This book explores examples of the circular economy in action. Unlike other books that provide narrow perceptions of wide-ranging and highly interconnected paradigms, such as supply chains, ...recycling, businesses models and waste management, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the circular economy from various perspectives. Its unique insights into the approaches, methods and tools that enable people to make the transformation to a circular economy show how recent research, trends and attitudes have moved beyond the "call to arms" approach to a level of maturity that requires sound scientific thinking.
As the largest and greenest multilateral lender in the world, the EIB helps economies flourish, creates jobs and promotes equality. Since 1958, the EIB has provided loans and expert advice for ...thousands of projects in over 160 countries.
Latin America and the Caribbean are increasingly experiencing the effects of climate change. Over the past two decades, the countries in the region have experienced as many as 1 350 natural disasters ...attributable to the climate, affecting more than 170 million people.We analysed climate risks in Latin America and the Caribbean, expanding the analysis to understand what these risks imply for the financial sector, particularly for banks. We conclude that the aggregate physical climate risk of the banking sector is the highest in the Caribbean while for transition risk the picture is more homogenous. Finally, we note that capital flows for climate projects in the Latin America and the Caribbean region have been lagging other regions in the world. Against the backdrop of considerable financing needs, the international financial community and public development banks have an important role to play to support both public and private green investments providing long-term, patient funding at affordable rates and sharing part of the risks.
From a Nobel Prize–winning pioneer in environmental economics, an innovative account of how and why "green thinking" could cure many of the world's most serious problems—from global warming to ...pandemics Solving the world's biggest problems—from climate catastrophe and pandemics to wildfires and corporate malfeasance—requires, more than anything else, coming up with new ways to manage the powerful interactions that surround us. For carbon emissions and other environmental damage, this means ensuring that those responsible pay their full costs rather than continuing to pass them along to others, including future generations. In The Spirit of Green, Nobel Prize–winning economist William Nordhaus describes a new way of green thinking that would help us overcome our biggest challenges without sacrificing economic prosperity, in large part by accounting for the spillover costs of economic collisions.In a discussion that ranges from the history of the environmental movement to the Green New Deal, Nordhaus explains how the spirit of green thinking provides a compelling and hopeful new perspective on modern life. At the heart of green thinking is a recognition that the globalized world is shaped not by isolated individuals but rather by innumerable interactions inside and outside the economy. He shows how rethinking economic efficiency, sustainability, politics, profits, taxes, individual ethics, corporate social responsibility, finance, and more would improve the effectiveness and equity of our society. And he offers specific solutions—on how to price carbon, how to pursue low-carbon technologies, how to design an efficient tax system, and how to foster international cooperation through climate clubs.The result is a groundbreaking new vision of how we can have our environment and our economy too.
How can small cities make an impact in a globalizing world dominated by ‘world cities’ and urban development strategies aimed at increasing agglomeration? This book addresses the challenges of ...smaller cities trying to put themselves on the map, attract resources and initiate development. Placemaking has become an important tool for driving urban development that is sensitive to the needs of communities. This volume examines the development of creative placemaking practices that can help to link small cities to external networks, stimulate collaboration and help them make the most of the opportunities presented by the knowledge economy. The authors argue that the adoption of more strategic, holistic placemaking strategies that engage all stakeholders can be a successful alternative to copying bigger places. Drawing on a range of examples from around the world, they analyse small city development strategies and identify key success factors. This book focuses on the case of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, a small Dutch city that used cultural programming to link itself to global networks and stimulate economic, cultural, social and creative development. It advocates the use of cultural programming strategies as a more flexible alternative to traditional top-down planning approaches and as a means of avoiding copying the big city. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Panoga lesene gradnje pripomore k zmanjševanju emisij in skladiščenju CO2 ter vzpostavitvi krožnega gospodarstva. Za doseganje teh ciljev je potrebna visoka osredotočenost na regionalne vrednostne ...verige in vzpostavitev inovativnega ekosistema, ki lahko ustvari potrebne inovativne rešitve. V okviru evropskega projekta Basajaun je bila izvedena celostna analiza vrednostne verige lesene gradnje v francoski regiji Novi Akvitaniji, vključno z možnostmi ponovne uporabe in recikliranja. Analizirane so bile tudi strateške konkurenčne prednosti v verigi, ovire za vstop na trg, ovire pri poslovanju, sodelovanje med akterji, vpliv regulacij ter koordinacijske vloge v verigi, s poudarkom na prepoznavanju ovir in priložnosti za integracijo procesov odprtega inoviranja. Podatki so bili zbrani s pregledom sekundarnih virov in s kvalitativno metodo globinskih intervjujev. Več kot polovica intervjuvancev je prepoznala odprto inoviranje kot močno konkurenčno prednost, ob čemer so navedli tudi številne ovire, ki zavirajo procese odprtega inoviranja. Identificirali smo številne priložnosti za nadgradnjo verige lesene gradnje na področjih digitalizacije, upravljanja virov, krožnega gospodarstva, krepitve raziskovalnih in razvojnih aktivnosti ter povezovanja akterjev v verigi. Priložnosti za nadaljnji razvoj vrednostnih verig na področju lesene gradnje je veliko, kar na eni strani narekuje potrebo po usklajenih regionalnih politikah na tem področju in hkrati iskanje rešitev na nacionalni (in evropski) ravni.
Analiza življenjskega cikla (LCA) je metoda ocene vplivov na okolje, ki jih ima nek izdelek ali storitev v času celotnega cikla – od pridobivanja surovin do odlaganja na deponijo. LCA sestavljajo ...štiri faze, ki se med seboj prepletajo in so standardizirane s standardoma ISO 14040:2006 in ISO 14044:2006. Zaradi vsestranske uporabnosti in celostnosti pri sprejemanju strateških odločitev uporaba LCA hitro narašča. Porast uporabe se opaža tudi v lesnopredelovalnem sektorju.
Fosfogips (FG) otpadni je nusproizvod (rezidua) koji potječe iz proizvodnje fosforne kiseline i fosfatnih mineralnih gnojiva. FG je kontaminiran kemijskim i radioaktivnim tvarima, stoga se uglavnom ...odlaže na kontroliranim odlagalištima. U svijetu se samo oko 15 % FG-a reciklira i ponovno koristi. U današnje vrijeme, političke i poslovne strategije stavljaju na prvo mjesto održivi razvoj kroz kružno gospodarstvo, a tu svoje mjesto može pronaći i FG. Time se stvaraju nove prilike u Republici Hrvatskoj za korištenje FG-a kao aditiva u različitim industrijama, od poljoprivrede do građevinske industrije. Zbog svojih kemijskih i radioloških svojstava, korištenje FG-a može potencijalno prouzročiti probleme za okoliš i ljudsko zdravlje. Stoga je prije korištenja nužno detaljno znanje o potencijalnim opasnostima FG-a kako bismo zaštitili ljude i okoliš. Cilj je ovoga preglednog rada sažeti dostupne podatke o FG-u u Republici Hrvatskoj, usporediti ih sa svjetskim podatcima i prepoznati nedostatke i manjak podataka o riziku koji nose potencijalno opasne tvari u FG-u.
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