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Sector coupling: accelerating renewable energy integration in transport with electric vehicles

Sustainable Earth Reviews
Energy and transport have long operated in ‘silos’, creating inefficiencies and conflicting goals. Breaking these silos through sector coupling links electricity and transport, aligning policies and actions to decarbonise mobility while boosting ...
Kanya Pranawengkapti, Shritu Shrestha, Stefan Werland, Emilie Martin, Oliver Lah   +4 more
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Doomed to grow? German municipalities in the stranglehold of a growth logic—a policy analysis of barriers to a circular urban transformation

Frontiers in Sustainability
This paper explores the relationship between municipal finance, urban development, and environmental sustainability in Germany, with a specific focus on the potential for a circular economy to address persistent issues of land consumption.
Bettina Bahn-Walkowiak, Oliver Wagner, Carolina Krome   +2 more
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Short-Term Forecasting of Satellite-Based Drought Indices Using Their Temporal Patterns and Numerical Model Output

Remote Sensing, 2020
Drought forecasting is essential for effectively managing drought-related damage and providing relevant drought information to decision-makers so they can make appropriate decisions in response to drought.
Sumin Park, Jungho Im, Daehyeon Han, Jinyoung Rhee   +3 more
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Accounting for Substitution: Improving Estimates of GHG Reductions From Cattle‐Based Product Demand Shifts

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden, Sara Gardner Hedgecock, Lawton L. Nalley, Alvaro Durand‐Morat, Aaron Shew, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr   +5 more
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Valuing community awareness and willingness to pay for marine environment management: empirical analysis in coastal central region of Vietnam

Environmental Research Communications
Vietnam is a country with strengths in marine resources and economy. The coast provides habitats and livelihoods for millions of households but is in decline due to economic activity and climate change.
Ngo Thanh Mai, Dinh Duc Truong, Le Huy Huan, Le Thi Hong Thuan   +3 more
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Assessing future heat stress across China: combined effects of heat and relative humidity on mortality

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
This study utilizes China’s records of non-accidental mortality along with twenty-five simulations from the NASA Earth Exchange Global Daily Downscaled Projections to evaluate forthcoming heat stress and heat-related mortality across China across four ...
Guwei Zhang, Guwei Zhang, Guwei Zhang, Ling Han, Jiajun Yao, Jiaxi Yang, Jiaxi Yang, Jiaxi Yang, Zhiqi Xu, Zhiqi Xu, Zhiqi Xu, Xiuhua Cai, Jin Huang, Lin Pei, Lin Pei, Lin Pei   +15 more
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Splintering Urbanismand Climate Breakdown [PDF]

Journal of Urban Technology, 2022
On the anniversary of the publication of Splintering Urbanism, climate breakdown heralds a new era in public investment in infrastructure. However, current proposals for infrastructure overlook two decades of work in infrastructure studies. For example, both the Green New Deal advanced by activists in the United States and the European Green Deal ...
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah, Obed Quaicoe, Fafanyo Asiseh, John N. Ng'ombe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The emission benefits of European integration

Environmental Research Letters, 2019
Simulating the implications of Brexit on the UK’s emissions embodied in trade with a multi-region input–output table exposes the benefits of European integration. Under 2014 trade volumes, technologies and energy mixes, a hard Brexit—reverting to a trade
Luís Costa, Vincent Moreau
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On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
wiley   +1 more source