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The impacts of climate change and air pollution on children's education outcomes : evidence from Viet Nam
Dang, Hai-Anh; Do Minh; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2024
Very few studies have examined the impacts of both climate change and air pollution on student education outcomes, particularly in a developing country setting. Analyzing a rich database consisting of household and school surveys, test scores, and temperature and air pollution data over the past...
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Urban air pollution, climate change and wildfires: the case study of an extended forest fire episode in northern Italy favoured by drought and warm weather conditions
Bo, Matteo; Mercalli, Luca; Pognant, Federica; Cat … - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 781-786
The aim of the paper is to describe the spread forest fire event occurred in the Italian Alps in 2017 under extremely drought conditions. In the study the root causes of wildfires and their direct relapses to the air quality of the Western Po valley and the urban centre of Torino have been...
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Investigating the impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality, surface Urban Heat Island, air temperature and lighting energy consumption in City of Melbourne
Jamei, Elmira; Jamei, Yashar; Seyedmahmoudian, Mehdi; … - In: Energy strategy reviews 44 (2022), pp. 1-21
The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened city economies and residents' public health and quality of life. Similar to most cities, Melbourne imposed extreme preventive lockdown measures to address this situation. It would be reasonable to assume that during the two phases of lockdowns, in autumn...
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Making an urban environmental climate map of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand : analysis of air temperature, wind distributions, and spatial environmental factors
Tarnrawee Ngamsiriudom; Tanaka, Takahiro - In: World development sustainability 3 (2023), pp. 120
Urban heat islands (UHIs) are a global phenomenon. They are particularly evident in expansive urban centers such as Bangkok, Thailand's capital. Recent research has highlighted the escalation of temperatures and poor ventilation due to severe urbanization. Nevertheless, scant attention has been...
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The dynamic linkages among crude oil price, climate change and carbon price in China
Li, Houjian; Huang, Xinya; Zhou, Deheng; Guo, Lili - In: Energy strategy reviews 48 (2023), pp. 1-16
Crude oil prices, weather changes, and carbon prices are closely related, but little research investigates their … dynamic relationship. Studying how crude oil prices and weather changes dynamically affect carbon prices is significant to … autoregressive (TVP-VAR) model to investigate the time-varying influence of WTI and weather changes (average temperature, sunshine …
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Accounting for climate when determining the impact of weather on retail sales
Dimitrov, Stanko; Chenavaz, Régis Y.; Escobar, Octavio - In: Businesses 3 (2023) 3, pp. 489-506
In this paper, we explore the importance of accounting for climate when determining the impact of weather on product … for, product categories may be misclassified as being weather sensitive when they are not, and vice versa. This is … motivated by previous research and industry reports that suggest a relationship between weather and retail sales. However, these …
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Air pollution trends in the heating and cooling sector in the EU-27 : a forward look to 2030 : perspectives based on the national energy and climate plans
Banja, M. (contributor); Carlsson, J. (contributor);  … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2024
The heating and cooling sector is an important contributor to air pollution, with various factors influencing the … heating and cooling sector in the EU-27 offers many compelling benefits, such as significantly reducing air pollution levels … climate change and preserving ecosystems. Decreasing heating and cooling demand is crucial in facilitating the transition to a …
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Air pollution trends in the heating and cooling sector in the EU-27 : a forward look to 2030 : perspectives based on the national energy and climate plans
Banja, M. (contributor); Carlsson, J. (contributor);  … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2024
The heating and cooling sector is an important contributor to air pollution, with various factors influencing the … heating and cooling sector in the EU-27 offers many compelling benefits, such as significantly reducing air pollution levels … climate change and preserving ecosystems. Decreasing heating and cooling demand is crucial in facilitating the transition to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015321159
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Performance analysis of industrial steam turbines used as air expander in Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) systems
Giovannelli, Ambra; Tamasi, Luca; Salvini, Coriolano - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 341-346
The Authors consider that as a mid-term storage technology (from some hours to some days), small/medium size CAES systems (1-10 MW) might be efficiently and profitably used for off-grid and self-consumption applications as well as for the provision of ancillary services on the lower grid levels....
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