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Green swans and blue skies: Climate change and insolvency risk for financial institutions
International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.Abstract This lecture in honour of the late Gabriel Moss QC and Ian Fletcher QC examines the challenge of climate‐related financial risk. Prudential regulators and central banks recognize that the systemic nature of climate‐related financial risk makes it an emerging vulnerability relevant to cross‐border insolvency resolution.
Janis Sarra
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Car use in ski resort: the moderating role of perceived lack of facilities
European Journal of Tourism Research, 2015 Fifty-seven percent of greenhouse gases produced by ski resorts are due to the transport of tourists to the resorts. More than eighty percent of them travel by car.
Jean-Luc Giannelloni, Elisabeth Robinot
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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose The aim of this systematic review and meta‐analysis was to quantify and compare the evidence on the results obtained with the surgical treatments for meniscal lesions in athletes. Methods A literature search was conducted on PubMed, Cochrane and Web of Science in August 2025 according to the PRISMA guidelines.
Alessandro Bensa +5 more
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Gis analysis of the transport accessibility of ski resorts in Russia
Наука. Инновации. Технологии, 2022 On the basis of GIS technologies, the transport accessibility of the ten most visited ski resorts in Russia was analyzed: Sheregesh, Krasnaya Polyana, Sorochany, Dombai, Igor, Bobrovy Log, Elbrus, Solar Valley, Sviyazhsky Hills, Arkhyz.
Stanislav Olegovich Antipov +1 more
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Atmosphere, 2016 Many ski resorts worldwide are going through deteriorating snow cover conditions due to anthropogenic warming trends. As the natural and the artificially supported, i.e., technical, snow reliability of ski resorts diminish, the industry approaches a ...
Osman Cenk Demiroglu +3 more
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Assessing habitat suitability for black grouse broods at the bioregional scale
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.The black grouse Lyrurus tetrix, a galliform species emblematic of the European Alps, is currently threatened by habitat change, particularly given the closure of heathland linked to the rising tree line at higher altitudes. The presence of heathlands in good ecological condition is, however, imperative for the species' reproduction.
Alexandre T. M. Defossez +6 more
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Climate Change and (Mal)Adaptation in Tourism‐Intensive Alpine Regions
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Tourism, especially in winter, accounts for a large share of economic income in Alpine regions. At the same time, these regions are more severely affected by climate change, leading to shorter winter seasons and reduced snow cover. This presents a pressing issue for areas reliant on income from winter tourism through activities such as skiing.
Valentina Ausserladscheider
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Economic sustainability and financial situation of the alpine ski resorts on the Catalan Pyrenees
Intangible Capital, 2016 Purpose: The present work seeks analyze the profitability and the financial situation of the main Catalan alpine ski resorts, with the objective to check if these are sustainable from an economic point of view, taking into account the external factors ...
Laura Sánchez Pulido +2 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
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