Climate and development economics: Balancing science, politics and equity

Stanton, Elizabeth A.; Ackerman, Frank

doi:10.1111/j.1477-8947.2009.01251.x

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“…UNEP's MCA4climate initiative has the explicit goal of using multi-criteria analysis to incorporate non-monetary impacts of climate policies into decision making [66]. Cost-effectiveness analysis of emission reduction measures is already common among European researchers, although some of the simplest-but best-known-climate-economics models still engage in cost-benefit analysis [88][89][90].  And the redistribution of income, wealth, and political and social power towards greater equality?…”

Section: Equity For Sustainability: the Case Of Climate Changementioning

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The Tragedy of Maldistribution: Climate, Sustainability, and Equity

Stanton

2012

Sustainability

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This essay is an initial exploration of the dimensions of the equity/sustainability linkage from the perspective of public goods analysis. Sustainability requires an abundance of public goods. Where these commons lack governance, sustainability is at risk. Equity is a critical component of sustainability that can itself be viewed as a public good, subject to deterioration (maldistribution) when left ungoverned. As is the case for so many forms of environmental degradation, the private benefits of maldistribution tend to overshadow the larger social costs, and the result is a degradation of equity. This article sketches out the analogy of equity as a public good by: examining the evidence regarding current and historical income equality within and between countries; introducing the characteristics of public goods and grounding equity in this idiom; reviewing several theories explaining the sub-optimal provision of environmental goods; applying these theoretical frameworks to the case of equity, with an examination of the potential causes of, and solutions to, maldistribution; and, finally, addressing equity's critical role as a component of sustainability in the case of climate change, with implications for climate policy.

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Section: Equity For Sustainability: the Case Of Climate Changementioning

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The Tragedy of Maldistribution: Climate, Sustainability, and Equity

Stanton

2012

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“…Of the multitude of issues facing nuclear energy, the issue of cooling the reactors, which requires huge volumes of water, is also a concern because climate change is making the planet hotter and in many cases dryer. Nuclear waste is also likely to outlive the climate crisis if it is ever fixed (Stanton & Ackerman, ).…”

Section: Global Economic System and Human Consumptionmentioning

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Beyond Disaster and Risk: Post-Fukushima Nuclear News in U.S. and German Press

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Pinto

2015

Communication, Culture & Critique

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With significant nuclear policy changes between the United States and Germany after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, this article examines journalistic coverage of consumption, economic systems, alternative energy, regulation, and public opinion in relation to nuclear energy within a broader political and media‐structural analysis. Using W. L. Bennett's (1990) indexing hypothesis as its theoretical foundation, we conduct a content analysis of 362 articles from The New York Times and 2 German papers, the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Our results indicate there is a vast discrepancy between the countries' newspapers concerning the diversity and the quality of nuclear‐oriented information. We then explain these differences in the context of the indexing hypothesis and offer detailed media policy recommendations.

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“…However, the deteriorating condition of the environment taking the form of an environmental crisis is an indisputable issue. The most noticeable manifestations of this crisis are: climate change (Stanton and Ackerman, 2009) and widespread pollution of the environment with plastic and its derivatives (Connors, Dyer, and Belanger, 2017).…”

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The e-consumer as part of a circular economy

Lorek¹

2020

Informatyka Ekonomiczna

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The article is related to the problem of the transition of today’s economic system towards a circular economy model. This transformation is becoming a necessity due to environmental limitations. An interesting issue is the role of ICT in this matter, especially internet technologies. According to the presented analysis, these technologies do have capabilities to support consumer activities, which are consistent with the principles of a circular economy. This support can be essential for changing consumer’s attitudes and making their consumption patterns more sustainable. Nevertheless, there are some technical, social and economic barriers which may occur during this process. Literature analysis and critical analysis were used as research methods. The article concludes that, despite many barriers, the potential of internet technologies for circular economy support is very promising

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Climate and development economics: Balancing science, politics and equity

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Cited by 17 publications

References 36 publications

The Tragedy of Maldistribution: Climate, Sustainability, and Equity

The Tragedy of Maldistribution: Climate, Sustainability, and Equity

Beyond Disaster and Risk: Post-Fukushima Nuclear News in U.S. and German Press

The e-consumer as part of a circular economy

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