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From Contingency Management to Transformative Climate Risk Adaptation? Analysis of Private Sector Agency in Navigating Complex Climate Risk Realities

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing complexity and severity of cross‐border climate risks characterised by non‐linear impact chains and deep uncertainty questions the capacity of environmental governance to tackle these problems effectively and in a just manner. To increase the efficiency of climate action, the private sector has been called upon to leverage market ...
Päivi Tikkakoski, Sirkku Juhola
wiley   +1 more source

Institutions of public judgment established by social contract and taxation. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Kessinger TA, Plotkin JB.
europepmc   +1 more source

Do Institutions Make Street‐Level Bureaucrats Prosocial? Agent‐Based Evidence Shows That New Public Management Does Not

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Does street‐level bureaucrats' (SLBs) willingness to sacrifice their own self‐interests to meet the needs of their clients vary depending on their contexts? To date, it has been very challenging to empirically examine how SLBs who have different orientations toward social values might act in different institutional and administrative contexts.
Nissim Cohen, Teddy Lazebnik
wiley   +1 more source

Economy-wide impact of a reduction in tobacco use in India. [PDF]

Tob Control
John RM, Narayanan B, Chakravarthy S, Bharathi S, Sinha P, Munish VG, Goodchild M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Combustion of Waste Rapeseed Oil and Jet Propellant‐8 Blends in a CI Engine

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Using waste rapeseed oil (WRO) mixed with Jet Propellant‐8 (JP‐8) as fuel for a compression ignition engine. ABSTRACT The study examines the potential of blending waste rapeseed oil (WRO) with Jet Propellant‐8 (JP‐8) as a fuel for compression ignition (CI) engines.
Grzegorz Pawlak, Krzysztof Kosiuczenko, Patryk Płochocki, Mariusz Wesołowski, Jarosław Molenda, Tomasz Skrzek, Dominik Czerwonka   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does local government tax competition promote industrial transformation and upgrading? [PDF]

PLoS One
Meng Y, Yang X, Zheng C.
europepmc   +1 more source

On Selective Indirect Tax Reform in Developing Countries

, 2005
M. Shahe Emran, Joseph E. Stiglitz, U. Galmarini, Ravi Kanbur, Michael Keen, R. Mckinnon, D. Mookherjee, Forhad Shilpi, Gavin Wright   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Integrated Flue‐Gas Heat Recovery for Optimized Steam and Power Generation Using Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC): A Technical and Economic Assessment

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Integration of a steam cycle with an existing gas turbine increased efficiency from 32% to 51%, reducing fuel consumption by 21.4% and CO2 emissions by 18.6%. The modification generated USD 13.9 million annual savings and lowered the Levelized Cost of Energy to 38.7 USD/MWh, with a 3‐year payback.
Vahid Pirouzfar, Anashe Aghajani, Chia‐Hung Su   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shortcomings of the controlled foreign company legislation concerning foreign tax refund systems. [PDF]

PLoS One
Kollruss T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Recent advances in multifunctional soft robots: A materials–structures–systems co‐design perspective for synergistic integration

FlexMat, EarlyView.
Abstract Soft robots, engineered from highly compliant materials, offer superior adaptability and safety in unstructured environments compared to their rigid counterparts. Recent advancements, fueled by bio‐inspiration and material programmability, have led to the rapid co‐evolution of their core modules: actuation, sensing, protection, energy, and ...
Qiulei Liu, Zicao Peng, Chong Sun, Haitao Yang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source