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analysis on how fiscal policy can be used to achieve environmental sustainability. Highly topical chapters include energy tax …
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Climate change and energy consumption are at the forefront of current environmental debate. Whilst energy is essential to the functioning and survival of our societies, the environmental impact that energy consumption is having, particularly on climate change, is a growing concern and the design...
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Many developing and transition economies have not yet undertaken the policy integration measures needed to enhance the impact of industry on sustainable development. In this original and insightful book, national experts from Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey and...
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reduction in pollution as a result of carbon containment policies. International Climate Policy to Combat Global Warming is one …
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Climate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk. Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back development, destroy livelihoods, and increase disparity...
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Market-based instruments are becoming the environmental management tool of choice and have provided a new perspective on the conventional wisdom about policy instruments. This book analyses the complexities of designing and implementing market-based instruments using case study experiences from...
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improving the environmental sustainability and quality of a public resource by showing how to develop quantitative information …
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Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, national governments have introduced a range of policy measures designed to steer their economies along a more sustainable path. Yet how are we to know how successful these have been? This significant new book discusses the ways in which sustainable...
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competitiveness, evidence on the pollution haven hypothesis, effects of trade on the sustainability of renewable resources … technology transfer? Is the abatement achieved by unilateral pollution control offset by increased pollution elsewhere? The … (2009), 'Agglomeration Effects in Foreign Direct Investment and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis', Environmental and Resource …
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This unique book provides cutting-edge knowledge and analyses of the consequences that climate change will have for sustainable development and poverty reduction within the context of global development
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