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assessment of sustainability under different future climate policy scenarios. We find that the environmental component of … explores whether the implementation of various climate policy scenarios would help enhancing sustainability or rather whether … comprehensive indicator, the FEEM Sustainability Index (FEEM SI), which aggregates several economic, social, and environmental …
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We offer a framework to assign quantitative allocations of emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), across countries, one budget period at a time. Under the two-part plan: China, India, and other developing countries accept targets at Business as Usual (BAU) in the coming budget period, the same...
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policies. Using recent empirical estimates, human capital and general purpose R&D are introduced in an integrated assessment …
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Central America and the Caribbean is one of the most hazard-prone regions in the world. In addition, the region is heavily affected by poverty, unemployment, critical management of natural resources, and urban conglomeration in capital cities, especially in the Small Island Developing States,...
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, aggregated into three macro-indicators: intrinsic sustainability, context sustainability and economic-financial feasibility. The …The paper presents a multiple criteria model for the evaluation of the sustainability of projects for the economic re …-use of historical buildings in Venice. The model utilises the relevant parameters for the appraisal of sustainability …
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the FEEM Sustainability Index (FEEM SI), a composite index including 19 different indicators grouped in the three … each sustainability indicator and their interaction with other indicators through expert elicitation. After normalizing …This paper presents an application of a multi-attribute aggregation methodology to the construction of a sustainability …
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(GHG) emissions could reduce the sustainability of those tourism experiences. In this paper we study the bike tourists …, from a destination management perspective, our results support the sustainability claim for policies affecting them …
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The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis is one of the most debated economic issues. Although its fashinating appeal for any policy maker, neither theoretical nor certain empirical evidence has been found to clean up all doubt. The aim of this paper is to present an economy where...
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the FEEM Sustainability Index (FEEM SI), a composite index including 19 different indicators grouped in the three … and their coalitions, an ad hoc questionnaire is implemented to assess the importance of sustainability indicators through …This paper presents an application of a multi-attribute aggregation methodology to the construction of a sustainability …
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In this essay, three separate yet interconnected components of pro-environmental decision making are considered: knowledge, in the form of basic scientific understanding and procedural knowledge, risk perception, as it relates to an individual’s direct experience of climate change and...
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