A key challenge for humanity is how a future global population of 9 billion can all be fed
healthily and sustainably. Here, we review how competition for land is influenced by other …

Sustainability impact assessments studies combine several indicators to cover
environmental, economic and social impacts. These indicators describe different impact …

Radical changes to current national energy systems–including energy efficiency and the
decarbonization of electricity–will be required in order to meet challenging carbon emission …

Feed-in tariff (FIT) and tradable green certificate (TGC) schemes are studied in a formal
model and numerical example using the UK data. We find that if the markets were perfectly …

Renewable portfolio standard (RPS) is a compulsory institutional change to achieve low-
carbon energy transformation in China. Its success depends on the scientific system quasi …

With tightening environmental regulation and increasing awareness of environmental
externalities firms are compelled to take initiatives on environmental protection through such …

Abstract Purpose In the European Union project New Energy Externalities Development for
Sustainability (NEEDS), power generation technologies were ranked by means of two …

The negative impact of business activities on resources and sustainability include pollution
and environmental externalities, which are becoming more severe and attracting worldwide …

Electricity production has negative environmental effects. These effects cause costs
(environmental costs) that are not considered in the calculation of the cost of electricity …

Based on the simplified impact pathway approach the environmental impacts from airborne
pollutant emissions of Syrian electricity generation system have been assessed and the …