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Energy Dependence, Energy Import Diversification, and Institutional Quality: Heterogeneous Impacts on Sustainable Economic Development in the European Union

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Energy dependence poses significant risks for economic development, particularly in regions that rely heavily on imported fossil fuels. This paper examines how energy dependence and energy import diversification influence economic development across 27 European Union countries between 2000 and 2022. Using IV‐GMM and panel quantile regressions,
Mehmet Pinar
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal changes in river network connectivity in the Nile River Basin due to hydropower dams. [PDF]

PLoS One
Basooma A, Schmidt-Kloiber A, Basooma R, Nakiyende H, Kowal J, Funk A, Hein T, Borgwardt F.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring the Drivers of Ecological Sustainability: Insights From the World's Top SDGs Performers

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the impact of climate technologies, financial inclusion, renewable energy, and economic growth on the environmental sustainability of the five world's top the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) performers. Utilizing a newly compiled panel dataset, the analysis employs the load capacity factor as a proxy for ...
Abdullah Emre Caglar, Ismail Demirdag, Qasim Raza Syed, Mehmet Akif Destek   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

GOplan: an R package for animal breeding program design via integrating Gene Flow and Bayesian optimization methods. [PDF]

G3 (Bethesda)
Huang Q, Zhou L, Xue Y, Du H, Zhuo Y, Mao R, Liu Y, Yan T, Li W, Wang X, Liu J.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Investor Heterogeneity, Sustainable Board Governance, and Corporate Social Responsibility Performance: Empirical Evidence From Europe

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study applies an agency‐theoretical lens to examine how investor heterogeneity, specifically institutional, foreign, and domestic ownership, influences corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance. Drawing on extensions of classical agency theory that account for heterogeneous shareholder preferences and principal‐principal conflicts,
Maximilian Focke
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Radon-222 in Surface and Groundwater Sources in Kajiado County, Kenya. [PDF]

ScientificWorldJournal
Onyoni CK, Otieno C, Kebwaro JM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Eco‐Initiatives and Commitment to the Equator Principles

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Equator Principles (EP) score is a performance code for financial institutions (FIs) based on their commitment to managing environmental issues in project financing. This study examines the impact of environmental initiatives on the adoption of the EP by 204 US financial firms (including banks, insurance companies, investment banks, asset ...
Post Raj Pokharel, Munirah Sarhan ALQahtani   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Global Dam Watch database of river barrier and reservoir information for large-scale applications. [PDF]

Sci Data
Lehner B, Beames P, Mulligan M, Zarfl C, De Felice L, van Soesbergen A, Thieme M, Garcia de Leaniz C, Anand M, Belletti B, Brauman KA, Januchowski-Hartley SR, Lyon K, Mandle L, Mazany-Wright N, Messager ML, Pavelsky T, Pekel JF, Wang J, Wen Q, Wishart M, Xing T, Yang X, Higgins J.   +23 more
europepmc   +1 more source

National Policy Coherence Counts for Reducing Inequality in Global Climate and Development Agendas

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross‐country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups ...
Katherine Browne, Adis Dzebo, Zoha Shawoo, Mario Cardenas, Pierrick Chalaye, Alexia Faus Onbargi, Cassilde Muhoza, Patricia Nicdao, Nokwethaba Makhanya, Navam Niles, Priyatma Singh   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A fragmented fish community: evaluation of the present distribution and drivers of fish communities in the lower uThukela River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [PDF]

Environ Biol Fishes
van Zyl B, Burnett MJ, Hanzen C, Downs CT.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source