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Life cycle assessment in support of sustainable transportation

Environmental Research Letters, 2013
In our rapidly urbanizing world, sustainable transportation presents a major challenge. Transportation decisions have considerable direct impacts on urban society, both positive and negative, for example through changes in transit times and economic ...
Matthew J Eckelman
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Are any Growth Theories Robust? [PDF]

The recent growth literature has seen an explosion of work exploring the role of new and fundamental theories of growth such as geography, institutions, ethnic fractionalization, and religion.
Andros Kourtellos, Chih Ming Tan, Steven N. Durlauf   +2 more
core  

How Supply Networks Influence Sustainable Innovation: Evidence From Ghana's Public Works Procurement

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent environmental and sustainability standards in procurement increase short‐term production and operational costs to suppliers, which are often recouped by charging price premiums for innovative solutions. However, public buyers are less likely to pay such price premiums, resulting in a disincentive among suppliers to bid for innovation ...
Peter Adjei‐Bamfo, Hadrian Geri Djajadikerta, Kerry Brown, Ferry Jie, Reza Kiani Mavi, Alain Neher   +5 more
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Worker remittances and the global preconditions of ‘smart development’ [PDF]

, 2013
With the growing environmental crisis affecting our globe, ideas to weigh economic or social progress by the ‘energy input’ necessary to achieve it are increasingly gaining acceptance.
Acemoglu D., Acemoglu D., Acemoglu D., Acosta P., Alesina A., Alesina A., Allsopp C., Almas Heshmati, Amin S., Amin S., Amin S., Amin S., Amin S., Amuedo-Dorantes C., Arno Tausch, Auvinen J., Barro R. J., Barro R. J., Barro R. J., Biswas B., Blais R., Blankenau W. F., Bornschier V., Bornschier V., Bornschier V., Brand U., Buti F., Chen X. M., Crenshaw E., Dietz T., Dietz T., Dollar D., Dollar D., Doucouliagos H., Durlauf S. N., Easterlin R. A., Easterlin R. A., Easterly W., Easterly W., Edwards S., Egert B., Ehrhardt-Martinez K., Fain H. D., Faria J. R., Feldstein M., Fosu A. K., Frankel J. A., Frey B. S., Glomm G., Gould E. D., Gwartney J. D., Haan J., Hamid A., Haynes J., Heintz P., Helliwell J. F., Hertz E., Holden W. N., Holmberg S., Jorgenson A. K., Jorgenson A. K., Jorgenson A. K., Kohler G., Kohr L., Laver M., Levine R. E., Martin P., Massey D. S., Matt A., Meadows D. H., Molle W., Ng Y. -K., Ng Y. -K., Oswald A. J., Poe S. C., Porta R., Porte C., Ram R., Ram R., Rodrik D., Rodrik D., Rondinelli D. A., Sala-i-Martin X., Sala-i-Martin X., Sanderson M., Scanlan S., Schumacher E. F., Schumacher E. F., Soysa I., Stern D. I., Sylwester K., Sénécal C., Taylor J. E., Weede E., Weede E., Weede E., Weede E., York R., Ziesemer T. H. W.   +98 more
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Addressing Symbolic Versus Substantive Disclosures Under CSRD/ESRS E5 in the Circular Economy Disclosure of the Automotive Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how European automotive companies disclose circular economy (CE) information in light of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) E5. Using a mixed‐methods, data‐driven approach that combines keyword analysis and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA ...
Dominika Hadro, Davide Calandra, Justyna Fijalkowska, Michele Oppioli, Silvana Secinaro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Persistent Organic Pollutants’ Threats and Impacts on Food Safety in the Polar Regions—A Concise Review

Pollutants
The threats posed by Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) impact food safety and, by implication, food security in the polar regions. POPs tend to persist in the environment and the fatty tissues of animals, thereby constituting long-term contamination ...
Dele Raheem, Marco Trovò, Constanza Carmona Mora, Clara Vassent   +3 more
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Differential temporal beta‐diversity patterns of native and non‐native arthropod species in a fragmented native forest landscape [PDF]

, 2018
An important factor that hinders the management of non‐native species is a general lack of information regarding the biogeography of non‐natives, and, in particular, their rates of turnover.
Borges, Paulo A. V., Carvalho, Rui, Matthews, Thomas J., Nunes, Rui, Sadler, Jon   +4 more
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Navigating Market Constraints: Sustainable Startups Driving Transformative Change Through Venture Creation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper contributes to venture‐creation research by examining how sustainable startups can overcome market constraints to drive transformative change through their business development. Conceptually, we address this question by identifying venture‐creation narratives in the learning and experimental phases of sustainable startups that ...
Ville‐Veikko Piispanen, Hanna Lehtimäki, Kaisa Henttonen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energetics of Eddy–Mean Flow Interaction in the Kuroshio Current Region

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
A comprehensive diagnosis of eddy–mean flow interaction in the Kuroshio Current (KC) region and the associated energy conversion pathway is conducted employing a state-of-the-art high-resolution global ocean–sea ice coupled model.
Yang Wu, Dalei Qiao, Chengyan Liu, Liangjun Yan, Kechen Liu, Jiangchao Qian, Qing Qin, Jianfen Wei, Heyou Chang, Kai Zhou, Zhengdong Qi, Xiaorui Zhu, Jing Li, Yuzhou Zhang, Hongtao Guo   +14 more
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Sequencing Finance for Climate Resilience: Instruments, Institutions and Hong Kong's Role in Mobilising Private Capital in Southeast Asia

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates innovative financing strategies to mobilise private capital for climate adaptation, emphasising Hong Kong's role in advancing efforts across Southeast Asia. Using expert interviews and case studies, it addresses two key questions: which financial instruments can strengthen public–private collaboration, and what best ...
Laurence L. Delina, Madeleine Rachel Widia, Olivia Felice Janice Boedijanto, Sharon Feliza Ann P. Macagba, Johanne Rei R. Castro, Rainbow Yi Hung Lam   +5 more
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