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Socio-economic impacts of climate change on indigenous communities in the save valley area of Chipinge district, Zimbabwe 气候变化对津巴布韦Chipinge地区save valley地区土著社区的社会经济影响

Frontiers in Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2023-06-15 DOI: 10.3389/frevc.2023.1135831

Portia Kimberley Sithole, M. Mawere, T. R. Mubaya

{"title":"Socio-economic impacts of climate change on indigenous communities in the save valley area of Chipinge district, Zimbabwe","authors":"Portia Kimberley Sithole, M. Mawere, T. R. Mubaya","doi":"10.3389/frevc.2023.1135831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/frevc.2023.1135831","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, climate change has fast become a reality that warrants concerted action from stakeholders across fields. Communities in the Save Valley Area of Chipinge District of Manicaland Province in Zimbabwe, for example, report high incidences of socio-economic disruptions caused by climate change. These include loss of livelihoods, livestock, crops, food stocks and infrastructure damage. This study investigated the coping mechanisms adopted by communities in the Save Valley Area in their attempt to mitigate the socio-economic vagaries of climate change. In order to understand community perceptions regarding the possible link between climate change and the increased frequency and intensity of flooding incidences and to evaluate the evolution of community disaster risk management and resilience building as a function of changing climatic realities, the study employed the mixed method research design. Resettled farming households in the Middle Sabi, communal farming households in Chibuwe and Tongogara areas and members of the Chipinge District Development Committee were sampled for this study. Questionnaires, transact walks, structured interviews and focus group discussions were the main data collection methods utilized. Quantitative data entry was done via the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. Qualitative data was coded and analyzed thematically. Findings revealed that climate change has heightened community vulnerability, weakened their adaptive capacities, as well as disrupting the community resilience-building initiatives. In turn, communities have made attempts to respond to the challenges arising from climate change by modifying their socio-economic activities, organizing themselves internally and reverting to the use of indigenous knowledge based interventions.","PeriodicalId":241760,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Environmental Economics","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127907936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Did China's dual-credit policy promote innovation in new energy vehicle enterprises? An empirical study based on the PSM-DID method 中国的双积分政策是否促进了新能源汽车企业的创新?基于PSM-DID方法的实证研究

Frontiers in Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2023-05-22 DOI: 10.3389/frevc.2023.1173925

Jianguo Sun, Mingfu Tian

{"title":"Did China's dual-credit policy promote innovation in new energy vehicle enterprises? An empirical study based on the PSM-DID method","authors":"Jianguo Sun, Mingfu Tian","doi":"10.3389/frevc.2023.1173925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/frevc.2023.1173925","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Based on the microdata of 36 A-share new energy vehicle (NEV) enterprises from 2015 to 2021, this study empirically investigates whether the introduction of the double credit policy (DCP) promoted the innovation of NEV enterprises. Methods The propensity score matching difference-in-differences (PSM-DID) method was used. Results The following results were found. First, the introduction of the DCP inhibits the innovation of NEV enterprises. However, as the DCP stabilizes, the inhibitory effect gradually decreases and shows a tendency to turn into a facilitating effect. Second, the DCP affects the innovation output of enterprises by influencing their research and development (R&D) investment. R&D investment has a mediating role in the DCP, affecting the innovation of new energy vehicle enterprises. Third, at the firm level, the inhibitory effect of the DCP is more evident in non-state-owned enterprises (non-SOE) and insignificant for state-owned enterprises (SOE), while at the regional level, the inhibitory effect of the DCP is more evident for non-eastern regions and insignificant for eastern regions. Discussion This study finds the inhibitory effect of the implementation of the DCP on the innovation of NEV enterprises and have potential guiding significance for the future formulation of NEV market development policies and the promotion of high-quality development of the NEV industry.","PeriodicalId":241760,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Environmental Economics","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122937628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Regulation of externalities: rights, options, and procedure 外部性规制:权利、选择和程序

Frontiers in Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2023-05-12 DOI: 10.3389/frevc.2023.1188700

F. Schlaepfer, A. Vatn

{"title":"Regulation of externalities: rights, options, and procedure","authors":"F. Schlaepfer, A. Vatn","doi":"10.3389/frevc.2023.1188700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/frevc.2023.1188700","url":null,"abstract":"When governments regulate externalities, they inevitably create, modify or reassign property rights. Although these rights have important distributional implications, they are rarely at the center of economic evaluations of policy instrument choice, where the main focus is on allocative efficiency. This is problematic for two reasons. First, the allocation of rights may not receive the attention it deserves, and decisions about rights and more technical policy advice are easily mixed up. The second reason is a circularity problem: proposed (Pareto) efficient regulations modify the same property rights that determine what economists identify as an efficient environmental target. To avoid these difficulties, we propose a perspective in regulation that brings the allocation of rights to the front. We classify basic regulatory options based on how rights are allocated between polluters and potential victims and across income groups and we outline how these options may be implemented through choice of policy instruments. We then propose a regulatory procedure that takes the interdependence of rights and environmental targets into account. Based on this analysis, we discuss the potential of a rights-centered approach for designing environmental policies with desirable distributional outcomes and assumptions about the rights to environmental resources.","PeriodicalId":241760,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Environmental Economics","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116877575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Preparatory living lab workshops under the IntelComp platform: An enabler of the solution for sustainability challenges of climate change in Greece IntelComp平台下的预备生活实验室工作坊:希腊气候变化可持续性挑战解决方案的推动者

Frontiers in Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2023-04-20 DOI: 10.3389/frevc.2023.1100493

Lydia Papadaki, C. Stavridis, P. Koundouri, I. Grypari, Madina Kazbek, Haris Papageorgiou, N. Theodossiou

{"title":"Preparatory living lab workshops under the IntelComp platform: An enabler of the solution for sustainability challenges of climate change in Greece","authors":"Lydia Papadaki, C. Stavridis, P. Koundouri, I. Grypari, Madina Kazbek, Haris Papageorgiou, N. Theodossiou","doi":"10.3389/frevc.2023.1100493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/frevc.2023.1100493","url":null,"abstract":"The phenomena of climate change transcend all national and regional boundaries. To address this complex challenge, we must determine the areas of the country of interest, in this case, Greece, that have been most adversely affected by climate. Greece is surrounded by water, and a significant part of its GDP is derived from the marine and maritime industries, including tourism. Since the start of the IntelComp project, a Preparatory Living Lab (PLL) has been planned and delivered, feeding into the development of the IntelComp platform and the Living Lab on Climate Change Adaptation. The study's results lead to the conclusion that one of the most important challenges in tackling climate change is the decarbonisation challenge, specifically the shift to renewable energy sources and the investments that must be made. Several EU and national policy frameworks, including the European Green Deal, the Climate Law, the National Long-term Strategy for 2050 (on the Climate and Energy), highlight the decarbonisation as one of the major challenges in the climate change pledge. This will be the primary subject of the IntelComp climate change case study. PLLs also led to the identification of policy questions and useful data sources to aid the IntelComp project's launch. While previous research on co-production has primarily focused on involving citizens through public participation processes in order to gain their support, trust, and insights in structured decision-making processes, our approach opens a new channel for incorporating external knowledge into problem-solving processes. The IntelComp project will aid in policy development by providing pertinent tools co-developed with the final users that will provide insights and analysis in the field of STI (Science, Technology, Innovation) encompassing all of the Energy areas mentioned above.","PeriodicalId":241760,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Environmental Economics","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126201807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Greening the ocean economy 绿色海洋经济

Frontiers in Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2023-04-17 DOI: 10.3389/frevc.2023.1096303

E. Barbier

{"title":"Greening the ocean economy","authors":"E. Barbier","doi":"10.3389/frevc.2023.1096303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/frevc.2023.1096303","url":null,"abstract":"The ocean economy comprises a wide range of industries—fishing, offshore energy, mineral extraction, shipping and coastal tourism. It generates $1.5 trillion in global value added and is expected to double in size by 2030. If we are to successfully green the ocean economy, we must overcome two major distortions—the underpricing of marine capital and the underfunding of ocean and coastal conservation. Many important values provided by the marine environment are ignored or discounted in our decisions to exploit, convert and pollute our coastlines and seas. The funding gap between current financing of conservation, restoration and sustainable management of marine capital and the most critical funding needs is estimated at $120–$154 billion annually. We urgently need a new global agreement for oceans and coasts that has three principal aims: (1) Phasing out subsidies for fishing, extractive activities, and other ocean industries. (2) Implementing market-based incentives, management reforms, and other regulations to reduce any remaining ecological marine damages. (3) Using any financial savings and revenues generated to support global funds and investments for conserving, restoring and protecting marine capital in an inclusive manner. There should also be more participation by the private sector in developing global marine and in bridging the funding gap for marine conservation. It is estimated that major companies in ocean industries could raise an additional $83–$186 billion each year for marine conservation investment that would also benefit their financial interests and markets.","PeriodicalId":241760,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Environmental Economics","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134296755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Eliciting indigenous knowledge to predict climate events for the food security of agro-pastoral households in North Benin 利用土著知识预测气候事件，促进贝宁北部农牧民家庭的粮食安全

Frontiers in Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2023-04-04 DOI: 10.3389/frevc.2023.1134864

Janvier Egah, R. Yegbemey, Fadilath Abikè Idrissou, M. Baco

{"title":"Eliciting indigenous knowledge to predict climate events for the food security of agro-pastoral households in North Benin","authors":"Janvier Egah, R. Yegbemey, Fadilath Abikè Idrissou, M. Baco","doi":"10.3389/frevc.2023.1134864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/frevc.2023.1134864","url":null,"abstract":"Populations are subjected to climatic uncertainties, the predictions of which are major challenges for the scientific community. This study analyzes indigenous climate event prediction and adaptation based on indigenous knowledge in North Benin. A sample of 80 holders of indigenous knowledge of prediction of climate events was selected using snowball sampling in the district of Gogonou. Data were collected during semi-structured interviews with the indigenous knowledge holders. Data included the profile of the knowledge holders, climate events and their prediction signs, and the planned responses in the face of climate events. Data were analyzed using discourse analysis and descriptive statistics. The results showed that the holders of indigenous knowledge of prediction of climate events are agropastoralists and some of their wives. They are over 60 years old and rooted in traditional religion. Climate events predicted were floods, pockets of drought, early cessation of rains, and invasion of fields by caterpillars. These climate events are predicted from animal, vegetable, and nature behaviors. The responses developed in the face of climate events are mainly the relocation of fields to firm land, the use of drought-tolerant varieties, the relocation of planting periods, and the planning of the suspension of children's schooling for spreading and planting operations. These findings demonstrate the necessity for policymakers to consider the value of indigenous knowledge to reduce the effects of climate change.","PeriodicalId":241760,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Environmental Economics","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122204326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Distribution, transportation, and coordination in African indigenous vegetables value chains: A scoping review 非洲本土蔬菜价值链中的分销、运输和协调:范围审查

Frontiers in Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI: 10.3389/frevc.2023.1113826

Joseph Alulu, Mary Makyao, S. Huyskens-Keil, B. Lenz, K. Muendo, Z. Mganilwa, R. Mbeche, Prosper Mgaya, D. Mithöfer

{"title":"Distribution, transportation, and coordination in African indigenous vegetables value chains: A scoping review","authors":"Joseph Alulu, Mary Makyao, S. Huyskens-Keil, B. Lenz, K. Muendo, Z. Mganilwa, R. Mbeche, Prosper Mgaya, D. Mithöfer","doi":"10.3389/frevc.2023.1113826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/frevc.2023.1113826","url":null,"abstract":"Malnutrition continues to be a major problem with negative implications on economic and human development in many parts of the world, including in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Strengthening promising underutilized crops that are nutrient dense, climate resilient, and locally adaptable is an instrumental approach to enhancing dietary diversity. Due to their nutritional and economic benefits, African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs) have the potential to contribute to livelihoods and address challenges of food and nutrition insecurity. Despite their importance but due to their perishability, AIVs tend to suffer from high post-harvest losses (PHLs). Effective distribution systems along the value chain have the potential to reduce PHLs for AIVs. We therefore conducted a scoping review on transport systems and coordination in AIVs value chains in SSA. The objectives of this review were to summarize and analyze the focus of research in AIVs transport, to analyze the extent to which the literature synthesizes interactions of sub-components of the chains, and to identify knowledge gaps in AIVs transport literature. Based on the research foci, we categorize the reviewed articles into seven themes. Our analyses indicate that distance to agricultural market is a fundamental aspect of AIVs transportation, as it interacts with transport costs, market participation, produce quality, and profit efficiency. Results show that collective action is instrumental in the coordination of AIVs transportation and that it contributes to cost reduction. Following light exploration of determinants of choice of means of transport, we recommend further research in this area for improvement of transportation in AIVs value chains.","PeriodicalId":241760,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Environmental Economics","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121495077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Cost-benefit analysis of mitigating subsidence damage in Semarang and Demak, Indonesia 减轻印尼Semarang和Demak沉陷损害的成本效益分析

Frontiers in Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2023-03-17 DOI: 10.3389/frevc.2023.1073089

B. Pratiwi, S. Kok, Brooks A. Kaiser, M. J. Mahya

{"title":"Cost-benefit analysis of mitigating subsidence damage in Semarang and Demak, Indonesia","authors":"B. Pratiwi, S. Kok, Brooks A. Kaiser, M. J. Mahya","doi":"10.3389/frevc.2023.1073089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/frevc.2023.1073089","url":null,"abstract":"Since the early 1990s, the coastal Semarang City in Indonesia has been undergoing rapid industrialization and population expansion. To meet growing water demand, groundwater is abstracted with an ever-increasing number of abstraction wells. This has led to lower groundwater tables in the largely unconsolidated substrate and this, in turn, causes land subsidence in the area. This has led to significant direct and indirect economic damage. In the context of limited public resources, this study aims to analyze the economic rationale of alternative (public) investment strategies to reduce subsidence impact in the Semarang-Demak region. With Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), three alternative strategies to replace groundwater abstraction wells are analyzed: (1) Installment of a piped clean water supply system with 1,000 L/s capacity, (2) a new 2 km2 coastal freshwater reservoir in West Semarang, (3) installment of a piped clean water supply system with 2,000 L/s capacity. All strategies have a positive (>1) benefit-cost ratio, which indicates that there is an economic rationale for investment to mitigate subsidence in Semarang and Demak. Under a low water demand scenario, the best strategy is strategy 1; under a high water demand scenario, the best strategy is strategy 3. As strategy 3 gives the highest economic benefit in the worst-case scenario, this is the most robust strategy.","PeriodicalId":241760,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Environmental Economics","volume":"8 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131758430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The pressures and opportunities for coral reef preservation and restoration in the Maldives 马尔代夫珊瑚礁保护与恢复的压力与机遇

Frontiers in Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2023-03-17 DOI: 10.3389/frevc.2023.1110214

Nathalie Hilmi, Ritu Basu, Matías Crisóstomo, L. Lebleu, J. Claudet, D. Seveso

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Market size asymmetry and strategic environmental policy in a Cournot model 古诺模型中的市场规模不对称与战略性环境政策

Frontiers in Environmental Economics Pub Date : 2023-03-02 DOI: 10.3389/frevc.2023.1099336

Lidia Vidal-Meliá, Eva Camacho-Cuena, M. Ginés-Vilar

{"title":"Market size asymmetry and strategic environmental policy in a Cournot model","authors":"Lidia Vidal-Meliá, Eva Camacho-Cuena, M. Ginés-Vilar","doi":"10.3389/frevc.2023.1099336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/frevc.2023.1099336","url":null,"abstract":"The achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) related to the environment requires identifying new sources of environmental degradation. This paper analyzes how market size asymmetry affects government decisions on environmental policy in the context of bilateral international trade and imperfect competition. We model an international duopoly with market size asymmetry and product heterogeneity. Each firm produces two different products, one for the domestic and one for the foreign markets, where the firms' production generates local emissions. When planning policies, the government in each country must choose between two options: an emission tax or a production subsidy. The findings of our paper underline the crucial role of market size asymmetry in determining the non-cooperative equilibrium policy in a setting where both firms and governments act strategically. We find that an increase in market size asymmetry between countries encourages governments to shift from emission taxes to production subsidies. Therefore, the environmental policy must consider these aspects to achieve greater effectiveness of regulation in favor of the environment. Actions to mitigate increased pollution should regulate production subsidies and improve the practices of governments and companies.","PeriodicalId":241760,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Environmental Economics","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132774081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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