As long as economic growth is a major political goal, decoupling growth from resource use
and emissions is a prerequisite for a sustainable net-zero emissions future. However …

The development of the global economy has raised concerns about economic efficiency and
productivity. In this context, understanding the concepts of economic efficiency and …

The energy transition has shown that fossil generation can be complemented with
renewable energy and other resources capable of providing flexibility to the energy system's …

Summary According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the COVID‐19 pandemic has
been the greatest challenge to humanity since World War II. Spain is one of the countries …

There seems to be a consensus among many growth and resource economists that
perpetual growth can be ensured if it gets increasingly resource-efficient and if growth …

The Asian region has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. As in therest of the
world, this progress has led to significant energy consumption, which in turn is having a …

Concerns have been raised that declining energy return on energy investment (EROI) from
fossil fuels, and low levels of EROI for alternative energy sources, could constrain the ability …

This paper provides a broad range of various substitution elasticity values for sectoral
nested constant elasticity of substitution (CES) production functions, estimated through …

The ease with which firms can substitute away from energy to other inputs is an important
determining factor in the costs of climate change mitigation policies. Climate policy …

Given the climate change emergency, reducing energy consumption, which is responsible
for most greenhouse gases emissions worldwide, is a priority. However, the strong historical …