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Leveraging Blockchain and Smart Contracts to Combat Greenwashing in Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Blockchain technology, when combined with smart contracts, enables buyers to distinguish between greenwashed and genuinely eco‐friendly products. The presence of counterfeit items can severely impact supply chains by diminishing brand value, eroding consumer confidence, and undermining market trust.
Ragnhild Silkoset, Arne Nygaard
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Unilateral climate policy and competitiveness: The implications of differential emission pricing [PDF]
Unilateral emission reduction commitments raise concerns on international competitiveness and emission leakage that result in preferential regulatory treatment of domestic energy-intensive and trade-exposed industries.
Christoph Böhringer +1 more
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Sustainable and Resilient Agrifood Systems (SARAS). A Leibniz Position
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Current agrifood systems fail to provide healthy, affordable food for all while also damaging the environment, contributing to climate change, reducing biodiversity, and increasing inequality. Given these compounding crises, it is crucial to transition towards sustainable and resilient agrifood systems (SARAS).
Claudia Hunecke +18 more
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Ineffective Finance, Financial Leakage and China's Economic Growth [PDF]
Proceedings of the First International Conference Economic and Business Management 2016, 2016 Hongjie Cao, Qiangshen An
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite fiscal reforms aimed at achieving Sustainable Development Goal Target 17.1—strengthening domestic resource mobilization for development—the impact of fiscal autonomy on local economic development (LED) in South Africa remains underexplored. Therefore, this study examines the impact of fiscal autonomy across 248 municipalities from 2009
Nara Monkam, Charles Shaaba Saba
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Beyond Leakage: Non-Revenue Water Loss and Economic Sustainability
Urban ScienceWater loss in urban supply systems poses significant challenges for water utility companies worldwide, affecting both sustainable access to clean water and the financial viability of utility operations. This study analyzes the evolution of water losses in high-level supply systems from 2017 to 2021 in Portugal, focusing on its implications for the ...
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how circular economy (CE) strategies contribute to climate change mitigation and sustainable development in the Nordic region. Analyzing resource productivity, environmental taxation, and corporate recycling practices from 1995 to 2021, it examines the impact of economic growth, trade openness, urbanization, and regulatory ...
Mohammad Ridwan +6 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Solar home systems (SHSs) are celebrated as a technological antidote to sub–Saharan Africa's chronic electricity deficits, yet the financial and social mechanisms that move them from warehouse to household remain underexplored. Drawing on 157 interviews with SHS owners in Tanzania and Malawi, this study examines the financial pathways used to ...
Nathanael Ojong +2 more
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The economic burdens of anastomotic leakage for patients undergoing colorectal surgery in Japan
Asian Journal of Surgery, 2023 Toshiki Mukai +3 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Addressing environmental degradation has become a pressing priority in the era of global sustainability. As carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions continue to escalate—particularly in emerging economies—identifying effective policy and technological pathways for emissions reduction is essential.
Sohidul Islam +6 more
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