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The Global Macroeconomic Impacts of COVID-19: Seven Scenarios

Asian Economic Papers, 2020
COVID-19 has disrupted the Chinese economy and is spreading globally. The evolution of the disease and its economic impacts are highly uncertain, making formulation of appropriate macroeconomic policy responses challenging.
Warwick J. McKibbin, Roshen Fernando
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Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution

Science, 2020
A mess of plastic It is not clear what strategies will be most effective in mitigating harm from the global problem of plastic pollution. Borrelle et al. and Lau et al. discuss possible solutions and their impacts.
Winnie W. Y. Lau, Yonathan Shiran, Richard M. Bailey, E. Cook, Martin R. Stuchtey, J. Koskella, C. Velis, L. Godfrey, J. Boucher, M. B. Murphy, Richard C. Thompson, E. Jankowska, Arturo Castillo Castillo, Toby D. Pilditch, Ben Dixon, Laura Koerselman, E. Kosior, E. Favoino, J. Gutberlet, S. Baulch, Meera E. Atreya, David C. Fischer, Kevin K. He, Milan M. Petit, U. Sumaila, E. Neil, M. Bernhofen, K. Lawrence, James E. Palardy   +28 more
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Future Socio-political Scenarios for Aquatic Resources in Europe: An Operationalized Framework for Marine Fisheries Projections

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Climate change is anticipated to have long-term and widespread direct consequences for the European marine ecosystems and subsequently for the European fishery sector.
Katell G. Hamon, Cornelia M. Kreiss, John K. Pinnegar, John K. Pinnegar, Heleen Bartelings, Jurgen Batsleer, Ignacio A. Catalán, Dimitrios Damalas, Jan-Jaap Poos, Jan-Jaap Poos, Sandra Rybicki, Sevrine F. Sailley, Vasiliki Sgardeli, Myron A. Peck   +13 more
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A Conceptual Model for the Sustainable Development of the Arctic’s Mineral Resources Considering Current Global Trends: Future Scenarios, Key Actors, and Recommendations

Resources, 2023
Today, the issues of sustainable development are among the most pressing ones. They are particularly relevant in the context of mineral resource development as operations in this sector always have an impact on the environment and socioeconomic ...
Diana Dmitrieva, Amina Chanysheva, Victoria Solovyova   +2 more
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Impact of declining renewable energy costs on electrification in low-emission scenarios

Nature Energy, 2021
Cost degression in photovoltaics, wind-power and battery storage has been faster than previously anticipated. In the future, climate policy to limit global warming to 1.5–2 °C will make carbon-based fuels increasingly scarce and expensive.
Gunnar Luderer, S. Madeddu, Leon Merfort, F. Ueckerdt, M. Pehl, R. Pietzcker, Marianna Rottoli, Felix Schreyer, N. Bauer, Lavinia Baumstark, C. Bertram, A. Dirnaichner, Florian Humpenöder, Antoine Levesque, A. Popp, Renato Rodrigues, J. Strefler, E. Kriegler   +17 more
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Explorer les formations comodales en langues

ALSIC: Apprentissage des Langues et Systèmes d'Information et de Communication, 2021
This article attempts to take stock of what comodality can bring to language training and to outline some essential guidelines for its success. In describing the specificities of comodal training, it insists on a few key points: the primacy of didactic ...
Sophie Othman
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Forecasting life expectancy, years of life lost, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 250 causes of death: reference and alternative scenarios for 2016–40 for 195 countries and territories

The Lancet, 2018
Summary Background Understanding potential trajectories in health and drivers of health is crucial to guiding long-term investments and policy implementation.
Kyle Foreman, N. Marquez, Andrew J Dolgert, K. Fukutaki, N. Fullman, Madeline McGaughey, Martin A Pletcher, Amanda E Smith, K. Tang, Chun-wei Yuan, Jonathan C. Brown, Joseph Friedman, Jiawei He, K. Heuton, Mollie Holmberg, D. J. Patel, P. Reidy, A. Carter, Kelly M. Cercy, Abigail Chapin, Dirk Douwes-Schultz, Tahvi D Frank, F. Goettsch, Patrick Y. Liu, Vishnu Nandakumar, M. Reitsma, Vincent P Reuter, Nafis Sadat, Reed J. D. Sorensen, V. Srinivasan, R. Updike, H. York, Alan D. Lopez, R. Lozano, Stephen S. Lim, A. Mokdad, S. Vollset, C. Murray   +37 more
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Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study

The Lancet, 2020
Summary Background Understanding potential patterns in future population levels is crucial for anticipating and planning for changing age structures, resource and health-care needs, and environmental and economic landscapes. Future fertility patterns are
S. Vollset, Emily Goren, Chun-wei Yuan, Jackie Cao, Amanda E Smith, Thomas Hsiao, C. Bisignano, G. Azhar, Emma Castro, Julian Chalek, Andrew J Dolgert, Tahvi D Frank, K. Fukutaki, Simon Iain Hay, R. Lozano, A. Mokdad, Vishnu Nandakumar, M. Pierce, Martin A Pletcher, Toshana Robalik, Krista M. Steuben, H. Y. Wunrow, Bianca S. Zlavog, C. Murray   +23 more
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Modeling the Effects of Irrigation Water Salinity on Growth, Yield and Water Productivity of Barley in Three Contrasted Environments

Agronomy, 2020
Freshwater scarcity and other abiotic factors, such as climate and soil salinity in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region, are affecting crop production.
Zied Hammami, Asad S. Qureshi, Ali Sahli, Arnaud Gauffreteau, Zoubeir Chamekh, Fatma Ezzahra Ben Azaiez, Sawsen Ayadi, Youssef Trifa   +7 more
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NUCLEAR INCIDENT (MALFUNCTION, BOMBARDMENT OR TERROR) AROUND THE WORLD, LEVEL OF PREPAREDNESS AND CHALLENGING ACCEPTED REFERENCE SCENARIOS

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Studia Europaea, 2019
The rate of construction of nuclear reactors in the world that supply energy, the geopolitical situation such as with North Korea, Iran, and the rising tensions between the world powers raise the question of whether and when a large nuclear incident ...
Ori Nissim LEVI
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