The haves, the have-nots, and the health of everyone: the relationship between social inequality and environmental quality

L Cushing, R Morello-Frosch… - Annual Review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
A growing body of literature suggests that more unequal societies have more polluted and
degraded environments, perhaps helping explain why more unequal societies are often less …

The political economy of passing climate change legislation: Evidence from a survey

S Fankhauser, C Gennaioli, M Collins - Global Environmental Change, 2015 - Elsevier
Climate change is now a major aspect of public policy. There are almost 500 identified
climate change laws in the world's leading economies. This paper reviews the main …

Determinants of renewable energy consumption: Importance of democratic institutions

C Chen, M Pinar, T Stengos - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
There has been an increase in the use of renewable energy sources over recent years,
which has led to a strand of literature examining the determinants of renewable energy …

Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from national climate legislation

SMSU Eskander, S Fankhauser - Nature Climate Change, 2020 - nature.com
The international response to climate change has been inadequate, but not zero. There are
1,800 climate change laws worldwide. We use panel data on legislative activity in 133 …

Impact of economic, financial, and institutional factors on CO2 emissions: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa economies

M Abid - Utilities Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Given the acceleration of economic changes in Sub-Saharan Africa economies (SSA), a
better understanding of the relationship between economic growth and pollution is essential …

Environmental policies, competition and innovation in renewable energy

L Nesta, F Vona, F Nicolli - Journal of Environmental Economics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
We investigate the effect of environmental policies on innovation under different levels of
competition. Using information regarding renewable energy policies, competition and green …

[引用][C] Weak versus Strong Sustainability: Exploring the Limits of Two Opposing Paradigms

E Neumayer - 2003 - books.google.com
Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Weak versus Strong Sustainability This One 3P7C-RLB-N4U6 Page 4 To
my students, the past, current and future ones Page 5 Weak versus Strong Sustainability …

[图书][B] Green cities: urban growth and the environment

ME Kahn - 2007 - books.google.com
What is a green city? What does it mean to say that San Francisco or Vancouver is more"
green" than Houston or Beijing? When does urban growth lower environmental quality, and …

Does democracy help reduce environmental degradation?

G Akalin, S Erdogan - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 - Springer
The main purpose of this study is to examine the democracy–environmental degradation
nexus in 26 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries …

Corruption, democracy, and environmental policy: an empirical contribution to the debate

L Pellegrini, L Pellegrini - Corruption, Development and the Environment, 2011 - Springer
Theoretical and empirical studies have shown that democracy and corruption influence
environmental policies. In this chapter, we empirically analyse the relative importance of …