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Biontech’s Tax Booster and Its Impact on Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations

Wirtschaftsdienst, 2022
The Mainz-based vaccine manufacturer Biontech has had incredible business development in 2021, which has led to a soaring increase in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate’s tax revenues.
Reinhold Weiß, Kristof Kanzler, Robert Fiesel   +2 more
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Multilevel Trade Policy in the Joint‐Decision Trap? The Case of CETA

Politics and Governance, 2023
Wallonia’s refusal to ratify CETA in October 2016 suggests that multilevel trade politics may increasingly be subject to the pitfalls of joint decision-making, or even a joint-decision trap. This article, however, presents a more nuanced perspective that
Jörg Broschek
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

International Studies Journal
Research Problem Intergovernmental relations in Nigeria have become increasingly characterized by excessive centralization of powers, weak institutional coordination and growing fiscal dependence of state and local governments on the federal government.
NURUDDEEN MUHAMMAD KOKO, ZAYYANU MUHAMMAD, ABDULSALAM ZAINAB   +2 more
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Symbolic or Substantive Action: Intent, Effort, and Results

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many firms have made ambitious climate pledges since the Paris Agreement of 2015. These pledges may be symbolic or substantive, but the literature is fragmented in defining these two terms. We propose a conceptual framework with three frames to delineate symbolic from substantive action: Intent—underlying motivations for engaging in climate ...
Vincent Xinyi Gu, Daniel Charles Matisoff   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous cultural heritage policies as a pathway for Indigenous sovereignty and the role of local governments: an example with K'ómoks First Nation, British Columbia

Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology
Indigenous cultural heritage (ICH) is threatened worldwide, driven by factors like development, private property rights, and colonial planning. Indigenous communities are increasingly navigating the inadequacies of ICH protection by exerting their rights
Mary Kelly, Jesse Morin, Jesse Morin, Lia Tarle, Candace Newman, Raini Bevilacqua, Sheriden Barnett, Sean Markey, Dana Lepofsky   +8 more
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Deepening democracy and enhancing multi-level governance: deficiencies of and prospects for local government ward committees in South Africa

Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2008
The South African local government system has a number of shortcomings, two of which relate to the role of local government in the deepening of participatory democracy and the position of local government in a system of multi-level governance.
P.W. Heydenrych
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A Social Entrepreneurship Perspective of De‐Carbonising the Footprint through Recycling Compensation: A Case Study of the NGO Madre Coraje

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research analyses the carbon footprint of the NGO Madre Coraje, using an integrated methodology that combines the calculator provided by REAS (Red de Economía Alternativa y Solidaria) Navarra and the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). It quantifies emissions across the three scopes of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, evaluating both direct and ...
José Fernandez‐Serrano, Juan A. Hueso, Orlando Vega‐Galeano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interlinkages and gaps: a review of the literature on intergovernmental relations for flood management in the face of climate change

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2023
Current approaches to flood management are increasingly insufficient to deal with intensifying flood trends. In this paper, we define and map out the responsibilities and relationships of local, state, and federal governing entities at various levels. We
Alexander Chantilas, Ahmed Rachid El-Khattabi, Emily Gvino, Emily Gvino, Kristen Downs, Cate Byrne, Elizabeth Christenson-Diver, Ranger Ruffins, Aaron Worley, Felix Dodds   +9 more
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Rock mechanical properties under reconstructed deep in situ thermo–hydro–mechanical conditions: Implications for CO₂‐related injection scenarios

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract illustrates a reconstructed in situ thermo‐hydro‐mechanical (THM) framework in which porosity serves as the central variable linking stress, pore pressure, and temperature to evolving mechanical properties of rocks. Under burial conditions, in situ stress, pore pressure, and temperature jointly govern volumetric strain and ...
Mingyuan Lu, Jun Wang, Zixiong Qi, Ruixuan Chen, Hongtao Wang, Hongwei Zhou   +5 more
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Radical Listening as a Governance Innovation: Integrating Planetary Health and Community‐Led Forest Conservation in Indonesia

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While REDD+ prioritizes carbon sequestration, its narrow focus often overlooks forest‐health linkages critical to community well‐being. This paper examines the holistic model of Health in Harmony (HIH) and Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI), which integrates forest conservation with healthcare through radical listening—a decolonial community engagement
Angie Hsu, Nur Febriani, Luce Alvafritz, Firdani Asri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source