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Decentralized voluntary agreements do not reduce emissions in a climate change experiment 在气候变化实验中，分散的自愿协议并不能减少排放

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108438

Alessandro Del Ponte , Aidas Masiliūnas , Noah Lim

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China's global leadership aspirations and domestic support for climate policy 中国的全球领导愿望和国内对气候政策的支持

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108440

C. Xiang , T. van Gevelt

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Exploring South Australian households' perceptions towards various food waste policies 探索南澳大利亚家庭对各种食物浪费政策的看法

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108431

By Sarah Ann Wheeler , Ying Xu , Daniel Gregg

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Building a local structural basis for economic change? A case study on grassroots initiatives from a ‘social provisioning’ perspective 为经济变革建立地方结构基础？从 "社会供应 "角度对基层倡议的案例研究

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108429

Roman Hausmann , Anne-Kathrin Schwab

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Nobody decides for all — Modeling incentives and policies for closing the material loop 没有人可以决定一切--建立激励机制和政策模式，实现物质循环的闭合

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108407

Xi Sun, Karsten Neuhoff

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Marine ecosystem services of seagrass in physical and monetary terms: The Mediterranean Sea case study 从物理和货币角度看海草的海洋生态系统服务：地中海案例研究

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108420

Anna Maria Addamo , Alessandra La Notte , Silvia Ferrini , Gaetano Grilli

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Green coops: Drivers of innovation for circular strategies among Italian cooperatives 绿色合作社：意大利合作社循环战略创新的驱动力

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108432

Asia Guerreschi , Emy Zecca

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A research framework to investigate food systems at a national scale 在全国范围内调查粮食系统的研究框架

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108428

Noelia Parajuá , Enric Tello , Jessica Duncan

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Varieties of Anticapitalism: A systematic study of transformation strategies in alternative economic discourses 反资本主义的多样性：另类经济论述中的转型战略系统研究

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108423

Querine Kommandeur , Juliette Alenda-Demoutiez , Maria Kaufmann , Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers

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Efficiency, sufficiency and consistency in sustainable development: Reassessing strategies for reaching overarching goals 可持续发展的效率、充足性和一致性：重新评估实现总体目标的战略

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108426

Marco Rudolf, Mario Schmidt

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