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Some Wildfire Ignition Causes Pose More Risk of Destroying Houses than Others.
PLoS ONE, 2016 Many houses are at risk of being destroyed by wildfires. While previous studies have improved our understanding of how, when and why houses are destroyed by wildfires, little attention has been given to how these fires started.
Kathryn M Collins +2 more
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Symbolic or Substantive Action: Intent, Effort, and Results
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many firms have made ambitious climate pledges since the Paris Agreement of 2015. These pledges may be symbolic or substantive, but the literature is fragmented in defining these two terms. We propose a conceptual framework with three frames to delineate symbolic from substantive action: Intent—underlying motivations for engaging in climate ...
Vincent Xinyi Gu +1 more
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How much does weather control fire size and intensity in the Mediterranean region? [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2015 This study investigates the synoptic conditions favorable to wildfires in the Mediterranean region, in terms of fire intensity and burnt area. As reported in the literature, Mediterranean large wildfires are associated with a blocking situation ...
C. Hernandez, P. Drobinski, S. Turquety
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Corporate Decarbonization via Technology and Management
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study provides a comprehensive overview of key findings on decarbonization, advanced technologies, and management strategies, highlighting emerging themes shaping the field. Advanced technologies enhance carbon reduction through efficiency, real‐time monitoring, and optimizing resource optimization.
Heidy Montero‐Teran +2 more
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Living with Fire: Relational Approach to Fire in the Uttarakhand Himalaya
International Journal of the CommonsChanging fire regimes amidst the planetary ecological crisis demand a rethinking of human-fire relationships. This rethinking has led to growing calls for moving away from anti-fire strategies and recognising the necessity of living with fire.
Kapil Yadav
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Firms are increasingly looking into carbon dioxide removal (CDR), a set of options to take past emissions of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. Often two basic categories of CDR are distinguished: nature‐based solutions, such as planting trees or restoring wetlands, and technology‐based solutions, such as various forms of carbon capture ...
Sabrina Mili +3 more
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Board Gender Diversity and Environmental Credit Risk in Banking: A Global Study of Bank Governance
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between board gender diversity and environmental credit risk in the global banking sector. Using a panel dataset of 345 publicly listed banks from 75 countries over the period 2018–2022, we find that greater female representation on bank boards is significantly associated with lower environmental credit
Kenza Mouti +2 more
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Walking in Balance: A Sicangu Lakota Message to the Ecological Society of America
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Phil Two Eagle
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Stock Market Reactions to Climate Risk Events: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As global warming intensifies, climate risks' impact on firm value has become a critical concern for academia and investors. This systematic literature review analyzes 50 event studies in this research field, classifying them by climate risk type.
Mario Schuster, Rainer Lueg
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The impact of livestock farming on global fire regimes
Environmental Research LettersFire is the largest source of global vegetation disturbance and livestock farming is amongst humanity’s most pervasive impacts on the biosphere. However, no quantification has been made of livestock farming’s global impact on fire regimes.
Oliver Perkins +2 more
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