energy sector, where firms face intense stakeholder scrutiny and legitimacy pressures. We develop a novel domain‐specific textual analysis measure to capture climate change risk disclosures, improving on prior approaches based on generic environmental terminology.
Khaldoon Albitar, Ali Meftah Gerged
wiley   +1 more source

Stealth dicing strategy for fabricating the cleavage mirror facets of semiconductor laser

open access: yesMaterials & Design
We investigated the formation of cavity mirror facets of GaN-based laser diodes (LDs) using laser stealth dicing (SD) approach in skip-and-scribing mode and compared it with traditional diamond-tip edge-scribing method.
Menglai Lei   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hurricane Harvey

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics, 2018
Harvey has been a nightmare for every Houstonian, but some have faced more challenges than others. During the period before the hurricane struck, Harris County and Houston officials refused to order an evacuation, arguing that residents should stay put, even as CNN meteorologists forecasted more than 20 inches of rain for the first weekend, and the ...
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From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stock Market Reactions to Climate Risk Events: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global warming intensifies, climate risks' impact on firm value has become a critical concern for academia and investors. This systematic literature review analyzes 50 event studies in this research field, classifying them by climate risk type.
Mario Schuster, Rainer Lueg
wiley   +1 more source

Hurricane “Donna”

open access: yesArnoldia, 1960
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Bayesian inverse ensemble forecasting for COVID‐19

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract Variations in strains of COVID‐19 have a significant impact on the rate of surges and on the accuracy of forecasts of the epidemic dynamics. The primary goal for this article is to quantify the effects of varying strains of COVID‐19 on ensemble forecasts of individual “surges.” By modelling the disease dynamics with an SIR model, we solve the ...
Kimberly Kroetch, Don Estep
wiley   +1 more source

Tracking Climate and Environmental Attention: A News‐Based Composite Index

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study introduces the Climate and Environmental Attention Index, a composite indicator that tracks media attention to climate and environmental issues. Based on the Semantic Brand Score, the proposed index extracts significant signals from unstructured text, going beyond traditional measures of word frequency and sentiment.
Gianna Figà‐Talamanca   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hurricane adaptation behaviors in Texas and Florida: exploring the roles of negative personal experience and subjective attribution to climate change

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2022
Understanding the motivation to adopt personal household adaptation behaviors in the face of climate change-related hazards is essential for developing and implementing behaviorally realistic interventions that promote well-being and health.
Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, Dana Rose Garfin
doaj   +1 more source

Female hurricanes are not deadlier than male hurricanes [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014
Jung et al. (1) assert that hurricanes that made landfall in the United States killed more people when they had female names rather than male names. The article has stirred much controversy. Criticisms range from the inclusion of hurricanes from the era before they were given male names (2), over the selective interpretation and the overstatement of ...
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