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A Green New Deal
A Green New Deal is a report released on July 21, 2008 by the Green New Deal Group and published by the New Economics Foundation, which outlines a series of policy proposals to tackle global...
A Green New Deal is a report released on July 21, 2008 by the Green New Deal Group and published by the New Economics Foundation, which outlines a series of policy proposals to tackle global...
Adaptive capacity
Adaptive capacity is the capacity of a system to adapt if the environment where the system exists is changing.
Adaptive capacity is the capacity of a system to adapt if the environment where the system exists is changing.
Alpine Convention
The Alpine Convention is an international territorial treaty for the sustainable development of the Alps.
The Alpine Convention is an international territorial treaty for the sustainable development of the Alps.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics
The American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE) is a peer-reviewed journal of agricultural, natural resource, and environmental economics, as well as rural and community deve...
The American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE) is a peer-reviewed journal of agricultural, natural resource, and environmental economics, as well as rural and community deve...
Assigned amount units
An Assigned Amount Unit (AAU) is a tradable 'Kyoto unit' or 'carbon credit' representing an allowance to emit greenhouse gases comprising one metric tonne of carbon dioxide equivalents calculate...
An Assigned Amount Unit (AAU) is a tradable 'Kyoto unit' or 'carbon credit' representing an allowance to emit greenhouse gases comprising one metric tonne of carbon dioxide equivalents calculate...
Australian Ethical Investment
Australian Ethical Investment Limited is an Australian owned company established in 1986 for the purpose of environmental and socially responsible investing.
Australian Ethical Investment Limited is an Australian owned company established in 1986 for the purpose of environmental and socially responsible investing.
Bank of Natural Capital
The Bank of Natural Capital is an educational initiative associated with The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) to communicate natural capital investment and value theory related to...
The Bank of Natural Capital is an educational initiative associated with The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) to communicate natural capital investment and value theory related to...
Bequest value
Bequest value, in economics, is the value of satisfaction from preserving a natural environment or a historic environment, in other words natural heritage or cultural heritage for future generations.
Bequest value, in economics, is the value of satisfaction from preserving a natural environment or a historic environment, in other words natural heritage or cultural heritage for future generations.
Biorecro
Biorecro is a Swedish cleantech company deploying the BECCS (Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage) technology through sales of negative emission carbon credits and carbon offsets.
Biorecro is a Swedish cleantech company deploying the BECCS (Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage) technology through sales of negative emission carbon credits and carbon offsets.
Boat sharing
Boat Sharing describes the ownership of boats, mainly sailing boats, by a non-profit organisation for its members, for pleasure use.
Boat Sharing describes the ownership of boats, mainly sailing boats, by a non-profit organisation for its members, for pleasure use.
C. S. Holling
Crawford Stanley (Buzz) Holling, OC (6 December 1930, Theresa, New York) is a Canadian ecologist, and Emeritus Eminent Scholar and Professor in Ecological Sciences at the University of Florida.
Crawford Stanley (Buzz) Holling, OC (6 December 1930, Theresa, New York) is a Canadian ecologist, and Emeritus Eminent Scholar and Professor in Ecological Sciences at the University of Florida.
Calvert Social Index
The Calvert Social Index is a stock market index created by Calvert Investments as a benchmark of large companies that are considered socially responsible or ethical.
The Calvert Social Index is a stock market index created by Calvert Investments as a benchmark of large companies that are considered socially responsible or ethical.
Carbon accounting
Carbon accounting refers generally to processes undertaken to “measure” amounts of carbon dioxide equivalents emitted by an entity.
Carbon accounting refers generally to processes undertaken to “measure” amounts of carbon dioxide equivalents emitted by an entity.
Carbon emission trading
Carbon emissions trading is a form of emissions trading that specifically targets carbon dioxide (calculated in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent or tCO2e) and it currently constitutes the...
Carbon emissions trading is a form of emissions trading that specifically targets carbon dioxide (calculated in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent or tCO2e) and it currently constitutes the...
Carbon rationing
Personal carbon trading is a general term referring to a number of proposed emissions trading schemes under which emissions credits are allocated to adult individuals on a (broadly) equal per ca...
Personal carbon trading is a general term referring to a number of proposed emissions trading schemes under which emissions credits are allocated to adult individuals on a (broadly) equal per ca...
Causal layered analysis
Causal layered analysis is one of several futures techniques used as a means to inquire into the causes of social phenomena and to generate a set of forecasts as to the future course of the phen...
Causal layered analysis is one of several futures techniques used as a means to inquire into the causes of social phenomena and to generate a set of forecasts as to the future course of the phen...
Choice model simulation
Although the concept choice models is widely understood and practiced these days, it is often difficult to acquire hands-on knowledge in simulating choice models.
Although the concept choice models is widely understood and practiced these days, it is often difficult to acquire hands-on knowledge in simulating choice models.
Choice modelling
Choice modelling attempts to model the decision process of an individual or segment in a particular context.
Choice modelling attempts to model the decision process of an individual or segment in a particular context.
Circular Economy
The circular economy is a generic term for an industrial economy that is, by design or intention, restorative and in which materials flows are of two types, biological nutrients, designed to ree...
The circular economy is a generic term for an industrial economy that is, by design or intention, restorative and in which materials flows are of two types, biological nutrients, designed to ree...
Circular economy
The circular economy is a generic term for an industrial economy that is, by design or intention, restorative and in which materials flows are of two types, biological nutrients, designed to ree...
The circular economy is a generic term for an industrial economy that is, by design or intention, restorative and in which materials flows are of two types, biological nutrients, designed to ree...
Claudine Schneider
Claudine Schneider (born March 25, 1947) is a former Republican U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
Claudine Schneider (born March 25, 1947) is a former Republican U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
Clean technology
Clean technology includes recycling, renewable energy, information technology, green transportation, electric motors, green chemistry, lighting, Greywater, and many other appliances that are no...
Clean technology includes recycling, renewable energy, information technology, green transportation, electric motors, green chemistry, lighting, Greywater, and many other appliances that are no...
CleanEquity
CleanEquity Monaco is a Clean Technology conference.
CleanEquity Monaco is a Clean Technology conference.
Climate Capitalism
Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change is a 2011 book by L. Hunter Lovins and Boyd Cohen.
Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change is a 2011 book by L. Hunter Lovins and Boyd Cohen.
Climate change scenario
This article is about climate change scenarios.
This article is about climate change scenarios.
Coal depletion
Coal depletion is the inescapable result of extracting and consuming coal since it is a nonrenewable natural resource.
Coal depletion is the inescapable result of extracting and consuming coal since it is a nonrenewable natural resource.
Coalition for Rainforest Nations
The Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) is an intergovernmental organization established by forested tropical counties to collaboratively reconcile forest stewardship with economic dev...
The Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) is an intergovernmental organization established by forested tropical counties to collaboratively reconcile forest stewardship with economic dev...
Commodification of nature
The commodification of nature is an area of research within critical environmental studies concerned with the ways in which natural entities and processes are made exchangeable through the marke...
The commodification of nature is an area of research within critical environmental studies concerned with the ways in which natural entities and processes are made exchangeable through the marke...
Commodification of water
The Commodification of water refers to the process of transforming water from a public good into a tradable commodity also known as an economic good.
The Commodification of water refers to the process of transforming water from a public good into a tradable commodity also known as an economic good.
Conservation development
Conservation development, also known as Conservation design, is a controlled-growth land use development that adopts the principle for allowing limited sustainable development while protec...
Conservation development, also known as Conservation design, is a controlled-growth land use development that adopts the principle for allowing limited sustainable development while protec...
Conservation economy
A conservation economy is an ideal, imagined economy in which economic wealth is harvested from a bioregion's local natural resources in a way that meets local communities' needs yet restores ra...
A conservation economy is an ideal, imagined economy in which economic wealth is harvested from a bioregion's local natural resources in a way that meets local communities' needs yet restores ra...
Contingent valuation
Contingent valuation is a survey-based economic technique for the valuation of non-market resources, such as environmental preservation or the impact of contamination.
Contingent valuation is a survey-based economic technique for the valuation of non-market resources, such as environmental preservation or the impact of contamination.
Corporate sustainability
Corporate sustainability is a business approach that creates long-term consumer and employee value by not only creating a "green" strategy aimed towards the natural environment, but taking into ...
Corporate sustainability is a business approach that creates long-term consumer and employee value by not only creating a "green" strategy aimed towards the natural environment, but taking into ...
Cross-boundary subsidy
Cross-boundary subsidies are caused by organisms or materials that cross or traverse habitat patch boundaries, subsidizing the resident populations.
Cross-boundary subsidies are caused by organisms or materials that cross or traverse habitat patch boundaries, subsidizing the resident populations.
Deep Economy
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future is a non-fiction work by environmentalist Bill McKibben published in 2007 in the field of ecological economics.
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future is a non-fiction work by environmentalist Bill McKibben published in 2007 in the field of ecological economics.
Deploying Renewables 2011
Deploying Renewables 2011: Best and Future Policy Practice is a 2011 book by the International Energy Agency.
Deploying Renewables 2011: Best and Future Policy Practice is a 2011 book by the International Energy Agency.
Design Impact Measures
Design impact measures are use to qualify projects for various rating systems and to guide both design and regulatory decisions from beginning to end.
Design impact measures are use to qualify projects for various rating systems and to guide both design and regulatory decisions from beginning to end.
Design impact measures
Design impact measures are use to qualify projects for various rating systems and to guide both design and regulatory decisions from beginning to end.
Design impact measures are use to qualify projects for various rating systems and to guide both design and regulatory decisions from beginning to end.
E. F. Schumacher
Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher (16 August 1911 – 4 September 1977) was an internationally influential economic thinker, statistician and economist in Britain, serving as Chief Economic Advis...
Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher (16 August 1911 – 4 September 1977) was an internationally influential economic thinker, statistician and economist in Britain, serving as Chief Economic Advis...
Earl Bakken
Earl E. Bakken (born Hennepin County, Minnesota, January 10, 1924) is an American engineer, businessman and philanthropist of Dutch and Norwegian American ancestry.
Earl E. Bakken (born Hennepin County, Minnesota, January 10, 1924) is an American engineer, businessman and philanthropist of Dutch and Norwegian American ancestry.
Earth Economics
Earth Economics, a 501c3 non-profit headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, United States, is dedicated to researching and applying the economic solutions of tomorrow today.
Earth Economics, a 501c3 non-profit headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, United States, is dedicated to researching and applying the economic solutions of tomorrow today.
Eco-capitalism
Eco-capitalism is the view that capital exists in nature as "natural capital" on which all wealth depends, and therefore, market-based government policy instruments should be used to resolve env...
Eco-capitalism is the view that capital exists in nature as "natural capital" on which all wealth depends, and therefore, market-based government policy instruments should be used to resolve env...
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme is a voluntary environmental management instrument, which was developed in 1993 by the European Commission.
The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme is a voluntary environmental management instrument, which was developed in 1993 by the European Commission.
Ecological economics
Ecological economics is a transdisciplinary field of academic research that aims to address the interdependence and coevolution of human economies and natural ecosystems over time and space.
Ecological economics is a transdisciplinary field of academic research that aims to address the interdependence and coevolution of human economies and natural ecosystems over time and space.
Ecological threshold
Ecological threshold can be described as the point at which a relatively small change in external conditions causes a rapid change in an ecosystem.
Ecological threshold can be described as the point at which a relatively small change in external conditions causes a rapid change in an ecosystem.
Economic impacts of climate change
This article describes the economic impacts of climate change.
This article describes the economic impacts of climate change.
Economics and energy
A variety of disciplines deal with economic aspects of energy, and energy aspects of economies.
A variety of disciplines deal with economic aspects of energy, and energy aspects of economies.
Economics of climate change mitigation
This article is about the economics of climate change mitigation.
This article is about the economics of climate change mitigation.
Economics of global warming
This article describes the economics of global warming and climate change.
This article describes the economics of global warming and climate change.
Ecosystem services
Collectively, these benefits are known as ecosystem services and include products like clean drinking water and processes such as the decomposition of wastes.
Collectively, these benefits are known as ecosystem services and include products like clean drinking water and processes such as the decomposition of wastes.
Ecosystem valuation
Ecosystem valuation is a widely used tool in determining the impact of human activities on an environmental system, by assigning an economic value to an ecosystem or its ecosystem services.
Ecosystem valuation is a widely used tool in determining the impact of human activities on an environmental system, by assigning an economic value to an ecosystem or its ecosystem services.
Ecotax
Ecotax (short for Ecological taxation) refers to taxes intended to promote ecologically sustainable activities via economic incentives.
Ecotax (short for Ecological taxation) refers to taxes intended to promote ecologically sustainable activities via economic incentives.
Edwin W. Rawlings
General Edwin William Rawlings, USAF (Ret), (September 11, 1904 – December 8, 1997) A Milroy, Minnesota native, Rawlings graduated with an economics degree from Hamline University in Sain...
General Edwin William Rawlings, USAF (Ret), (September 11, 1904 – December 8, 1997) A Milroy, Minnesota native, Rawlings graduated with an economics degree from Hamline University in Sain...
Embedding effect
The embedding effect is an issue in environmental economics.
The embedding effect is an issue in environmental economics.
Emergy
Emergy is the available energy of one kind that is used up in transformations directly and indirectly to make a product or service.
Emergy is the available energy of one kind that is used up in transformations directly and indirectly to make a product or service.
Emission intensity
An emission intensity is the average emission rate of a given pollutant from a given source relative to the intensity of a specific activity; for example grams of carbon dioxide released per meg...
An emission intensity is the average emission rate of a given pollutant from a given source relative to the intensity of a specific activity; for example grams of carbon dioxide released per meg...
Energy descent
Energy descent is the post-peak oil transitional phase, when humankind goes from the ascending use of energy that has occurred since the industrial revolution to a descending use of energy.
Energy descent is the post-peak oil transitional phase, when humankind goes from the ascending use of energy that has occurred since the industrial revolution to a descending use of energy.
Energy quality
Energy quality is the contrast between different forms of energy, the different trophic levels in ecological systems and the propensity of energy to convert from one form to another.
Energy quality is the contrast between different forms of energy, the different trophic levels in ecological systems and the propensity of energy to convert from one form to another.
Envirofit International
Envirofit International is a nonprofit project that develops technology that reduces pollution and enhances energy efficiency in developing countries, particularly in Asia.
Envirofit International is a nonprofit project that develops technology that reduces pollution and enhances energy efficiency in developing countries, particularly in Asia.
Environmental and Resource Economics
Environmental and Resource Economics (ERE) is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering environmental economics published monthly in three volumes per year.
Environmental and Resource Economics (ERE) is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering environmental economics published monthly in three volumes per year.
Environmental certification
Environmental certification is a form of environmental regulation and development where a company can voluntarily choose to comply with predefined processes or objectives set forth by the certif...
Environmental certification is a form of environmental regulation and development where a company can voluntarily choose to comply with predefined processes or objectives set forth by the certif...
Environmental economics
Environmental economics is a subfield of economics concerned with environmental issues.
Environmental economics is a subfield of economics concerned with environmental issues.
Environmental enterprise
Environmental Enterprise refers to environmentally friendly/compatible business.
Environmental Enterprise refers to environmentally friendly/compatible business.
Environmental finance
Environmental Finance is the use of various financial instruments (most notably land trusts and Emissions trading) to protect the environment.
Environmental Finance is the use of various financial instruments (most notably land trusts and Emissions trading) to protect the environment.
Environmental impact assessment
An environmental impact assessment is an assessment of the possible positive or negative impact that a proposed project may have on the environment, together consisting of the environmental, soc...
An environmental impact assessment is an assessment of the possible positive or negative impact that a proposed project may have on the environment, together consisting of the environmental, soc...
Environmental management
Environmental management is not, as the phrase could suggest, the management of the environment as such, but rather the management of interaction by the modern human societies with, and impa...
Environmental management is not, as the phrase could suggest, the management of the environment as such, but rather the management of interaction by the modern human societies with, and impa...
Environmental management system
Environmental management system (EMS) refers to the management of an organization's environmental programs in a comprehensive, systematic, planned and documented manner.
Environmental management system (EMS) refers to the management of an organization's environmental programs in a comprehensive, systematic, planned and documented manner.
Environmental mitigation
Environmental mitigation, compensatory mitigation, or mitigation banking, are terms used primarily by the United States government and the related environmental industry to describe projec...
Environmental mitigation, compensatory mitigation, or mitigation banking, are terms used primarily by the United States government and the related environmental industry to describe projec...
Environmental pricing reform
Environmental pricing reform is the process of adjusting market prices to include environmental costs and benefits.
Environmental pricing reform is the process of adjusting market prices to include environmental costs and benefits.
Environmental Profit and Loss Account
An Environmental Profit and Loss Account is a company’s monetary valuation and analysis of its environmental impacts including its business operations and its supply chain from cradle-to-gate.
An Environmental Profit and Loss Account is a company’s monetary valuation and analysis of its environmental impacts including its business operations and its supply chain from cradle-to-gate.
Environmental resources management
Environmental resource management is not, as the phrase could suggest, the management of the environment as such, but rather the management of interaction by the modern human societies with,...
Environmental resource management is not, as the phrase could suggest, the management of the environment as such, but rather the management of interaction by the modern human societies with,...
Environmental space
The concept of environmental space is the amount of any particular resource that can be consumed by a country without threatening the continued availability of that resource, assuming that every...
The concept of environmental space is the amount of any particular resource that can be consumed by a country without threatening the continued availability of that resource, assuming that every...
Environmental tariff
An Environmental tariff, also known as a green tariff or eco-tariff, is an import or export tax placed on products being imported from, or also being sent to countries with substanda...
An Environmental tariff, also known as a green tariff or eco-tariff, is an import or export tax placed on products being imported from, or also being sent to countries with substanda...
European Climate Change Programme
The European Climate Change Programme was launched in June 2000 by the European Union's European Commission.
The European Climate Change Programme was launched in June 2000 by the European Union's European Commission.
Existence value
Existence values are an unusual and somewhat controversial class of economic value, reflecting the benefit people receive from knowing that a particular environmental resource, such as Antarctic...
Existence values are an unusual and somewhat controversial class of economic value, reflecting the benefit people receive from knowing that a particular environmental resource, such as Antarctic...
Export Land Model
The Export Land Model, or Export-Land Model, refers to work done by Dallas geologist Jeffrey Brown, building on the work of others, and discussed widely on The Oil Drum.
The Export Land Model, or Export-Land Model, refers to work done by Dallas geologist Jeffrey Brown, building on the work of others, and discussed widely on The Oil Drum.
Externality
In economics, an externality, or transaction spillover, is a cost or benefit that is not transmitted through prices and is incurred by a party who did not agree to the action causing the c...
In economics, an externality, or transaction spillover, is a cost or benefit that is not transmitted through prices and is incurred by a party who did not agree to the action causing the c...
Factor 5 (book)
Factor 5: Transforming the Global Economy through 80% Increase in Resource Productivity is a 2009 book by Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker and an Australian team at The Natural Edge Project.
Factor 5: Transforming the Global Economy through 80% Increase in Resource Productivity is a 2009 book by Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker and an Australian team at The Natural Edge Project.
Feed-in tariff
A feed-in tariff (FIT, standard offer contract advanced renewable tariff or renewable energy payments) is a policy mechanism designed to accelerate investment in renewabl...
A feed-in tariff (FIT, standard offer contract advanced renewable tariff or renewable energy payments) is a policy mechanism designed to accelerate investment in renewabl...
Fiscal environmentalism
Fiscal Environmentalism is a hybrid term of two traditional and often conflicting philosophies, environmentalism and fiscal conservatism, created to emphasize the growing understanding of the mi...
Fiscal Environmentalism is a hybrid term of two traditional and often conflicting philosophies, environmentalism and fiscal conservatism, created to emphasize the growing understanding of the mi...
Flexible Mechanisms
Flexible mechanisms, also sometimes known as Flexibility Mechanisms or Kyoto Mechanisms), refers to Emissions Trading, the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation.
Flexible mechanisms, also sometimes known as Flexibility Mechanisms or Kyoto Mechanisms), refers to Emissions Trading, the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation.
Forests Now Declaration
The Forests Now Declaration is a declaration that advocates using carbon credits to protect tropical forests.
The Forests Now Declaration is a declaration that advocates using carbon credits to protect tropical forests.
Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment
The Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment, based in Bozeman, Montana, is an American think-tank that promotes free-market environmentalism.
The Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment, based in Bozeman, Montana, is an American think-tank that promotes free-market environmentalism.
Free-market environmentalism
Free-market environmentalism is the political position that argues that the free market, property rights, and tort law provide the best means of preserving the environment.
Free-market environmentalism is the political position that argues that the free market, property rights, and tort law provide the best means of preserving the environment.
Fundamental human needs
Fundamental human needs, according to the school of "Human Scale Development" developed by Manfred Max-Neef and others (Antonio Elizalde and Martin Hopenhayn), are seen as ontological (stemming ...
Fundamental human needs, according to the school of "Human Scale Development" developed by Manfred Max-Neef and others (Antonio Elizalde and Martin Hopenhayn), are seen as ontological (stemming ...
Future studies
Futures studies (also called futurology) is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futures studies (also called futurology) is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futures studies
Futures studies (also called futurology) is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futures studies (also called futurology) is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futurology
Futurology is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futurology is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Gas depletion
Gas depletion is the inescapable result of extracting and consuming natural gas since it is a nonrenewable natural resource.
Gas depletion is the inescapable result of extracting and consuming natural gas since it is a nonrenewable natural resource.
Gashole
GasHole is a 2008 documentary film about the history of Oil prices and the future of alternative fuels which was released directly to DVD. The film detailed the dependency of United states o...
GasHole is a 2008 documentary film about the history of Oil prices and the future of alternative fuels which was released directly to DVD. The film detailed the dependency of United states o...
German Renewable Energy Act
The German Renewable Energy Act (in German: Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, EEG) was designed to encourage cost reductions based on improved energy efficiency from economies of scale over time.
The German Renewable Energy Act (in German: Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, EEG) was designed to encourage cost reductions based on improved energy efficiency from economies of scale over time.
Global Development and Environment Institute
The Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE, pronounced “gee-day”) is a research center at Tufts University founded in 1993.
The Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE, pronounced “gee-day”) is a research center at Tufts University founded in 1993.
Global Reporting Initiative
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a non-profit organization that promotes economic sustainability.
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a non-profit organization that promotes economic sustainability.
Green accounting
Green accounting is a type of accounting that attempts to factor environmental costs into the financial results of operations.* It has been argued that gross domestic product ignores the environ...
Green accounting is a type of accounting that attempts to factor environmental costs into the financial results of operations.* It has been argued that gross domestic product ignores the environ...
Green certificate
A Green Certificate - terminology used in Europe - also known as Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) in the USA, are a tradable commodity proving that certain electricity is generated usi...
A Green Certificate - terminology used in Europe - also known as Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) in the USA, are a tradable commodity proving that certain electricity is generated usi...
Green economy
The green economy is one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological green economy is an economy or economic dev...
The green economy is one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological green economy is an economy or economic dev...
Green Growth
Green Growth is a term to describe a path of economic growth which uses natural resources in a sustainable manner.
Green Growth is a term to describe a path of economic growth which uses natural resources in a sustainable manner.
Green Investment Bank
Green Investment Bank is a funding scheme initiated in 2010 by the British government and assigned the task of attracting private funds for the financing of the British private sector's investme...
Green Investment Bank is a funding scheme initiated in 2010 by the British government and assigned the task of attracting private funds for the financing of the British private sector's investme...
Green job
A green job, also called a green-collar job is, according to the United Nations Environment Program, "work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development (R&D), administrative, a...
A green job, also called a green-collar job is, according to the United Nations Environment Program, "work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development (R&D), administrative, a...
Green New Deal
The Green New Deal is a proposed set of policy proposals that aims to address global warming, and financial crises.
The Green New Deal is a proposed set of policy proposals that aims to address global warming, and financial crises.
Green paradox
The Green Paradox is a phrase coined by German economist Hans-Werner Sinn to describe the fact that an environmental policy that becomes greener with the passage of time acts like an announced e...
The Green Paradox is a phrase coined by German economist Hans-Werner Sinn to describe the fact that an environmental policy that becomes greener with the passage of time acts like an announced e...
Green state
The green state or green democratic state is a concept of government where the regulatory ideals and democratic procedures of the democratic state are infomed by ecological democracy.
The green state or green democratic state is a concept of government where the regulatory ideals and democratic procedures of the democratic state are infomed by ecological democracy.
Gross national happiness
The assessment of gross national happiness (GNH; Dzongkha: རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་དགའ་སྐྱིད་དཔལ་འཛོམས་; Wylie: rgyal-yongs dga'a-skyid dpal-'dzoms) was designed in an attempt to define an indicator...
The assessment of gross national happiness (GNH; Dzongkha: རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་དགའ་སྐྱིད་དཔལ་འཛོམས་; Wylie: rgyal-yongs dga'a-skyid dpal-'dzoms) was designed in an attempt to define an indicator...
Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
The Gund Institute for Ecological Economics (GIEE) is an environmental institute housed at The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont.
The Gund Institute for Ecological Economics (GIEE) is an environmental institute housed at The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont.
Harrington paradox
Harrington paradox is a notion in the environmental and ecological economics describing the compliance of firms to the environmental regulations.
Harrington paradox is a notion in the environmental and ecological economics describing the compliance of firms to the environmental regulations.
Herman Daly
Herman Daly (born 1938) is an American ecological economist and professor at the School of Public Policy of University of Maryland, College Park in the United States.
Herman Daly (born 1938) is an American ecological economist and professor at the School of Public Policy of University of Maryland, College Park in the United States.
Hirsch report
The Hirsch report, the commonly referred to name for the report Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation, and Risk Management, was created by request for the US Department of E...
The Hirsch report, the commonly referred to name for the report Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation, and Risk Management, was created by request for the US Department of E...
Hot air
Hot air in economics refers to the Assigned Amount Units (AAU) credits given for the reduction of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions among the former Soviet Bloc countries since 1990.
Hot air in economics refers to the Assigned Amount Units (AAU) credits given for the reduction of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions among the former Soviet Bloc countries since 1990.
Hot air (economics)
Hot air in economics refers to the Assigned Amount Units (AAU) credits given for the reduction of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions among the former Soviet Bloc countries since 1990.
Hot air in economics refers to the Assigned Amount Units (AAU) credits given for the reduction of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions among the former Soviet Bloc countries since 1990.
Hot stain
A hot stain is a region of the world where safe drinking water has been depleted.
A hot stain is a region of the world where safe drinking water has been depleted.
Hubbert peak theory
The Hubbert peak theory says that for any given geographical area, from an individual oil-producing region to the planet as a whole, the rate of petroleum production tends to follow a bell-sha...
The Hubbert peak theory says that for any given geographical area, from an individual oil-producing region to the planet as a whole, the rate of petroleum production tends to follow a bell-sha...
Human Ecology, Human Economy
Human Ecology, Human Economy: Ideas for an Ecologically Sustainable Future is a 1997 book edited by Mark Diesendorf and Clive Hamilton.
Human Ecology, Human Economy: Ideas for an Ecologically Sustainable Future is a 1997 book edited by Mark Diesendorf and Clive Hamilton.
Impact investing
Impact investing refers to investments made based on the practice of assessing not only the financial return on investment, but also the social and environmental impacts of the investment that h...
Impact investing refers to investments made based on the practice of assessing not only the financial return on investment, but also the social and environmental impacts of the investment that h...
Industrial ecology
Industrial Ecology is the study of material and energy flows through industrial systems.
Industrial Ecology is the study of material and energy flows through industrial systems.
International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance
The International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance is a non-profit membership organisation which promotes best practice across the voluntary carbon market.
The International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance is a non-profit membership organisation which promotes best practice across the voluntary carbon market.
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an international non-governmental research organization located in Laxenburg, near Vienna, in Austria.
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an international non-governmental research organization located in Laxenburg, near Vienna, in Austria.
International Society for Ecological Economics
The International Society for Ecological Economics was founded in 1989 to promote Ecological Economics and assist ecological economists and related societes.
The International Society for Ecological Economics was founded in 1989 to promote Ecological Economics and assist ecological economists and related societes.
ISO 14000
The ISO 14000 environmental management standards exist to help organizations (a) minimize how their operations (processes etc.) negatively affect the environment (i.e.
The ISO 14000 environmental management standards exist to help organizations (a) minimize how their operations (processes etc.) negatively affect the environment (i.e.
ISO 14031
The ISO 14031: 1999 Environmental management - Environmental Performance Evaluation – Guidelines gives guidance on the design and use of environmental performance evaluation, and on identificati...
The ISO 14031: 1999 Environmental management - Environmental Performance Evaluation – Guidelines gives guidance on the design and use of environmental performance evaluation, and on identificati...
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management is a peer-reviewed journal of environmental economics published six times per year.
The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management is a peer-reviewed journal of environmental economics published six times per year.
Kauaian Institute
The Kauaian Institute is a group which advises corporations and community groups on sustainability in Hawaii.
The Kauaian Institute is a group which advises corporations and community groups on sustainability in Hawaii.
Kaya identity
The Kaya identity is an equation relating factors that determine the level of human impact on climate, in the form of emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
The Kaya identity is an equation relating factors that determine the level of human impact on climate, in the form of emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
Kenneth E. Boulding
Kenneth Ewart Boulding was an economist, educator, peace activist, poet, religious mystic, devoted Quaker, systems scientist, and interdisciplinary philosopher.
Kenneth Ewart Boulding was an economist, educator, peace activist, poet, religious mystic, devoted Quaker, systems scientist, and interdisciplinary philosopher.
Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit
Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World is a 2010 book by Tom Rand.
Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World is a 2010 book by Tom Rand.
KRAV (agriculture)
KRAV is a Swedish organization that develops and maintains regulations for ecological sustainable agriculture.
KRAV is a Swedish organization that develops and maintains regulations for ecological sustainable agriculture.
Kuznets curve
A Kuznets curve is the graphical representation of Simon Kuznets' hypothesis that as a country develops, there is a natural cycle of economic inequality driven by market forces which at first in...
A Kuznets curve is the graphical representation of Simon Kuznets' hypothesis that as a country develops, there is a natural cycle of economic inequality driven by market forces which at first in...
Land Economics
Land Economics is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the study of land use, natural resources, public utilities, housing, and urban land issues.
Land Economics is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the study of land use, natural resources, public utilities, housing, and urban land issues.
Land economy
Land economy is the study of law, economics, and the environment insofar as they relate to land usage and development.
Land economy is the study of law, economics, and the environment insofar as they relate to land usage and development.
Manfred Max Neef
Artur Manfred Max Neef is a Chilean economist and environmentalist mainly known for his human development model based on Fundamental human needs.
Artur Manfred Max Neef is a Chilean economist and environmentalist mainly known for his human development model based on Fundamental human needs.
Marian Chertow
Marian Chertow is an American academic specializing in Environmental management.
Marian Chertow is an American academic specializing in Environmental management.
Market-based environmental policy instruments
In environmental law and policy, market-based instruments are policy instruments that use markets, price, and other economic variables to provide incentives for polluters to reduce or eliminate ...
In environmental law and policy, market-based instruments are policy instruments that use markets, price, and other economic variables to provide incentives for polluters to reduce or eliminate ...
Market-based instruments
Market-based instruments (MBIs) are policy instruments that use price or other economic variables to provide incentives for polluters to reduce harmful emissions.
Market-based instruments (MBIs) are policy instruments that use price or other economic variables to provide incentives for polluters to reduce harmful emissions.
Missing market
A missing market is a situation in microeconomics where a competitive market allowing the exchange of a commodity would be Pareto-efficient, but no such market exists.
A missing market is a situation in microeconomics where a competitive market allowing the exchange of a commodity would be Pareto-efficient, but no such market exists.
Mitigation banking
Mitigation banking is the restoration, creation, enhancement, or preservation of a wetland, stream, or habitat conservation area which offsets expected adverse impacts to similar nearby ecosystems.
Mitigation banking is the restoration, creation, enhancement, or preservation of a wetland, stream, or habitat conservation area which offsets expected adverse impacts to similar nearby ecosystems.
Mitigation of peak oil
The mitigation of peak oil is the attempt to delay the date and minimize the social and economic impact of peak oil by reducing the world's consumption and reliance on petroleum.
The mitigation of peak oil is the attempt to delay the date and minimize the social and economic impact of peak oil by reducing the world's consumption and reliance on petroleum.
Mobile Emission Reduction Credit
A Mobile Emission Reduction Credit (MERC) is an emission reduction credit generated within the transportation sector.
A Mobile Emission Reduction Credit (MERC) is an emission reduction credit generated within the transportation sector.
Mobile emission reduction credit
A mobile emission reduction credit is an emission reduction credit generated within the transportation sector.
A mobile emission reduction credit is an emission reduction credit generated within the transportation sector.
Molly Scott Cato
Molly Scott Cato Ph.D. is green economist and prominent member of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Molly Scott Cato Ph.D. is green economist and prominent member of the Green Party of England and Wales.
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
Emerging from the famous Brundtland Report, Our Common Future, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy is a model for convening diverse and competing interests around one tab...
Emerging from the famous Brundtland Report, Our Common Future, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy is a model for convening diverse and competing interests around one tab...
Nationalization of oil supplies
The nationalisation of oil supplies refers to the process of deprivatization of oil production operations, generally in the purpose of obtaining more revenue from oil for oil producing countries.
The nationalisation of oil supplies refers to the process of deprivatization of oil production operations, generally in the purpose of obtaining more revenue from oil for oil producing countries.
Natural capital
Natural capital is the extension of the economic notion of capital (manufactured means of production) to goods and services relating to the natural environment.
Natural capital is the extension of the economic notion of capital (manufactured means of production) to goods and services relating to the natural environment.
Natural resource economics
Natural resource economics deals with the supply, demand, and allocation of the Earth's natural resources.
Natural resource economics deals with the supply, demand, and allocation of the Earth's natural resources.
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, born Nicolae Georgescu was a Romanian American mathematician, statistician and economist, best known for his 1971 magnum opus The Entropy Law and the Economic ...
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, born Nicolae Georgescu was a Romanian American mathematician, statistician and economist, best known for his 1971 magnum opus The Entropy Law and the Economic ...
Non-Proliferation Trust
The Non-Proliferation Trust is a U.S. Not-for-profit corporation that, at the beginning of the 21st century, advocated storing 10,000 tons of U.S. nuclear waste in Russia for a fee of $15 billio...
The Non-Proliferation Trust is a U.S. Not-for-profit corporation that, at the beginning of the 21st century, advocated storing 10,000 tons of U.S. nuclear waste in Russia for a fee of $15 billio...
Ocean disposal of radioactive waste
From 1946 through 1993, thirteen countries (fourteen, if the USSR and Russia are considered separately) used ocean disposal or ocean dumping as a method to dispose of nuclear/radioactive waste.
From 1946 through 1993, thirteen countries (fourteen, if the USSR and Russia are considered separately) used ocean disposal or ocean dumping as a method to dispose of nuclear/radioactive waste.
Organica Technologies
Organica Technologies is an organization that builds wastewater treatment plantsthat can be used in agriculture, irrigation or municipal areas using patented technology.
Organica Technologies is an organization that builds wastewater treatment plantsthat can be used in agriculture, irrigation or municipal areas using patented technology.
Organization & Environment
Organization & Environment is an international journal focused on ecosocial research, emphasizing studies on organizations, institutions, and nature.
Organization & Environment is an international journal focused on ecosocial research, emphasizing studies on organizations, institutions, and nature.
Payment for ecosystem services
Payments for ecosystem services, also known as payments for environmental services, is the practice of offering incentives to farmers or landowners in exchange for managing their land to p...
Payments for ecosystem services, also known as payments for environmental services, is the practice of offering incentives to farmers or landowners in exchange for managing their land to p...
Peak car
Peak car is a hypothesis that motor vehicle distance traveled per head of population, predominantly by private car, has peaked in at least eight major developed countries.
Peak car is a hypothesis that motor vehicle distance traveled per head of population, predominantly by private car, has peaked in at least eight major developed countries.
Peak coal
Peak coal is the point in time at which the maximum global coal production rate is reached, after which, according to the theory, the rate of production will enter to a terminal decline.
Peak coal is the point in time at which the maximum global coal production rate is reached, after which, according to the theory, the rate of production will enter to a terminal decline.
Peak copper
Peak copper is the point in time at which the maximum global copper production rate is reached.
Peak copper is the point in time at which the maximum global copper production rate is reached.
Peak gas
Peak gas is the point in time at which the maximum global natural gas production rate is reached, after which the rate of production enters its terminal decline.
Peak gas is the point in time at which the maximum global natural gas production rate is reached, after which the rate of production enters its terminal decline.
Peak minerals
Peak minerals marks the point in time when the largest national production of a mineral will occur, with production declining in subsequent years.
Peak minerals marks the point in time when the largest national production of a mineral will occur, with production declining in subsequent years.
Peak oil
Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production is expected to enter terminal decline.
Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production is expected to enter terminal decline.
Peak uranium
Peak uranium is the point in time that the maximum global uranium production rate is reached.
Peak uranium is the point in time that the maximum global uranium production rate is reached.
Peak water
The term Peak Water has been put forward as a concept to help understand growing constraints on the availability, quality, and use of freshwater resources.
The term Peak Water has been put forward as a concept to help understand growing constraints on the availability, quality, and use of freshwater resources.
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
An Environmental Site Assessment is a report prepared for a real estate holding which identifies potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities.
An Environmental Site Assessment is a report prepared for a real estate holding which identifies potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities.
Phase I environmental site assessment
In the United States, an environmental site assessment is a report prepared for a real estate holding which identifies potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities.
In the United States, an environmental site assessment is a report prepared for a real estate holding which identifies potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities.
Pigou Club
The Pigou Club is described as "an elite group of economists and pundits who have publicly advocated higher Pigovian taxes, such as gasoline taxes or carbon taxes."
The Pigou Club is described as "an elite group of economists and pundits who have publicly advocated higher Pigovian taxes, such as gasoline taxes or carbon taxes."
Polluter pays principle
In environmental law, the polluter pays principle is enacted to make the party responsible for producing pollution responsible for paying for the damage done to the natural environment.
In environmental law, the polluter pays principle is enacted to make the party responsible for producing pollution responsible for paying for the damage done to the natural environment.
Pollution haven theory
Pollution haven theory posits that foreign investors from industrial countries are attracted to weak environmental regulations in developing countries.
Pollution haven theory posits that foreign investors from industrial countries are attracted to weak environmental regulations in developing countries.
Porter Hypothesis
According to the Porter Hypothesis, strict environmental regulations can induce efficiency and encourage innovations that help improve commercial competitiveness.
According to the Porter Hypothesis, strict environmental regulations can induce efficiency and encourage innovations that help improve commercial competitiveness.
Preorder Economy
A preorder economy is a type of proposed future economy where the exact demand for goods is known ahead of time, before any material production takes place.
A preorder economy is a type of proposed future economy where the exact demand for goods is known ahead of time, before any material production takes place.
Preorder economy
A preorder economy is a type of proposed future economy where the exact demand for goods is known ahead of time, before any material production takes place.
A preorder economy is a type of proposed future economy where the exact demand for goods is known ahead of time, before any material production takes place.
Prior-appropriation water rights
Prior appropriation water rights, sometimes known as the Colorado Doctrine in reference to the U.S. Supreme Court case Wyoming v. Colorado, is a system of allocating water rights from ...
Prior appropriation water rights, sometimes known as the Colorado Doctrine in reference to the U.S. Supreme Court case Wyoming v. Colorado, is a system of allocating water rights from ...
Radioactive waste
Radioactive wastes are wastes that contain radioactive material.
Radioactive wastes are wastes that contain radioactive material.
Regenerative Economic Theory
Regenerative economics is an economic system that works to regenerate capital assets.
Regenerative economics is an economic system that works to regenerate capital assets.
Regenerative economic theory
Regenerative economics is an economic system that works to regenerate capital assets.
Regenerative economics is an economic system that works to regenerate capital assets.
Removal Units
A Removal Unit (RMU) is a tradable carbon credit or 'Kyoto unit' representing an allowance to emit one metric tonne of greenhouse gases absorbed by a removal or Carbon sink activity in an Annex ...
A Removal Unit (RMU) is a tradable carbon credit or 'Kyoto unit' representing an allowance to emit one metric tonne of greenhouse gases absorbed by a removal or Carbon sink activity in an Annex ...
Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a special report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN) on May 9, 2011.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a special report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN) on May 9, 2011.
Resource intensity
Resource intensity is a measure of the resources needed for the production, processing and disposal of a unit of good or service, or for the completion of a process or activity; it is therefore ...
Resource intensity is a measure of the resources needed for the production, processing and disposal of a unit of good or service, or for the completion of a process or activity; it is therefore ...
Resource productivity
Resource productivity is the quantity of good or service that is obtained through the expenditure of unit resource.
Resource productivity is the quantity of good or service that is obtained through the expenditure of unit resource.
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
The Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (REEP) is a peer-reviewed journal of environmental economics published twice each year.
The Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (REEP) is a peer-reviewed journal of environmental economics published twice each year.
Riparian water rights
Riparian water rights is a system of allocating water among those who possess land about its source.
Riparian water rights is a system of allocating water among those who possess land about its source.
Robert Costanza
Robert Costanza is an American ecological economist and the Director of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions and a University Professor of Sustainability at Portland State University in O...
Robert Costanza is an American ecological economist and the Director of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions and a University Professor of Sustainability at Portland State University in O...
Socially responsible investing
Socially responsible investing (SRI), also known as sustainable, socially conscious, green or ethical investing, is any investment strategy which seeks to consider both financial return a...
Socially responsible investing (SRI), also known as sustainable, socially conscious, green or ethical investing, is any investment strategy which seeks to consider both financial return a...
Stanislav Edward Shmelev
Dr Stanislav Edward Shmelev is an ecological economist affiliated with the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), currently holding a position of a Director of an NGO Environment...
Dr Stanislav Edward Shmelev is an ecological economist affiliated with the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), currently holding a position of a Director of an NGO Environment...
State of the World 2008
State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy was a book published by the Worldwatch Institute in January 2008.
State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy was a book published by the Worldwatch Institute in January 2008.
State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability
State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability (ISBN 978-0-393-33726-6) is a book by Worldwatch Institute, published by W. W. Norton & Company.
State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability (ISBN 978-0-393-33726-6) is a book by Worldwatch Institute, published by W. W. Norton & Company.
Steady state economy
A steady state economy is an economy of relatively stable size.
A steady state economy is an economy of relatively stable size.
Stern Review
The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change is a 700-page report released for the British government on 30 October 2006 by economist Nicholas Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Instit...
The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change is a 700-page report released for the British government on 30 October 2006 by economist Nicholas Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Instit...
Strategic Sustainable Investing
Strategic Sustainable Investing (SSI) is an investment strategy that recognizes and rewards leading companies that are moving society towards sustainability.
Strategic Sustainable Investing (SSI) is an investment strategy that recognizes and rewards leading companies that are moving society towards sustainability.
Strategic sustainable investing
Strategic sustainable investing is an investment strategy that recognizes and rewards leading companies that are moving society towards sustainability.
Strategic sustainable investing is an investment strategy that recognizes and rewards leading companies that are moving society towards sustainability.
Summers memo
The Summers memo was a 1991 memo on trade liberalization that was written by Lant Pritchett and signed by Lawrence Summers while the latter was Chief Economist of the World Bank.
The Summers memo was a 1991 memo on trade liberalization that was written by Lant Pritchett and signed by Lawrence Summers while the latter was Chief Economist of the World Bank.
Sustainable national income
Sustainable national income, (SNI) is an indicator for environmental sustainability.
Sustainable national income, (SNI) is an indicator for environmental sustainability.
Sustainable tourism
Sustainable tourism is a destination management service that accomplishes sustainable endogenous economic development by enticing and retaining a tourist to that destination by captivating model...
Sustainable tourism is a destination management service that accomplishes sustainable endogenous economic development by enticing and retaining a tourist to that destination by captivating model...
The Clean Tech Revolution
The Clean Tech Revolution is a 2007 book by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder, who say that commercializing clean technologies is a profitable enterprise that is moving steadily into mainstream b...
The Clean Tech Revolution is a 2007 book by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder, who say that commercializing clean technologies is a profitable enterprise that is moving steadily into mainstream b...
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity study is an international initiative to draw attention to the global economic benefits of biodiversity.
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity study is an international initiative to draw attention to the global economic benefits of biodiversity.
The Green Collar Economy
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems is a 2008 book by Van Jones.
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems is a 2008 book by Van Jones.
The Green Economist
The Green Economist (ISSN 1751-0562) is a news journal, published independently by the Green Economics Institute.
The Green Economist (ISSN 1751-0562) is a news journal, published independently by the Green Economics Institute.
The Green State
The green state or green democratic state is a concept of government where the regulatory ideals and democratic procedures of the democratic state are infomed by ecological democracy.
The green state or green democratic state is a concept of government where the regulatory ideals and democratic procedures of the democratic state are infomed by ecological democracy.
The Hartwell Paper
The Hartwell Paper calls for a reorientation of climate policy after the perceived failure in 2009 of the UNFCCC climate conference in Copenhagen.
The Hartwell Paper calls for a reorientation of climate policy after the perceived failure in 2009 of the UNFCCC climate conference in Copenhagen.
Thermoeconomics
Thermoeconomics, also referred to as biophysical economics, is a school of heterodox economics that applies the laws of thermodynamics to economic theory.
Thermoeconomics, also referred to as biophysical economics, is a school of heterodox economics that applies the laws of thermodynamics to economic theory.
Tim Jackson (economist)
Tim Jackson is a british ecological economist and Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey.
Tim Jackson is a british ecological economist and Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey.
Tim Jackson (environmental economist)
Tim Jackson is Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey; he was the first person in Britain to hold a chair in this subject.
Tim Jackson is Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey; he was the first person in Britain to hold a chair in this subject.
Total Economic Value
Total Economic Value (TEV) appears in environmental economics as an aggregation of the main function based values provided by a given ecosystem.
Total Economic Value (TEV) appears in environmental economics as an aggregation of the main function based values provided by a given ecosystem.
Total economic value
Total economic value is a concept in cost benefit analysis that refers to the value derived by people from a natural resource, a man-made heritage resource or an infrastructure system, compared ...
Total economic value is a concept in cost benefit analysis that refers to the value derived by people from a natural resource, a man-made heritage resource or an infrastructure system, compared ...
Tradable smoking pollution permits
Tradable smoking pollution permits were proposed by the economists Robert Haveman and John Mullahy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an alternative to smoking bans to solve the problem o...
Tradable smoking pollution permits were proposed by the economists Robert Haveman and John Mullahy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an alternative to smoking bans to solve the problem o...
Tragedy of the commons
The tragedy of the commons is a dilemma arising from the situation in which multiple individuals, acting independently and rationally consulting their own self-interest, will ultimately deplete ...
The tragedy of the commons is a dilemma arising from the situation in which multiple individuals, acting independently and rationally consulting their own self-interest, will ultimately deplete ...
Travel cost analysis
The travel cost method of economic valuation, travel cost analysis, or Clawson Method is a Revealed preference method of economic valuation used in cost benefit analysis to calculate...
The travel cost method of economic valuation, travel cost analysis, or Clawson Method is a Revealed preference method of economic valuation used in cost benefit analysis to calculate...
Trophy property
A trophy property is a real estate term sometimes used to describe the top 2% of properties within a given subcategory, although the term is typically used in reference to residences, architectu...
A trophy property is a real estate term sometimes used to describe the top 2% of properties within a given subcategory, although the term is typically used in reference to residences, architectu...
Tyranny of small decisions
The tyranny of small decisions refers to a phenomenon explored in an essay by that name, published in 1966 by the American economist Alfred E. Kahn.
The tyranny of small decisions refers to a phenomenon explored in an essay by that name, published in 1966 by the American economist Alfred E. Kahn.
UK Emissions Trading Scheme
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme was a voluntary emissions trading system created as a pilot prior to the mandatory European Union Emissions Trading Scheme which it now runs in parallel with.
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme was a voluntary emissions trading system created as a pilot prior to the mandatory European Union Emissions Trading Scheme which it now runs in parallel with.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, informally known as t...
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, informally known as t...
Value of Earth
In green economics, value of Earth is the ultimate in ecosystem valuation, and important to value of life calculations.
In green economics, value of Earth is the ultimate in ecosystem valuation, and important to value of life calculations.
Vulnerability index
A vulnerability index is a measure of the exposure of a population to some hazard.
A vulnerability index is a measure of the exposure of a population to some hazard.
Water pricing
Water pricing is a term that covers various processes to assign a price to water.
Water pricing is a term that covers various processes to assign a price to water.
Water stress
Researchers define water stress and water scarcity in different ways.
Researchers define water stress and water scarcity in different ways.
Weak sustainability (ecological economics)
Weak sustainability is a paradigm within ecological economics which holds the position that 'human capital' is directly substitutable for 'natural capital'.
Weak sustainability is a paradigm within ecological economics which holds the position that 'human capital' is directly substitutable for 'natural capital'.
Weighted average cost of carbon
The Weighted average cost of carbon is used in finance to measure a firm's specific cost of carbon.
The Weighted average cost of carbon is used in finance to measure a firm's specific cost of carbon.
White certificates
In environmental policy, white certificates are documents certifying that a certain reduction of energy consumption has been attained.
In environmental policy, white certificates are documents certifying that a certain reduction of energy consumption has been attained.
Wonderland Model
Wonderland is a integrated mathematical model used for studying phenomena in sustainable development.
Wonderland is a integrated mathematical model used for studying phenomena in sustainable development.
Wonderland model
Wonderland is a integrated mathematical model used for studying phenomena in sustainable development.
Wonderland is a integrated mathematical model used for studying phenomena in sustainable development.
Wood economy
The existence of a wood economy, or more correctly, a forest economy, is a prominent matter in many developing countries as well as in many other nations with temperate climate and especia...
The existence of a wood economy, or more correctly, a forest economy, is a prominent matter in many developing countries as well as in many other nations with temperate climate and especia...
World Ecological Forum
The World Ecological Forum is an independent and non-profit organization that is headquartered in Visby, Gotland, the biggest island in Sweden.
The World Ecological Forum is an independent and non-profit organization that is headquartered in Visby, Gotland, the biggest island in Sweden.
World3
The World3 model was a computer simulation of interactions between population, industrial growth, food production and limits in the ecosystems of the Earth.
The World3 model was a computer simulation of interactions between population, industrial growth, food production and limits in the ecosystems of the Earth.
World3 nonrenewable resource sector
The world3 nonrenewable resource sector is the portion of the world3 model that simulates the nonrenewable resources.
The world3 nonrenewable resource sector is the portion of the world3 model that simulates the nonrenewable resources.
Xerochore
XEROCHORE is a Support Action – An Exercise to Assess Research Needs and Policy Choices in Areas of Drought – founded by European Commission under the FP7-Theme 6, Environment (Including C...
XEROCHORE is a Support Action – An Exercise to Assess Research Needs and Policy Choices in Areas of Drought – founded by European Commission under the FP7-Theme 6, Environment (Including C...