Environment Economics
Reports and Documents
Greendex 2010: consumer choice and the environment - a worldwide tracking survey
This 17 nation survey on consumer behavior and environmental impact by National Geographic & Globescan revealed that environmentally friendly behaviour in 10 of 17 countries has increased and India has the most sustainable consumption pattern.
Jun 2010
National Geographic Society
Feature Articles
Tradable permits in developing countries: Evidence from air pollution in Chile
Santiago was one of the first cities outside the OECD to implement a tradable permit program to control air pollution. This article looks closely at the program’s performance over the past 10 years, stressing its similarities and discrepancies with trading programs implemented in developed countries and analyzing how it has reacted to regulatory adjustments and market shocks.
Jun 2010
Journal of Environment & Development
19
2
145-170
Tradable Permits in Developing Countries.pdf
Reports and Documents
Valuing the environment: economics for a sustainable future
A vast number of people in developing countries depend on the natural environment for their livelihoods—on farmland or forests, wetlands or coastal areas. For these people, the
Jun 2010
International Development Research Centre
Reports and Documents
Assessing the environmental impacts of consumption and production
This report prepared by the International Panel
for Sustainable Resource Management assesses best available science on
the environmental and resource impacts of production and consumption.
The assessment report identifies priorities amongst global consumption
activities, industrial sectors and materials from primary industries in
terms of their environmental impacts and
Jun 2010
UNEP
Reports and Documents
A framework for assessing green growth policies
This paper proposes an analytical framework for assessing policies that will contribute to a better integration of environmental externalities in the pursuit of economic efficiency and growth objectives. The framework consists of two parts.
May 2010
OECD
Reports and Documents
Carbon concerns: how standards and labelling initiatives must not limit agricultural trade from Developing Countries
The carbon embedded in internationally traded food and agricultural goods – its measurement, as well as different ways of communicating its climate impact – is a rapidly emerging factor in agricultural production, processing and trade. The emerging, mainly non-statutory, private-sector driven carbon labelling schemes raise a number of issues.
May 2010
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Reports and Documents
Global climate change policy tracker: the green economy - the race is on
This report have identified no less than 154 new policy announcements globally just since October, in the run-up to the conference. This is the highest number of new government initiatives ever recorded on this issue in a four month period. Progress can be traced directly to the summit and the Copenhagen Accord which called on countries to state publicly what they were doing about climate change.
Mar 2010
Deutsche Bank Group
Feature Articles
Accounting for natural resources and environmental sustainability: Linking ecosystem services to human well-being
One of society’s greatest challenges is to sustain natural resources while promoting economic growth and quality of life. In the face of this challenge, society must measure the effectiveness of programs established to safeguard the environment.
Feb 2010
Environmental Science & Technology
1-7
Feature Articles
Sustainable consumption and production: An agenda beyond sustainable consumer procurement
Since the recent, very tangible manifestations of the multiple crises in our economic, environmental, and social systems, there is increasing recognition of the need to change how we do things. This has led to the more regular use of words such as transition, transformation, and eco-innovation, especially in areas of environmental and industrial research but also in economic contexts.
Feb 2010
Journal of Industrial Ecology
14
1
10-12
Sustainable Consumption.pdf
Feature Articles
Can sustainable consumers and producers save the planet?
Anthropogenic carbon emissions exemplify modern resource overexploitation. The consumption of 1.2 billion richer humans accounts for some 75% of total emissions. Instead of viewing these consumers as part of the problem, we should persuade them to contribute to the solution.
Feb 2010
Journal of Industrial Ecology
14
1
4-6
Can Sustainable Consumers.pdf
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