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A pragmatist ecological economics - Normative foundations and a framework for actionable knowledge 实用主义生态经济学--规范基础和可操作知识框架

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108422

Christopher A. Armatas , William T. Borrie

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Rising inequality: A material perspective on the Great Recession in the European Union 不平等加剧：从物质角度看欧盟大衰退

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108417

Anke Schaffartzik , Juan Antonio Duro

{"title":"Rising inequality: A material perspective on the Great Recession in the European Union","authors":"Anke Schaffartzik , Juan Antonio Duro","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108417","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108417","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The 2007/8 economic crisis and the global Great Recession led to widespread turmoil and instability. In Europe, unprecedented reductions in per capita resource use were crisis-driven rather than the result of deliberate policies. This study examines material use patterns in the EU-27 from 2000 to 2020, covering the period before and the onset of the Great Recession. We find that average material consumption in Europe decreased and has since stagnated, although this trend is uneven, with growing underlying inequalities, as measured using the Theil index of metabolic rates. The patterns in construction materials especially shape overall resource use trajectories. The role of infrastructure and services provisioning, especially where these are fossil-fueled, emerges as key in understanding these patterns. Geographic groupings of EU member states—Northern, Eastern, Mediterranean, and Central—further explain the inequalities that deepened following the recession. These emerging disparities raise important questions about what underpins the European project in a Union in which growth or sustained wealth in some member states systematically coincides with what can only be described as collapse elsewhere.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142528982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Changes in global trade patterns increase global inequality towards Sustainable Development Goals 全球贸易模式的变化加剧了全球的不平等实现可持续发展目标

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108421

Jiayu Wang , Ke Wang , Klaus Hubacek , Kuishuang Feng , Yuli Shan , Yi-Ming Wei

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Impact of Indonesia's Forest Management Units on the reduction of forest loss and forest fires in Sulawesi 印度尼西亚森林管理单位对减少苏拉威西岛森林损失和森林火灾的影响

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108418

Colas Chervier , Stibniati S. Atmadja , Sandy Nofyanza , Choiriatun Nur Annisa , Fitri Nurfatriani , Rochadi Kristiningrum , Muhammad Alif K. Sahide , Ali Suhardiman , Syukur Umar

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Impacts of population, affluence and urbanization on local air pollution and land transformation – A regional STIRPAT analysis for German districts 人口、富裕程度和城市化对当地空气污染和土地变化的影响--对德国各地区的 STIRPAT 分析

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108416

Johannes Lohwasser , Thomas Bolognesi , Axel Schaffer

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Stated preferences for the colours, smells, and sounds of biodiversity 表示喜欢生物多样性的颜色、气味和声音

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108410

Peter M. King , Martin Dallimer , Thomas Lundhede , Gail E. Austen , Jessica C. Fisher , Katherine N. Irvine , Robert D. Fish , Zoe G. Davies

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Cost-effective policy instruments for biodiversity conservation under climate change – The need for flexibility 气候变化下保护生物多样性的成本效益政策工具--需要灵活性

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108414

Charlotte Gerling , M. Drechsler , Johannes A. Leins , Astrid Sturm , Frank Wätzold

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Natural insurance as a green alternative for farmers? Empirical evidence for semi-natural habitats and methodological bias 自然保险是农民的绿色选择？半自然栖息地的经验证据和方法偏差

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108415

Jérôme Faure , Lauriane Mouysset

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Wealth inequality and carbon inequality 财富不平等和碳不平等

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108406

Ablam Estel Apeti , Bao We Wal Bambe , Eyah Denise Edoh , Alpha Ly

{"title":"Wealth inequality and carbon inequality","authors":"Ablam Estel Apeti , Bao We Wal Bambe , Eyah Denise Edoh , Alpha Ly","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108406","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108406","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent analyses have highlighted the fact that the richest people contribute disproportionately to the increase in CO2 emissions, and thus to global warming. So far, the literature has mainly provided descriptive analyses linking wealth inequality to carbon inequality, raising concerns about the identification of the relationship between the two variables. Against this background, this paper advances the issue by examining the effect of wealth accumulation on carbon emissions, thus providing robust econometric validity. Based on a large sample of 200 countries from 1990–2020, our regression estimates support the hypothesis that wealth concentration significantly increases carbon inequality and accounts for nearly 20% of the CO2 emissions of the richest people. Our findings also highlight some heterogeneity, confirming the prominent role of industrialized and newly emerging countries such as China and India in global carbon emissions. Finally, transmission channel analysis suggests that the effect of wealth inequality on inequality in CO2 emissions is channeled through deterioration in institutional quality, captured by the level of democracy and environmental legislation introduction, and the marginal propensity to emit, captured by global emissions per capita.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142418323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Over 6 billion liters of Canadian milk wasted since 2012 自 2012 年以来，加拿大浪费了超过 60 亿升牛奶

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Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108413

Thomas Elliot , Benjamin Goldstein , Sylvain Charlebois

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