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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NBS) for climate adaptation encompass a range of approaches that work with nature to increase resilience to climate change while providing ecological, economic and social co‐benefits. These solutions have frequently been put forward for application in urban contexts, such as the creation of urban forests, but can ...
Anita Vollmer +2 more
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Taxation and social security system reform [PDF]
General observations The case for reform of the taxation and social security systems, together with reform blueprints, were provided in the Henry Review released in May 2010. To the Henry Review reform proposals should be added a more comprehensive and
John Freebairn
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As global climate ambitions intensify, the key challenge lies not in setting renewable energy targets but in designing governance systems that can translate them into lasting transformation. The transition management literature has advanced a valuable research agenda for initiating change through niche innovations and participatory arenas in ...
Alexander L. Q. Chen‐Florea +2 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The growing complexity and severity of cross‐border climate risks characterised by non‐linear impact chains and deep uncertainty questions the capacity of environmental governance to tackle these problems effectively and in a just manner. To increase the efficiency of climate action, the private sector has been called upon to leverage market ...
Päivi Tikkakoski, Sirkku Juhola
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On the EU–U.S. Biodiesel ‘Splash & Dash' Controversy: Causes, Consequences and Policy Recommendations [PDF]
Replaced with revised version of paper on 10/26/10.splash & dash, biodiesel, blender’s tax credit, tax exemption, trade, European Union, Unites States, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade, F13, Q17, Q27, Q42,
de Gorter, Harry +2 more
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For the Few, Not the Many: Tracing the Residualist and Compensatory Nature of British Energy Support
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on extensive documentary analysis, this article traces the evolution of British energy policy support since World War II. It analyses shifts in policy design through two interpretive lenses: eligibility (residualist vs. universalist) and function (compensatory vs. preventive).
T. M. Croon +4 more
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Trade liberalization and foreign direct investment: an applied general equilibrium model for Costa Rica [PDF]
, 1999 This paper quantifies the welfare impact of unilateral trade liberalization and computes the optimal tariff structure for Costa Rica in the presence of trade-policy-induced international capital flows and foreign capital taxation.
Abrego, Lisandro
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The Distributive Consequences of Active Welfare Policies in Europe
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the distributive consequences of active welfare policies in Europe by analysing tier‐specific investments in individualised employment services across four European welfare states: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Deborah Jackwerth‐Rice +1 more
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Foreign investment liberalization and incentives in selected Asia-Pacific Developing Countries:Implications for the health service sector in Nepal [PDF]
The prime objective and main research questions of the study are: 1) What are the practices of service sector investment liberalization and incentives from selected developing countries, and 2) How those experiences can be applied to the investment ...
Bishnu Prasad Sharma +2 more
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