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URBAN CLIMATE GOVERNANCE AND THE UNEVENNESS OF CITY NETWORKS: The Trajectory and Perspectives of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy in Chile

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Scholars have widely discussed integrating local administrations into climate governance networks, focusing on networks such as the Global Covenant of Mayors or C40, whose members are mostly in the European Union or countries of the global North and premium cities managed by engaged administrations. Relatively little is known about urban‐scale
Alejandra Irigoyen Rios, Rosa Lehmann
wiley   +1 more source

Inter-provincial water-energy-carbon transfer and its efficiency in China: the perspective of land use. [PDF]

Carbon Balance Manag
Cai C, Zhao R, Li H, Xiao L, Xie Z, Wu W, Ji J, Xiao Q.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Partisan Cities: How State‐Local Political Alignment Shapes Credit Risk and Information Processing in the Municipal Bond Market

Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper studies how partisan alignment between city leaders and state governors shapes information processing and bond pricing in the municipal bond market. Using a novel data set on 1,045 U.S. cities from 2005 to 2019, we show that cities with the same political affiliation as the state governor face 9 basis points lower borrowing costs ...
RAMONA DAGOSTINO, ANYA NAKHMURINA
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional and policy networks in disaster management in the Horn of Africa: insights from Kenya. [PDF]

Disasters
Mohamed T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Sustainable Development Goals Applied to the Maritime Transportation Sector: Setting Sail for the Future

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to eradicate poverty, protect the environment, and promote prosperity through 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Achieving these goals requires a multi‐sectoral approach. Maritime transportation, vital to the global economy, significantly contributes to several SDGs and plays a strategic ...
Cátia Sousa, Ana Brasão, Tiago Silva, Stanislau Tserashkovich   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Textual quantitative analysis of China's fertility-friendly policies--based on a two dimensional analytical framework of policy tools and policy objectives. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Kang Y, Li Y, Zhang L, Sun R, Zhou J, Guan G, Chen Z, Wu H, Liu Y.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Towards Sustainable Urbanization and Zero–Carbon Urban Life: A Case Study of BRICS Countries Between 1992 and 2020

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Urban factors play a critical role in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. In this regard, this study aims to examine the impact of urbanization and its components (e.g., urban population growth [UPG], population in the largest city [ULC], population in urban agglomerations [UPA] of more than 1 million, and ...
Korkmaz Yildirim, Tunahan Haciimamoglu
wiley   +1 more source

Adoption of the First Global Pandemic Agreement: Advancing Preparedness for Future Public Health Emergencies. [PDF]

Port J Public Health
den Exter A, Lobato Faria P, Cordeiro JV.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

An Economic and Environmental Analysis of Virtual Fencing for Precision Grazing

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The UK grazing livestock sector is challenged by declining farm profitability and stringent environmental policy. Innovative technologies such as virtual fencing could enable a balanced economic and environmental performance of beef production. Virtual fencing is a livestock management tool relying on invisible boundaries perceived as auditory,
Elias Maritan, Karl Behrendt, Sarah Morgan, Steven Mark Rutter, James Lowenberg‐DeBoer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconciling devolution with health financing and public financial management: challenges and policy options for the health sector. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health
Ravishankar N, Mathauer I, Barroy H, Vîlcu I, Chaitkin M, Offosse MJ, Co PA, Nakyanzi A, Mbuthia B, Lourenço S, Mardani H, Kutzin J.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source