Measuring Sustainability and Decoupling
Measuring Sustainability and Decoupling

Author: Nordic Council of Ministers

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9289314109

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There is growing interest among policymakers for the prospects of decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation, in order to achieve improved environmental quality without compromising economic growth. However, whilst decoupling indicators give a reasonably good measure for potential or progress towards sustainability, decoupling is neither a sufficient nor a necessary condition for sustainability. Decoupling indicators, unlike many other statistical efforts related to the environment, are not meant to summarise the general state of the environment, but rather to measure countries' progress towards mitigating or alleviating particular environmental pressures from relevant driving forces.

Solid Waste Management
Solid Waste Management

Author: Elena Cristina Rada

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-02-24

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1771883758

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This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This compendium volume contains the most current technical and economic analyses of emerging waste disposal strategies. The editor, a well-respected researcher in this field, has selected articles that will be valuable to readers who range from engineers and academics to decision-makers in both

Nordic Economic Policy Review 2023
Nordic Economic Policy Review 2023

Author: Flam, Harry

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Published: 2023-05-06

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 928937585X

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This issue of Nordic Economic Policy Review explores the implications of new EU-wide climate policy in the Nordic countries. All of them have introduced more ambitious targets for abatement than the EU, but are the national targets and measures consistent with the EU’s new Fit for 55 package? If not, how should national policies be made consistent with EU policy? EU directives set targets for national climate policy, but member states are free to choose the means of achieving them. Are national measures to meet targets set by EU directives efficient? If not, how can they be made so? What are the costs and benefits of national climate policy aiming for more stringent targets than those under Fit for 55? We have put these questions to experts on the economics of climate policy in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Available online: https://pub.norden.org/nord2023-001/

Sverige
Sverige

Author:

Publisher: Norstedts Juridik AB

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 686

ISBN-13: 9789138228500

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Biodiversity and economic modelling:
Biodiversity and economic modelling:

Author: Steffen Brøgger-Jensen

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Published: 2018-10-11

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9289355964

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Is it posible linking biodiversity to macro economic models, thereby increasing our understanding of how economic activities affect biodiversity – et vice versa? It is the key question that this report aims at answering on the basis of existing statistics, indicators and models in the Scandinavian countries. The economic sectors identified as relevant for biodiversity are: agriculture; forestry; fishery; tourism; transport; and energy (especially, hydropower). The main pressure types analysed include: habitat loss and degradation; climate change; excessive nutrient load and other forms of pollution; over-exploitation and unsustainable use; and invasive alien species. A set of recommendations for further work are made focusing on impacts of economic activities on biodiversity.