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Climate Justice in Courtrooms: A Normative Inquiry into Reasoning in Climate Litigation
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate litigation cases have grown rapidly in number and influence. While framed legally, climate litigation appeals to the idea of climate justice, understood as involving a set of independent moral standards to be met in the face of climate change.
Laura García‐Portela +1 more
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Incentive effects of fiscal federalism: Evidence for France
Cogent Economics & Finance, 2015 This paper provides an empirical analysis on the question whether equalization payments across regions and transfers from the central government stimulate regional growth or impede it.
Boriss Siliverstovs, Ulrich Thiessen
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Intergovernmental finance in South Africa: Some observations [PDF]
This paper examines the evolution and functioning of fiscal decentralisation process and intergovernmental finance in the Republic of South Africa (RSA). It analyses the system of dividing revenues among the three spheres of government.
M. Govinda Rao
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Scaling of Short‐Duration, Summer Rainfall Event Temporal Profiles With Warming Over Great Britain
International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.Temperature scaling has been used to analyse the temporal profiles of short‐duration, summer rainfall events in Great Britain, for sub‐hourly observed and convection‐permitting climate model (CPM) data. Results show an increase with dewpoint temperature of event total rainfall depth, maximum intensity, concentration and front‐loading.
Alexandra Seawell +6 more
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International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.We studied rainfall variability and cyclicity in six Homogeneous Regions of Rainfall Anomalies (HRRA) in Southeast South America (SESA) from 1961 to 2020 to understand the occurrence of droughts and above‐average rainfall. We use a continental analysis scale, focusing on seasonal, interannual, and interdecadal cycles, and their association with modes ...
Tainã Costa Peres +4 more
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SOCIALIZATION PROBLEMS OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS IN UKRAINE
Вісник Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Серія Економіка, 2014 In the paper the revenues of local budgets and their dependence on intergovernmental transfers during years 2009-2012 were analyzed. The tendency of finding ways to balance spending on social programs with the budget by the public authorities is revealed.
S. Rybak
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Central Government Transfers and Regional Convergence in Portugal [PDF]
Over the last decades, the Portuguese economy exhibited an outstanding growth performance. This period of fast economic growth allowed the country to consistently reduce its income gap with respect to the EU average. In spite of this, regions in Portugal
Marta Ferreira Dias, Ricardo Silva
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From Niche to Mainstream: A Knowledge Exchange Model for Sustainable Housing Adoption
Knowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As climate change intensifies the demand for sustainable practices, the residential housing sector remains a critical yet underutilized area for promoting energy efficiency. Although consumer awareness is increasing, sustainable and energy‐efficient (SEE) housing continues to occupy a niche market.
Lianne Foti
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Towards a rational system of centre-state revenue transfers in India: An exploration. [PDF]
Intergovernmental fiscal ...
Chakraborty, Pinaki, Bagchi, Amaresh
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Balancing ecosystem‐service supply and demand is central to understanding both the natural and social dimensions of ecosystem services and to enhancing human well‐beings. Concurrently, collaborative efforts are underway to improve multiple ecosystem services, including the promotion of carbon neutrality and water purification (WP) within basin
Jing Cheng +5 more
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