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Book SynopsisThe book provides readers with essential insights into key issues in connection with planning, developing and financing sustainable energy projects in China that are relevant for practitioners, investors and developers involved in the emerging sustainable energy sector. It offers readers a deeper understanding of these contemporary issues by drawing on the lessons learned in real-world sustainable energy and green finance development activities in China, which are driven by central planning and policy implementation and complemented by investments and finances from public-private partnerships. Table of ContentsDevelopment of the sustainable energy in the Greater Bay Area of China: Policy and planning perspectives.- Renewable and sustainable energy through the power generating sector.- Carbon trade in Guangdong: Opportunities and Challenges.- A comprehensive framework for green financing in the Greater Bay Area.- Domestic Green financing strategies through the Stock Exchange of Shenzhen.- International Green financing strategies: Hong Kong.- Green credit for renewal of energy facilities: Cases with ADB.- Sustainable energy through smart buildings.- Utility perspectives about financing renewable and sustainable energy projects.- Electric vehicles for the Greater Bay Area.

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Book SynopsisEnergy drives the economy, economics informs policy, and policy affects social outcomes. Since the oil crises of the 1970s, pundits have debated the validity of this sequence, but most economists and politicians still ignore it. Thus, they delude the public about the underlying influence of energy costs and constraints on economic policies that address such pressing contemporary issues as income inequality, growth, debt, and climate change. To understand why, Carey King explores the scientific and rhetorical basis of the competing narratives both within and between energy technology and economics. Energy and economic discourse seems to mirror Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion: For every narrative there is an equal and opposite counter-narrative. The competing energy narratives pit "drill, baby, drill!" against renewable technologies such as wind and solar. Both claim to provide secure, reliable, clean, and affordable energy to support economic growth with the most benefit to society, but how? To answer this question, we need to understand the competing economic narratives, techno-optimism and techno-realism. Techno-optimism claims that innovation overcomes any physical resource constraints and enables the social outcomes and economic growth we desire. Techno-realism, in contrast, states that no matter what energy technologies we use, feedbacks from physical growth on a finite planet constrain economic growth and create an uneven distribution of social impacts. In The Economic Superorganism, you will discover stories, data, science, and philosophy to guide you through the arguments from competing narratives on energy, growth, and policy. You will be able to distinguish the technically possible from the socially viable, and understand how our future depends on this distinction. Trade Review1. “In exploring the debate between technological optimism and technological realism, concerning the importance of market forces vs. limits, The Economic Superorganism is a book that will endure in relevance.” --- Joseph Tainter, Professor of Environment and Society, Author of The Collapse of Complex Societies 2. “This book is panoramic in its vision of recasting economic discourse … the book is readable by the scholar and the informed citizen, willing to question the orthodoxy of natural resources management within contemporary economic doctrines.” --- Saleem H. Ali, Blue & Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment, University of Delaware 3. “This book deserves to be widely read by energy and climate scientists, policy makers, reporters, and economists.” --- Richard Heinberg, Author and Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute 4. “This is a must read for those thinking seriously about our future, but be forewarned, you will likely have to rethink your own views.” --- John Day, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, School of the Coast & Environment, Louisiana State University 5. “Carey King indicates the weak points in the narratives of mainstream economics, which hardly cares about fundamental natural laws. The book is well written, and the reader feels the intellectual fire that moves its author. I highly recommend it.” --- Dr. Reiner Kümmel, Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Würzburg 6. “The Economic Superorganism offers a fresh perspective on the sometimes heated, sometimes myopic policy debate over the feasibility of a green energy transition.” --- David Spence, Baker Botts Chair in Law, the University of Texas at Austin School of Law 7. “Growth-addicted politicians and bureaucrats are running planet Earth on premises and principles drawn from the ecological vacuity of neoliberal economics. As Carey King deftly reveals, this is analogous flying a 787 Dreamliner using the intellectual equivalent of a 1955 Volkswagen Beetle driver’s manual.” --- William Rees, professor emeritus and former director of the School of Community and Regional Planning at University of British Columbia; creator and co-developer of ecological footprint analysis. 8. “The Economic Superorganism provides a refreshing perspective, a wealth of good basic information, and insights into the disagreements and narratives surrounding energy and its role in society.” --- Charles A. S. Hall, Professor Emeritus, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 9. “Carey King has produced a very valuable overview of energy issues, together with their economic, social, general business and financial implications.” --- Professor Michael Jefferson, ESCP Europe Business School, Former Chief Economist, The Royal Dutch/Shell Group10 “The Economic Superorganism is a deep meditation on the facts and fictions around energy, food, economic and climate systems past and future. King has a deductive approach that assumes nothing but intelligence.” --- Raj Patel, Research Professor, University of Texas at Austin 11. “The Economic Superorganism convincingly explains how and why economics must be forced to confront the essential role of energy, fossil or renewable, in industrial civilisation and the dilemmas that poses for our growth-obsessed social system.” --- Professor Steve Keen, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for Strategy, Resilience and Security, University College London. Table of ContentsPreface: Why we need to understand the Truthiness of Energy Part I: BackgroundChapter 1: History of Energy, Background of ways of thinking about the future and various people making "truthy" statements.Chapter 2: Story 1: Fossil Fuels: why they are seen as good and badChapter 3: Story 2: Renewable Energy: why it is seen as good and badPart II: The broader perspective within which energy systems resideChapter 4: Other relevant trends of the world (population and demographics, water, land, debt and interest rates, climate - we really are in an unprecedented situation)Chapter 5: Systems thinking and understanding interdependence of world systemsChapter 6: How Macroeconomic modeling works now: World, we have a problem (ignores too many relevant trends, discuss implications of current macroeconomic modeling for low-carbon transition that say anything is possible).Chapter 7: Why the problem with Stories 1 & 2 is the same: Finite Earth, minimum in energy and food costs, overhead, debt, and other trends discussed in this Part 2.Chapter 8: The economists’ delusions and distractions: confidence, political will, technological optimism, “better finance”, etc. These are all part of Story 1 and/or Story 2 (with a little tweak we can just keep going)Part III: The Earth is finite and both Stories (1 = fossil, 2 = renewable) have constraints ignored by most economistsChapter 9: Paying attention to the obvious fact: the Earth is finite, it takes time to change, you need to recognize when this fact is becoming relevant. It is relevant now, independent of climate change. Here is where I discuss that the cost of ``energy and food'' (relative to GDP and incomes) as core resources for humans is behind the two major turning points in post-WW II society: (i) early 1970s, (ii) 2000s (leading to financial crisis)Chapter 10: Why we are shifting to renewables and low-variable cost society (low interest rates, depletion, net energy, size of energy and food sector); Comparing Renewables and Fossil (net energy, fixed vs. variable costs, other systems metrics). This is an expected trend of capitalism (per Karl Marx).Chapter 11: Likely upcoming decisions society will have to consider. Discuss the uncertainties and ideas to look out for. Consumers versus technology. Moving to less ownership and more services. How to think of political governance and accountability. Beware of truthiness.Chapter 12: Metrics, models, and ideas to watch. We need a new set of sound economic principles that are ready for a world of slower/declining growth and unpayable debt. We need to create better macroeconmic models and scenarios since the current macroeconomic approaches (for low-carbon transition) are not feasible.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents state-of-the-art knowledge concerning water quality in Poland. It offers a wide variety of cases and issues on water resource quality management. The book also presents different methods and strategies to effectively use the most advanced water resource quality problems such as water pollution, whether physical, chemical, or biological, of surface water resources and groundwater resources.The authors pay exceptional attention to water quality monitoring in agricultural, urban catchments, and water reservoirs. More light into the water quality is required to assess water's physicochemical status accurately and plan suitable protection actions against recognized threats.This book addresses the needs of professional engineers, researchers, policy planners, decision-makers, stakeholders, and anyone looking to learn more about the quality situation of water resources in Poland and other similar countries and regions.Table of Contents1. Assessment Of Water Resources Quality In Poland 2. Development and Protection of Water Resources in Protected Areas in Poland in Pursuit of Sustainable Development 3. Anthropogenic Water Reservoirs in Poland 4. Irrigation and Drainage in Polish Agriculture – State, Problems and Needs 5. Assessment of the Surface Water Quality in Poland 6. Water Quality in Main Water Reservoirs in Poland 7. Assessment of Pollution of Water Resources and Process of Pollution Spreading 8. Ingression and Ascension of Saline Waters on the Polish Coast of the Baltic Sea 9. Monitoring of Groundwater Quality in Poland 10. Sediment Management in River Basins - an Essential Element of River Basin Management Plans 11. Environmental and Anthropogenic Determinants of Water Chemistry in the Carpathians 12. Surface Water Eutrophication in Poland: Assessment and Prevention 13. Monitoring of Small Catchments in Poland as Part of the Integrated Environmental Monitoring Program - Functioning of the Agricultural Catchment of Struga Toruńska 14. Water and Wastewater Management Condition in Poland 15. Water Problems in Urban Areas 16. Multidimensional Aspect of the Water Resources Management in Metropolitan Areas 17. Conclusions and Recommendations

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Book SynopsisThis textbook investigates the linkages between energy-commodities markets, financial markets and the economy and incorporates different aspects of the energy market, organizing the relevant material in two distinct parts. Part one includes studies that relate to the impact of developments in the various energy-commodities markets (e.g., oil, gas) both on financial markets and economic growth, including studies that consider the impact of energy prices on financial markets or the effect on specific macroeconomic variables, such as interest rates, inflation, GDP. Part two discusses developments in the energy market from a climate change or green financing point of view, further considering issues that relate to climate finance, green investing, as well as policy making relating to GHG Emissions. By introducing a multitude of topics in energy finance, this textbook provides a holistic view of the market and its importanceTable of ContentsChapter 1. Review of the Development of Energy Finance.- Chapter 2. What Do We Know About the Oil Price-Exchange Rate Link? - The Role of Time-Variation and Supply/Demand Dynamics.- Chapter 3. Crude Oil Prices, Exchange Rates, Stock Markets and Industrial Production Relationships in Emerging Markets.- Chapter 4. How Do Energy Market Shocks Affect Economic Activity in the Us Under Changing Financial Conditions?- Chapter 5. Tracing the Sources of Contagion in the Oil-Finance Nexus.- Chapter 6. Volatility Contagion between Crude Oil and G7 Stock Markets in the Light of Trade Wars and COVID-19: An Application Based on the TVP-VAR Extended Joint Connectedness Approach.- Chapter 7. The Impact of Market Uncertainty on the Systematic Risk of Clean Energy Stocks.- Chapter 8. Climate Finance.- Chapter 9. Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), Connectedness Dynamics and Portfolio Effectiveness: The Case for Green Bonds.- Chapter 10. Are Policy Stances Consistent With the Global Ghg Emission Persistence?

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Book SynopsisThis textbook discusses environmental and natural resource economics. It presents foundational knowledge for applying economics to understand environmental economics as well as for managing environmental problems and optimizing the level of natural resource extraction. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics bridges knowledge between the major natural environmental issues and which economic policies could be applied for reducing human impacts on such issues. It is distinctive from other environmental economics textbooks by covering not only basic concepts introduced in environmental economics but also explains economic models developed in resource economics for optimizing the use of non-renewable and renewable resources for sustainability. This textbook will help students understand how to apply economics for utilizing policies to mitigate environmental issues caused from the output side of economic activities such as emitting pollutants or generating wastes and those derived from the input side such as natural resource extractions.Table of ContentsWhat is Environmental Economics?.- Economic Instrument and Environmental Problems.- Economics and the Value of Nature.- Economics and Cross-Regional Environmental Problems.- Economics and Non-Renewable/Renewable Resources.- Energy and Waste Problems.- Future Issues of Environmental Economics.

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Book SynopsisPart 1. Local Energy Transition processes:empirical insights.- 1.1 Top down or Bottom up process: two different ways to implement a local energy autonomy project in France.- 1.2 Renovating public housing neighbourhoods: between public-led and third sector-led initiatives. Insights from two Italian case studies.- 1.3 Bottom-up and top-down approaches to local energy transition in Germany.- 1.4 Renewable Pathways: Case Studies of Sustainable Energy Development in Rural Areas in the Czech Republic.- 1.5 A multi-faceted approach to energy transition processes: Insights from municipalities in Latvia.- 1.6 Spatial and technical dimensions for local energy transitions. The case of wood biomass in district heating networks in France.- Part 2. Learning from the field: characterizing Local Energy Transition processes.- 2.1 Between EU requirements and local initiative: the local energy transition in Germany and France.- 2.2 Unpacking Energy Decentralisation in European countries: Conceptualisations in National Climate and Energy Plans and Strategies.- 2.3 Local Energy Transitions: Framework and Benefits.- 2.4 The system of local actors: strategies between resources and constraints.- 2.5 Civic participation the key to local energy transition?.- Part 3. Teaching and playing local energy transition.- 3.1 urbEN, a serious game featuring interactions between actors in a local energy system.- 3.2 How does a serious game contribute to the sustainability-oriented training of an urban planner.

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Book SynopsisPart 1: The European Green Deal: Origins, Drivers, Structure and Novel Features.- Chapter 1. EU green' Policies Prior to the European Green Deal .- Chapter 2. Key Drivers of the European Green Deal.- Chapter 3. Novel Features of the European Green Deal.- Part 2: Impact of the European Green Deal on the EU Single Market.- Chapter 4. The EU Single Market: Key Features and Links With the European Green Deal.- Chapter 5. The EU Single Market From an innovation System' Perspective: an Analytical Framework.- Chapter 6. European Green Deal Effects on the Single Market From an innovation System' Perspective.- Chapter 7. Towards Single Market 2.0. The Innovation Road.

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Book SynopsisDevelopment of sustainable finance and insurance in Africa.- Role of technology and digitalisation in fostering sustainable finance and insurance.- Regulatory frameworks and policy developments for sustainable finance and insurance.- Theoretical frameworks and conceptualisations for sustainable finance and insurance.- Ethical considerations and responsible sustainable finance and insurance investing.- Integration of Economic Social and Governance (ESG) factors in finance and investment and the insurance value chain decision.- Corporate sustainability reporting and disclosure practices in the financial and insurance sectors.- Measuring the social and environment outcomes of sustainable investing.- Innovations in green and sustainable financial products.- Drivers of inclusive finance and inclusive insurance.- Financing a sustainable ocean economy.- Agricultural finance foragricultural sustainability.- Insurance and risk management solutions for assisting adaptation to climate change.

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Book SynopsisChapter1: Technological and Climate Change for Sustainable Water Management Technological and Climate Change for Sustainable Water Management.- Chapter2: Sustainable Water Management based on Micro irrigation Ecosystems.- Chapter3: Water Security in Central Asia.- Chapter4:Challenges and Trends in Water System Management.- Chapter5: Integrated Aquaculture Agriculture System A Tool for Sustainable and Optimum Water Management.- Chapter6: Integrated Solar Power and Rainwater Harvesting System.- Chapter7: Exploring Sustainable Practices of Micro irrigation in Farming.- Chapter8: Impact of Climate Change on Sustainable Water Management.- Chapter9: Sustainable Water Management Practices using Micro Irrigation Technology.- Chapter10: The Impact of the Irrigation Project on the Health Status of Local Communities.- Chapter11: Inventories of existing financial support mechanisms and identifying financing tools promoting irrigation efficiency for smallholder farmers in the Mediterranean region.- Chapter12: Analysis of Performance and Productivity.- Chapter13: Capital investment planning of infrastructure assets in the water sector.

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Book SynopsisThe low-carbon transition is ongoing everywhere. This Handbook, written by a group of senior and junior scholars from six continents and nineteen countries, explores the legal pathways of decarbonisation in the energy sector. What emerges is a composite picture. There are many roadblocks, but also a lot of legal innovation. The volume distils the legal knowledge which should help move forward the transition. Questions addressed include the differences between the decarbonization strategies of developed and developing countries, the pace of the transition, the management of multi-level governance systems, the pros and cons of different policy instruments, the planning of low-carbon infrastructures, the roles and meanings of energy justice. The Handbook can be drawn upon by legal scholars to compare decarbonisation pathways in several jurisdictions. Non-legal scholars can find information to be included in transition theories and decarbonization scenarios. Policymakers can discover contextual factors that should be taken into account when deciding how to support the transition.

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Book SynopsisDie Energiewende ist das derzeit größte Wirtschafts- und Infrastrukturprojekt in Deutschland. Seine Umsetzung entscheidet über die Zukunft einer ganzen Branche – und weit darüber hinaus. Die Autoren – erfahrene Führungskräfte und Experten aus dem Energiebereich – analysieren die extrem angespannte Situation in der Energiewirtschaft, zeigen mögliche Trends auf und schlagen neue Lösungswege vor. Leitgedanke ist dabei die Zukunfts- und Werteorientierung der Unternehmensführung. Schwerpunkte: die Rahmenbedingungen des Umbruchs wie eine neue Führungsphilosophie, die smarte Revolution, die Digitalisierung und rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen; das Management der Transformationsprozesse durch nachhaltige Unternehmensführung, strategische Anpassungsfähigkeit und Innovative Konzepte sowie schließlich eine Neubewertung der „weichen Faktoren“ Führungskräfteentwicklung, HR-Management, Leistungsmanagement und Kommunikation.Table of ContentsEvolution oder Revolution.- Eine Branche im Umbruch: Führungsphilosophie.- Die smarte Revolution.- Digitalisierung.- Netzgesellschaften.- Konzessionsrecht.- Transformationsmanagement: Roadmap für Transformationsprozesse.- Ein Modell strategischer Anpassungsfähigkeit.- Lean Management.- Innovative Vertriebskonzepte.- Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement bei Stadtwerken.- Leistung, Führung, Werte: Modernes HR-Management.- Performance-Coaching.- Zielgerichtete Nachwuchsfach- und Führungskräftekompetenzentwicklung.- Leistungsmanagement.- Kommunikation im zukunftsorientierten Unternehmen.

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Book Synopsis.- Chapter 1. Introduction , Jiandong Chen.- Chapter 2.Selection and Comparison of Satellite Data, Jiandong Chen, Zhiwen Li, Malin Song, Ying Feng.- Chapter 3.Measurement of Vegetation Carbon Sequestration Data in China, Jiandong Chen, Zhiwen Li, Malin Song, Ying Feng.- Chapter 4.Changes and Characteristics of Total Vegetation Carbon Sequestration in China, Jiandong Chen, Zhiwen Li, Malin Song, Ying Feng.- Chapter 5.Characteristics of Carbon Sequestration in China's Districts and Counties, Jiandong Chen, Zhiwen Li, Malin Song, Ying Feng.- Chapter 6.Changes and Characteristics of Total Carbon Sequestration by Grid Vegetation in China, Jiandong Chen, Zhiwen Li, Malin Song, Ying Feng.- Chapter 7.Factors Decomposing of Carbon Sequestration by Vegetation in China under County Perspective, Jiandong Chen, Zhiwen Li, Malin Song, Ying Feng.- Chapter 8.20212030 China Vegetation Carbon Sequestration Predictive Analysis.- Chapter 9.Policy Proposals, Jiandong Chen, Zhiwen Li, Malin Song, Ying Feng.

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Book SynopsisMaqasid Shariah Perspective on the Green Economy for Halal Industry Sustainability.- Development of Shariah Framework for Halal Policy and Standards for Integrating Blue Economy for Halal Industry Sustainability.- Contemporary Discourse of Shariah Perspective on Blue Economy for Halal Industry Sustainability.- Farm-to-fork Framework Supply Chain for Integration of Green Economy for Halal Industry Sustainability.- Fast Growing Halal Industry: A Perfect Blend of Blue and Green Economics.- Contemporary Discourse of farm-to-fork Concept of the Blue Economy exploration for Halal Industry Sustainability.- Halal Harvesting: Exploring Aquatic By-Products as Ethical Alternatives.- From Ocean to Plate: The Halal Potential of Blue Economy Products for Halal Industry Sustainability.- Halal Fisheries and Aquaculture: Science-Driven Sustainability Practices.- Development of Sustainable Framework for Blue and Green Halal Industry: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities.- Transforming Halal Coastal Tourism: Impactful and Sustainable Solutions.- Scientific Strategies for Halal Maritime Excellence and Environmental Impact Mitigation.- Green Technology Framework for Halal Industry Sustainability and Ecosystem Protection.- Development of a Sustainable Value Chain Framework for Halal Opportunities in Green Economy.- Halal Opportunities for Women Financial Inclusion in the Blue Economy for Halal Sustainability.- Conceptual and Practical Dimensions to Islamic Finance for Sustainable Blue Economy for Halal Sustainability.- Sustainable Halal Financing Framework for Blue and Green Economy.- Sustainable Halal Management, Branding, and Marketing Strategies for Blue and Green Products.- Entrenching Green and Blue Economy Sustainability through Halal Supply Chain Management.

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Book SynopsisCoal Consumption in China,.- Global Coal Consumption.- Carbon Emissions from Coal in China.- Global Emissions from Coal Consumption.- Coal Consumption Forecast and Development Trends.- Coal Emissions and the Path to Achieving the Dual-Carbon Goals.- Coal Emissions and Energy Security.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction of Circular Economy and Technology Innovation.- Circular Economy, Technology Innovation and its Impact on Sustainable Business Performance.- Circular Economy and its Connection with Closed-Loop Supply Chain and Reverse Omni-Channels.- Product re-manufacturing and Waste Management by Using Smart Technologies.- Eco Product Design and Businesses Innovative Strategies for Circular Economies.- Circular Economy and Technological Innovation in Industry 4.0 and 5.0 Revolution.- Circular economy, industrial ecology, life cycles and supply chain management.- Circular Economy and Technological Innovation Practices in Asian Countries.- Circular Economy and Technology Innovation in European.- Innovative practices and advanced technologies application to balance triple bottom line.- Circular Economy Revolution Using Artificial Intelligence, BlockChain Technology and Big Data Analytics.- Mathematic Modeling and Empirical Investigations on Factors Affecting the Development of Circular Economies and Technological Innovativeness.- Circular Economy Principles, Circular Economy Entrepreneurial, Green Technology Adoption for Sustainable Supply Chain Performance.- Greening the Workforce for Product Recycling and Energy Conservation.- Circular Economy and Technological Revolution: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Aspects.

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Book SynopsisSection I: Introducing and identifying resource misallocations in energy transitions.- Chapter 1. Reviewing Economic Development and Resource Misallocation Theory Wen-Chieh Lee, Chin-Hsien Yu.- Chapter 2. Incorporating Energy Inputs into Resource Misallocation TheoryWen-Chieh Lee, Chin-Hsien Yu, Jinsong Zhao.- Chapter 3. Addressing Adjustment Costs in Resource Misallocation Theory Chin-Hsien Yu, Wen-Chieh Lee.- Chapter 4. Analytical framework on sustainable innovations Yi Chao, Wen-Chieh Lee, Ting-Wei Lai, Chin-Hsien Yu.- Chapter 5. Strategies on Negotiating to acceptable nuclear construction Wen-Chieh Lee, Sheng-Chieh Lin, Shinn-Shyr Wang.- Section II: Investigating industry-level total factor productivity considering resource misallocations.- Chapter 6. Analysis I: Industrial Policy and Resource Misallocation in LCD Industry Shinn-Shyr Wang, Wen-Chieh Lee, Chin-Hsien Yu.- Chapter 7. Analysis II: Industrial Policy and Resource Misallocation in PV IndustryWen-Chieh Lee, Shinn-Shyr Wang, Chin-Hsien Yu.- Chapter 8. Analysis III: Resource Misallocation of Industrial Enterprises and Carbon Emission Reduction Wen-Chieh Lee, Chin-Hsien Yu, Jinsong Zhao.- Chapter 9. Analysis IV: Input Distortion and Productivity in the Thermal Power Plants Chin-Hsien Yu, Wen-Chieh Lee, Xinghao Li.-Section III: Emerging Issues of achieving sustainable energy transitions.- Chapter 10. The Dilemma of the Power Industry under Energy TransitionXiuqin Wu, Chin-Hsien Yu.- Chapter 11. The Effects of Market and Non-market Forces on the Power Plants Zichao Yua, Jun Li, Ping Qin, Lunyu Xie.- Chapter 12. Social Justice of Sustainable Energy Transition Wenlin Du.- Chapter 13. Climate Change Perception against Shale Gas Exploitation Xiaolan Chen, Ping Qin, Chin-Hsien Yu.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Forecasting crude oil prices.- Chapter 2. Forecasting coal prices.- Chapter 3. Forecasting natural gas prices.- Chapter 4. Forecasting electricity prices.- Chapter 5. Forecasting renewable and nuclear energy.- Chapter 6. Forecasting Chinese oil futures market.- Chapter 7. Forecasting energy production and consumption.- Chapter 8. Forecasting energy market volatility.- Chapter 9. Energy and economic forecasting.- Chapter 10. Energy information and stock return predictability.- Chapter 11. Energy information and exchange rate forecasting.- Chapter 12. Climate risk and energy price forecasting.- Chapter 13. Machine learning and energy forecasting.- Chapter 14. Big data and energy forecasting.- Etc.

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Book SynopsisPart I: Static Frameworks.- Chapter 1. A Basic Static Model.- Chapter 2. Extensions of the Basic Model: The Role of MarketStructure.- Chapter 3. A Static Model with Damage Functions.- Part II: Dynamic Frameworks.- Chapter 4. Dynamic Analysis of Climate Policies: A Two-period Model.- Chapter 5. Infinite-Period Models in Climate Economics.- Part III: Dynamic and Stochastic frameworks.- Chapter 6. Carbon Emissions in Real Business Cycles.- Chapter 7. Carbon Emissions in New Keynesian DSGE Models.- Chapter 8. Production Networks and Carbon Emissions: DSGE and CGE Frameworks.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Future Projections and Scenarios for a Sustainable Rare-Earth Elements Supply Chain. Critical Minerals, Supply Chain, and Economic Analysis: A Systematic Review.- Assessing the Sustainability of Critical Mineral Development: A Value Chain Perspective.- Criticality of Critical Minerals for India's Quest for Net Zero Goal: An Analysis of Supply Chain Risks.- Critical Minerals Supply Chains: The Case of China's Electric Battery Industry.- Critical Minerals, Batteries and Artificial Intelligence.- Challenges in Sourcing and Developing the Necessary Critical Earth Minerals to Meet Ambitious Electric Vehicle Deployment Goals.- Critical Mineral, Refining, and Secondary Mining.- Intergovernmental Policy Dialogues: Global and Regional Initiatives for Diversified and Resilient Supply Chains.- Rare Earth Elements and Net-zero Transition 2050 in ASEAN: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies.- A Critical Analysis of India's Critical Mineral Policy: Availability, Accessibility and Required Policy Intervention.- The Australian Lens: Unpacking the Friend-shoring Strategy within the Minerals Security Partnership.- The Role of Critical Minerals for Energy Transition in Southeast Asia and the Need to Address the Supply Chain.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- International and Domestic Leadership for Fulfilling Carbon Neutrality in Emerging Economies: Comparative Evidence from China and India.- Building a Green Silk Road under the Trend of Global Carbon Neutrality: China's Path Choice.- Risk Challenges and Path Options for Realizing the Dual-Carbon Goal in the Context of High-Quality Development.- Emission Reduction Tournament Would Postpone Carbon Peaking in China.- Study on the Synergistic Development of Both Sides of Energy Supply and Demand towards Carbon Neutrality.

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Book SynopsisNatural Capital.- Water Resources.- Biodiversity.- Ecosystem services.- Integrating Natural Capital in the Economy.

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Book SynopsisPart I Agriculture, food and nutrition.- 1. Intensive farming and its effects on natural ecosystems.- 2.Farmer poverty in India drivers and challenges.- 3.Alternative farming for sustainable development.- 4.Traditional knowledge and sustainable farming.- 5.Food security, nutrition, and hunger.- Part II Economy for well-being.- 6.Unsustainable part of economic growth.- 7.Decoupling economic growth from Natural resource consumption.- 8. Accounting stocks and flows of natural capital.- 9.Green jobs.- 10.Bioeconomy.- 11.Greening our cities.- 12.Alternative Livelihoods: Nature-based solutions and ecological restoration.- 13.Measures of social well-being.

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction PART I: HEAT ENGINES 2. A Minimum of Thermodynamics and of the Kinetic Theory of Gases 3. Mechanical Heat Engines 4. Ocean Thermal Energy Converters 5. Thermoelectricity 6. Thermionics 7. AMTEC 8. Radio-Noise Generators PART II: THE WORLD OF HYDROGEN 9. Fuel Cells 10. Hydrogen Production 11. Hydrogen Storage PART III: ENERGY FROM THE SUN 12. Solar Radiation 13. Biomass 14. Photovoltaic Converters PART IV: WIND AND WATER 15. Wind Energy 16. Ocean Engines PART V: LAND AND BEYOND 17. Nuclear Energy 18. Storage of Energy

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Book Synopsis“A sprawling story richly textured with original material, quirky details and amusing anecdotes . . .” —Wall Street Journal“It is a cause for celebration that Yergin has returned with his perspective on a very different landscape . . . [I]t is impossible to think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the 21st century. The Quest is . . . the definitive guide to how we got here.” —The Financial TimesThis long-awaited successor to Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Prize provides an essential, overarching narrative of global energy, the principal engine of geopolitical and economic changeA master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize–winning book, The Prize. In The Quest, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic c

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