City Diplomacy as a Green Strategy? International Sister City Partnerships and Urban Decarbonization
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The establishment of international sister city partnerships (ISCPs) has expanded since the postwar era, developing from cultural exchanges into strategic diplomatic channels for sustainable development. While their socioeconomic benefits are well‐documented, their potential as instruments for global environmental governance and urban ...
Fubin Luo +4 more
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Governance Coordination, Financing Reform, and Equity-Targeted Interventions as Structural Determinants of Health System Performance in Southwest Nigeria: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study. [PDF]
Int J Health Plann ManageKolajo BF, Olaosebikan JO, Inegbedion H.
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Tourism Specialisation and Sustainable Development Performance in Spanish Cities
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tourism specialisation and sustainable development performance are key dimensions of urban sustainability debates. This study investigates the association between tourism specialisation and sustainable development performance, operationalised through the sustainable development goals (SDGs), in Spanish cities.
Ana‐María Ríos +2 more
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Effect of mass transfers of enrollees from liquidated health insurance companies on the financial sustainability of health insurance: an ecological study in the Colombian health system. [PDF]
BMJ Glob HealthPinzon Florez CE +2 more
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A fiscal needs approach to equalization transfers in a decentralized federation [PDF]
The author reviews the conceptual basis for fiscal equalization transfers, analyzes the theoretical implications for optimal design of equalization transfers, and suggests quantitative approaches for assessing the fiscal needs of subnational governments ...
Shah, Anwar, DEC
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This systematic literature review examines gendered vulnerabilities, adaptive capacities, and policy translation in climate‐change induced disaster research using an intersectional lens in the Web of Science Database. Peer‐reviewed journal articles published in English between 2014 and 2024 focusing on gender, climate change, and disaster were
Tomo Kawane +7 more
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Substrate-driven microbial specialization and cooperative dechlorination of chlorinated pollutants in estuarine ecosystems. [PDF]
Appl Environ MicrobiolWang H +7 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how uncertainty shapes the environmental effects of energy use, trade openness, economic growth, and institutional quality, with particular emphasis on the role of renewable energy in advancing environmental sustainability and the low‐carbon transition.
Chaoyi Chen, Mehmet Pinar
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Climate Change and Texas Water Planning: an Economic Analysis of Inter-basin Water Transfers [PDF]
Panel models with random effects are used to estimate how climate influences in-stream surface water supply, municipal water demand, crop yields and irrigation water use.
Cai, Yongxia, McCarl, Bruce A.
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Higher education institutions (HEIs) play a critical role in preparing graduates to address the interconnected global crises of the 21st century. Despite explicit calls from UNESCO's Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) framework (SDG 4 on quality education) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCCC) Action
Walter Leal Filho +4 more
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