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Efficiency of Public Spending on Environmental Protection: The Role of Renewable Energy, Governance and Fossil Fuel Subsidies

open access: yesSustainable Development, Volume 33, Issue S1, Page 545-560, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution pose a growing threat to ecosystems and human well‐being, prompting a call for action within the framework of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration and Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15).
Pedro José Martínez Córdoba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cities on the agenda: Urban governance and sustainable development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Urbanization is a defining trait of the 21st century, and cities are decisive for the future of sustainable development. This has been recognized internationally through the definition of a stand-alone goal for sustainable urban development, the SDG 11 ...
Stepputat, Finn, van Voorst, Roanne
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Improving Energy Access, Climate and Socio‐Economic Outcomes Through Off‐Grid Electrification Technologies: A Systematic Review

open access: yesCampbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 21, Issue 3, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Halfway through the final decade of actions towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), progress toward SDG7 is off track. It is estimated that by 2030, 660 million people, mainly rural populations within Sub‐Saharan Africa, will be without electricity.
Cem Yavuz   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Connecting food systems for co-benefits: how can food systems combine diet-related health with environmental and economic policy goals? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This policy brief was prepared in support of the Austrian EU Presidency to explore how food systems can combine diet-related health with environmental and economic policy goals.
Hawkes, C., Parsons, K.
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Financial Development's Role in Reducing the Ecological Footprint of Energy Consumption in BRICS

open access: yesSustainable Development, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 4174-4190, June 2025.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between energy consumption and environmental degradation in BRICS countries from 1995 to 2022, focusing on how financial development moderates this relationship. The key objective is to explore the potential of financial development to mitigate the adverse environmental impacts of energy consumption, mainly
Iftikhar Yasin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact evaluation of biomass used in small combustion activities sector on air emissions: Analyses of emissions from Alpine, Adriatic-Ionian and Danube EU macro-regions by using the EDGAR emissions inventory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The emissions from small stationary combustion activities sector, in particular from the energy needs for residential buildings, have significant shares in total emissions of EU28.
CRIPPA MONICA   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

The synergy of renewable energy consumption, technological innovation, and ecological quality: SDG policy proposals for developing country

open access: yesNatural Resources Forum, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 561-577, February 2025.
Abstract The rapid growth of technological innovations and human activities has led to significant adverse effects on the environment and its quality. To assess ecological quality, this study utilizes a comprehensive indicator known as the “load capacity factor,” which incorporates two key ecological components: bio‐capacity and ecological footprints ...
Haowen Fang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financing the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals: A Rough Roadmap [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We regroup the main types of global development finance into three clusters: concessional public finance (including domestic taxes), public borrowing on market-related terms, and private finance.
Andrew Rogerson, Annalisa Prizzon
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Sustainable Development Goals: Are the Rich Countries Ready? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Policymakers in the OECD countries still generally look upon the SDGs as a development policy issue. The task for high-income countries, one might assume, is simply to provide greater levels of offi cial development assistance (ODA), specifically ...
Christian Kroll
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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY POLICY INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT “SEPIA” - Final Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
audience: researcher, professionalThe report summarizes a 3 years research program aimed at developping long term sustainable scenarios for Belgian the energy system.
COUDER, Johan   +10 more
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