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Czarnezki, Jason J. - 2018

This article, focusing on produce and grain, discusses the environmental and climate change impacts of food production, processing, packaging, and distribution, which ultimately contributes to both economic and social costs. The article addresses environmental energy costs in the food supply

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A Global Voice for Survival : An Ecosystemic Approach for the Environment and the Quality of Life

Pilon, André Francisco - 2018

In view of the overwhelming pressures on the global environment and the need to disrupt the systems that drive them, an ecosystemic theoretical and practical framework is posited for the evaluation and planning of public policies, research and teaching programmes, encompassing four dimensions of...

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Societal Transformations, Politics, Economics, Education, Development, Environment and the State of the World

Pilon, André Francisco - 2023

An ecosystem theoretical and practical framework is posited for the evaluation and planning of advocacy, communication, public policies, research and teaching programmers, intertwining four dimensions of being-in-the-world (intimate, interactive, social and biophysical), as they combine, as...

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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Reform in the WTO : Options for Constraining Dual Pricing in the Multilateral Trading System

Marhold, Anna-Alexandra - 2018

Dual pricing is a practice through which resource-endowed states sell their energy resources at significantly lower prices on the domestic market, as compared to the price on the export market. Dual pricing could be considered an environmentally harmful fossil fuel subsidy: States that maintain...

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Energy Efficiency and Conservation : New Legal Tools and Opportunities

Dernbach, John C.; McKinstry, Robert B.; Lowder, Darin - 2015

Many new and ambitious energy efficiency and conservation laws are being enacted at all levels of government - and with greater financial incentives than provided previously. These innovations are intended to overcome or minimize market barriers such as principal-agent problems, information and...

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Briefing Note : Aligning International Investment Agreements with the Sustainable Development Goals

Johnson, Lise; Sachs, Lisa; Lobel, Nathan - 2021

investment and investment governance on sustainable development have evolved, it is not clear that IIAs, as currently designed …, are fit for their purpose of promoting development. Worse: they may be undermining efforts to achieve the Sustainable … evaluated with respect to their ability to:• Encourage and channel investments that contribute to sustainable development, and …

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The World’s Largest Dam Removal Project : The Klamath River Dams

Blumm, Michael C.; Illowsky, Dara - 2022

The Klamath River, draining some 12,000 square miles in southern Oregon and northern California, was once the third largest salmon stream on the West Coast, the life force of Native Americans. The river runs 263 miles from headwaters in Oregon and flows through the Cascades to the Pacific Ocean...

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The Right to Breathe Clean Air and Access to Justice - Legal State of Play in International, European and National Law

Huck, Winfried; Maaß, Jennifer; Sood, Saparya; … - 2021

on the right to breathe clean air (RBCA) in international, interregional and national law. The Sustainable Development …

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Brazilian maritime GDP, social, economic and environmental motivations for its measurement and monitoring

Andrade, Israel de Oliveira; Hillebrand, Giovanni Roriz Lyra - 2022

The interaction between the sea and the economy gives this environment enormous strategic importance. The forms of economic exploitation are diverse and include sectors such as energy, fishing, tourism, transportation, biotechnology, and shipbuilding. For Brazil, country with an extensive...

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The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) and Climate Protection : When, Where, and How?

Andersen, Henrik - 2022

The working paper concerns the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) and its climate provision. It addresses the “When”, “Where”, and “How”. The “When” concerns when the CAI may enter into force. The paper provides an overview of some of the current issues that may...

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