Sustainable Energy Policies in Developing Countries: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities

Energies, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 16(18), С. 6682 - 6682

Опубликована: Сен. 18, 2023

This contribution offers a thorough analysis of challenges and opportunities related to the adoption sustainable energy policies in specific developing countries (i.e., Albania, Brazil, India, Kenya). The use renewable sources must be increased if world is meet its climate goals alleviate negative effects fossil fuel consumption. However, due fiscal restrictions, institutional barriers, technology limitations, face particular adopting such policies. In order help these move towards future, this study analyses issues suggests viable solutions for policymakers.

Язык: Английский

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Resource industry dependence and high-quality economic development of Chinese style: Reexamining the effect of the “Resource Curse”

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 68, С. 1 - 16

Опубликована: Сен. 26, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Integrated water resources management and the land‐water nexus: A South African perspective

World Water Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 10(3), С. 755 - 779

Опубликована: Май 31, 2024

Abstract As a source of diffuse pollution, land use/land cover (LULC) can have profound impacts on water quality. Accordingly, the importance managing land‐water nexus is often emphasized in rhetoric Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). Several authors, however, cautioned that this need frequently overlooked practice. This partly because stakeholders and policymakers are not equipped with clear accessible information about LULC resources consequent to manage both sustainable coordinated manner. The result persistent sectoral fragmentation management these two resources, concomitant failure develop proactive data‐driven catchment strategies. Aimed principally at academics, researchers, policymakers, article argues there an urgent need, especially developing countries such as South Africa, for ongoing research into resources. More particularly, accurate models will provide motivation, knowledge, understanding necessary effective, informed, A do so, illustrated by current situation may dire socioeconomic ecological consequences.

Язык: Английский

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Institutional Design of Collaborative Water Governance: The River Chief System in China

Environmental Policy and Governance, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 20, 2025

ABSTRACT Collaborative governance has been increasingly applied in the field of water governance. However, this approach is often criticized for overlooking political nature and necessity collaboration across multiple dimensions. The river chief system (RCS) China represents a collaborative designed to address challenges Chinese sector ultimately combat its severe pollution. This study develops conceptual framework analyze institutional design RCS examine effectiveness structuring vertical, horizontal, territorial collaborations local Taking Xiamen as case study, we find that public entities predominantly engage initiatives mandated by higher‐level authorities, while between state nonstate actors mainly focus on information collection environmental education. processes under are characterized unchallenged authority leaders, exclusive decision‐making mechanisms, restricted flows, implicit pay‐off structures, limited involvement actors. Consequently, falls short fostering effective multidimensional among diverse contributes literature offering insights into within an authoritarian context sheds lights China's recent reforms

Язык: Английский

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Early knowledge but delays in climate actions: An ecocide case against both transnational oil corporations and national governments

Environmental Science & Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 161, С. 103880 - 103880

Опубликована: Сен. 4, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Optimization Examples for Water Allocation, Energy, Carbon Emissions, and Costs

Encyclopedia, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 4(1), С. 295 - 312

Опубликована: Фев. 8, 2024

The field of Water Resources Management (WRM) is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary, realizing its direct connections with energy, food, and social economic sciences, among others. Computationally, this leads to more complex models, wherein the achievement multiple goals sought. Optimization processes have found various applications in such WRM problems. This entry considers main factors involved modern WRM, puts them a single optimization problem, including water allocation from different sources uses non-renewable renewable energy supplies, their associated carbon emissions costs. explores problem mathematically by presenting approaches, as linear, fuzzy, dynamic, goal, non-linear programming models. Furthermore, codes for each model are provided Python, an open-source language. has educational character, examples presented easily reproducible, so expected be useful resource students, modelers, researchers, managers.

Язык: Английский

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Scenario Storyline Discovery for Planning in Multi‐Actor Human‐Natural Systems Confronting Change

Earth s Future, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(9)

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2024

Abstract Scenarios have emerged as valuable tools in managing complex human‐natural systems, but the traditional approach of limiting focus on a small number predetermined scenarios can inadvertently miss consequential dynamics, extremes, and diverse stakeholder impacts. Exploratory modeling approaches been developed to address these issues by exploring wide range possible futures identifying those that yield vulnerabilities. However, vulnerabilities are typically identified based aggregate robustness measures do not take full advantage richness underlying dynamics large ensembles model simulations make it hard identify key and/or storylines guide planning or further analyses. This study introduces FRamework for Narrative Storylines Impact Classification (FRNSIC; pronounced “forensic”): scenario discovery framework addresses challenges organizing investigating using hierarchical classification outcomes across actors, sectors, scales, while also aiding selection storylines, system drive outcomes. We present an application this Upper Colorado River Basin, focusing decadal droughts their water scarcity implications basin's users its obligations downstream states through Lake Powell. show how FRNSIC explore alternative sets impact metrics drought use them be used inform future adaptation planning.

Язык: Английский

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State-centric water governance and ineffective coordination: developing a context-sensitive assessment in Iran’s rentier state

International Journal of Water Resources Development, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 40(4), С. 578 - 603

Опубликована: Март 6, 2024

Water reforms fail mainly because stubborn contextual constraints are not effectively considered. This study proposes a context-sensitive water governance assessment by designing comparative approach within case and making inductive analytic generalizations. The framework is applied empirically to the Zayandeh Rud basin in rentier state of Iran. results indicate that rentier-weak context has led centralized rent-seeking limited implementation capacity – characteristics entire country, just sector. issues will, therefore, require context-sensitive, problem-driven analysis beyond addressing challenges.

Язык: Английский

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Food Insecurity in the Global South: Food System Challenges

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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China's Sponge City Development: Global Position, Governance, and Potential Enhancement with Ecosystem Services

Journal of Urban Technology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 31(3), С. 83 - 106

Опубликована: Май 26, 2024

China has been implementing a policy initiative termed sponge city development (SCD) since 2014 to address complex, interlinked water challenges, particularly flooding and runoff pollution, faced by urban under climate change. Pilot implementation of the in 30 selected cities provides an opportunity for learning enhancement relevant global practice general SCD expansion particular. This article reviews China's SCD, synthesizing: (1) position practices stormwater management; (2) governance implementation; (3) challenges issues planning 4) potential with ecosystem service (ES). The shares that: differs from, while sharing some similarity with, management, marked engineering dominated exhibits sophisticated supporting initiative; there are concerning characterized lack systematic approach linking physical projects, functions, societal impact, goals; (4) ES-based framework can deliver enhancing beyond resilience toward green transition sustainability. contributes about ecosystem-based integrated management during urbanization

Язык: Английский

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