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Exploring university student perspectives of a challenge‐based curriculum

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The world faces multiple global and local challenges, with some describing one challenge, climate breakdown, as an existential threat. Publications in this journal have highlighted the importance of curricula that help students better understand and address these challenges.
Miles Thompson, Alpesh Maisuria, Shona McCartney, Rhianna Hamilton   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Christia Meidiana, Abdelkader Anouzla, Faissal Aziz, Imran Ali, Joan Cecilia C. Casila, M. Imran Khan, Dongdong Zhang, Meihui Jiang, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Md Munir Hayet Khan, Kasun Kumara Dissanayake   +12 more
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Do bank stock prices efficiently reflect the information content in a key tax reform event?

Cogent Economics & Finance
This study examines the behavior of bank stock prices in Jordan in relation to a significant tax reform event. We analyze a sample of all banks listed on the Amman Stock Exchange to study the market response to the Amended Income Tax Law 2018.
Ahmad Ahmad, Ghaleb Abu Rumman, Mohammed Idris, Nurah Allozi, Muntaser J. Melhem   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Solar Energy in 2025: Global Deployment, Cost Trends, and the Role of Energy Storage in Enabling a Resilient Smart Energy Infrastructure

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This paper explores global solar PV deployment, cost trends, and grid integration challenges in 2025. It examines the role of energy storage in firming solar output and supporting electric vehicle (EV) growth, alongside policy shifts, investment flows, and technological innovations.
Ehsan Rezaee, S. Ravi P. Silva
wiley   +1 more source

‘Incoherence Is, in a Way, a Choice’: The Production of Policy Coherence at the Intersection of Uruguay's Agricultural, Environmental and Water Policies

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the production of coherence between Uruguay's agricultural, environmental and water policies amidst growing tensions, which are particularly manifested in conflicts between an expanding agricultural sector and water insecurity for the broader public.
Simon Ryfisch, Paula Díez Boldú, Tamara Avellán, Carlos Santos, José Sciandro, Manuel Vázquez Cirillo, Malgorzata Blicharska, Mariana Meerhoff   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nature‐Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation: Review of Barriers to Adoption and Guidelines for Policymakers

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, Stefano Ceolotto, Niall Farrell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technology adoption and extreme stock risk: Evidence from digital tax reform in China

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
The digital reform of tax administration occupies a pivotal role due in enhancing governmental governance capabilities in the digital era. We consider China’s “Golden Tax Phase III” project (GTP3P) as a representative digital reform of tax administration.
Kangqi Jiang, Xiaofeng Chen, Jiayun Li, Mengling Zhou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expected effects of the US tax reform on other countries: global and local survey evidence. [PDF]

Int Tax Public Financ, 2020
Boumans D, Fuest C, Krolage C, Wohlrabe K.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Disruption to Stabilization: A Functional Governance Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition in Montenegro

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, Igor Luksic, Bojana Boskovic   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

State‐Level Politics in Forest Governance: The Role of the Narrative‐Policy Nexus in the Brazilian Amazon

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Deforestation and its social impacts are an enduring challenge in agrarian frontiers, especially in the tropics. Fueled by global demand for commodities, this process is mediated by ideas, concepts, meanings, and policies that uphold socioenvironmental degradation. A key and understudied—arena in which this mediation occurs is the sub‐national
Gabriela Russo Lopes, Fabio de Castro
wiley   +1 more source