Environmental economics Books

Book SynopsisInfrastructure development in Africa and Asia is expanding at breakneck speed, largely in biodiversity-rich developing nations. The trend reflects governments' efforts to promote economic growth in response to increasing populations, rising consumption rates and persistent inequalities. Large-scale infrastructure development is regularly touted as a way to meet the growing demand for energy, transport and food - and as a key to poverty alleviation. In practice, however, road networks, hydropower dams and 'development corridors' tend to have adverse effects on local populations, natural habitats and biodiversity. Such projects typically weaken the capacity of ecosystems to maintain ecological functions on which wildlife and human communities depend, particularly in the face of climate change. This title is also available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.

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Book SynopsisConversations about energy law and policy are paramount, undergoing new scrutiny and characterizations. Energy Follies: Missteps, Fiascos, and Successes of America''s Energy Policy explores how a century of energy policies, rather than solving our energy problems, often made them worse; how Congress and other federal agencies grappled with remedying seemingly myopic past decisions. Sam Kalen and Robert R. Nordhaus investigate how misguided or naïve energy policy decisions caused or contributed to past energy crises, and how it took years to unwind their effects. This work recounts the decades-long struggles to move to market supply and pricing policies for oil and natural gas in order to make competition work in the electric power industry and to tame emissions from the coal fleet left to us by the 1970s coal policies. These historic policies continue to present struggles, and this book reflects on how future challenges ought to learn from our past mistakes.Trade Review'Robert R. Nordhaus and Sam Kalen provide insights into the making of some of America's most significant energy and environmental policies. Their extensive experience in crafting, implementing, and teaching these policies gives them unique credibility. They offer us solid recommendations as this generation engineers a vital energy transition to address the challenge of climate change. Climate policy stakeholders - journalists, academics, students, advocates and policy-makers - should read this book.' Phil Sharp, Former Congressional Representative, Former President of Resources for the Future, and Fellow, Columbia University, New York'… this book is an excellent resource, especially for courses in energy policy.' T. Brennan, ChoiceTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Federal energy regulation begins flowing; 3. The Supreme Court creates a gap; 4. The gap continues: changing electricity markets; 5. Natural gas' tortured road from regulation to decontrol; 6. Oil shocks, gas lines, and energy policy; 7. Carter crowns coal king: coal's war on people; 8. Energy eclipsing air; 9. Oil, cars and climate; 10. Embedded judgments and energy resilient transitions.

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Book SynopsisEcologists and economists both use models to help develop strategies for biodiversity management. The practical use of disciplinary models, however, can be limited because ecological models tend not to address the socioeconomic dimension of biodiversity management, whereas economic models tend to neglect the ecological dimension. Given these shortcomings of disciplinary models, there is a necessity to combine ecological and economic knowledge into ecological-economic models. Gradually guiding the reader into the field of ecological-economic modelling by introducing mathematical models and their role in general, this book provides an overview on ecological and economic modelling approaches relevant for research in the field of biodiversity conservation. It discusses the advantages of and challenges associated with ecological-economic modelling, together with an overview of useful ways of integration. Although being a book about mathematical modelling, ecological and economic concepts plTrade Review'… the book aims to give a comprehensive survey of useful mathematical methods relevant to environmental policy design. The author stops to explain core concepts and provide historical context where necessary.' Chay Paterson, zbMATHTable of ContentsPart I. Modelling: 1. What is a model?; 2. Purposes of modelling; 3. Typical model features; Part II. Ecological Modelling: 4. Homogenous deterministic population models; 5. Homogenous stochastic population models; 6. Spatial population models; 7. Models with individual variability; 8. Models of biodiversity; Part III. Economic Modelling: 9. Instruments for biodiversity conservation; 10. Game theory; 11. Incentive design; 12. Modelling human decisions; 13. The agglomeration bonus; Part IV. Ecological-Economic Modelling: 14. Foundations of ecological-economic modelling; 15. Benefits and challenges of ecological-economic modelling; 16. Integration of ecological and economic models; 17. Examples of ecological-economic modelling; 18. Outlook.

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Book SynopsisOurs is the Age of Food. Food is a central obsession in all cultures, nations, the media, and society. Our future supply of food is filled with risk, and history tells us that lack of food leads to war. But it also presents us with spectacular opportunities for fresh human creativity and technological prowess. Julian Cribb describes a new food system capable of meeting our global needs on this hot and overcrowded planet. This book is for anyone concerned about the health, safety, affordability, diversity, and sustainability of their food - and the peace of our planet. It is not just timely - its message is of the greatest urgency. Audiences include consumers, ''foodies'', policymakers, researchers, cooks, chefs and farmers. Indeed, anyone who cares about their food, where it comes from and what it means for them, their children and grandchildren.Trade Review'… today's unsustainable food systems and the impossible job of feeding the estimated 10 billion people inhabiting the planet by 2050 encapsulates the multiheaded crisis humanity faces today. If you haven't heard all this then Food Or War is a good primer, vivid and punchy.' The Observer'Perchance, ecosystems cease to function, the human jawbone would plop open, and remain plopped open, gaping and, over time, morph into a zombie-like end game of people preying upon people. … All of which serves as a prelude to Julian Cribb's brilliance as an established and celebrated science writer, recipient of 32 journalism awards, and author of ten books, with a new 'first-rate' book, now available via pre-order: Food or War. … Food or War is not only a page-turner with Cribb's clear, precise prose, but as an added bonus, it's jam-packed, like a textbook, with significant facts and statistics about the biosphere. It belongs in the hands of people who deeply care about the deteriorating condition of our poisoned planet. Incidentally, based upon very compelling evidence, yes, it is poisoned.' Robert Hunziker, CounterPunch'Food or War offers us the context we need to consider the food we eat, the approach we use to raise food, and the manner we treat others' resources across the globe in new, revealing, and common sense ways.' Carolyn Fortuna, CleanTechnica (www.cleantechnica.com)'Wars rage on in Syria, Yemen and elsewhere, in part driven by food shortages. What to do? … We can turn this imbalance around. Cribb points the way in this must-read book.' Tim Fischer, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, and Chair of the Global Crop Trust with Seed Vault in Svalbard and HQ in Bonn, Germany'Julian Cribb's comprehensive and thoughtful plan to deal with an impending global food security disaster deserves coordinated and urgent consideration by the UN FAO and all national governments.' Michael Jeffery, former Governor General of Australia'Access to this book will enrich deliberations on critical issues of global food supply, dealing with refugees and poverty, and the food/land/water nexus. The evidence-based approach, integration across issues, and presentation of opportunities for the future make this text stand out from the crowd. It is highly recommended.' Kath Bowmer, former Deputy Chief of CSIRO Land and Water and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Charles Sturt University, Queensland'Throughout history, food has been both a tool and a consequence of conflict and migration, which continues today exacerbated by arable land lost to cities, unreliable climate and excess consumption in rich nations while millions remain malnourished elsewhere. Cribb's analysis is urgently apposite, as is his practical call for a sustainable, nourishing and resilient global food system.' Lindsay Falvey, University of Melbourne'[A] splendid exemplar of the new food consciousness.' Tim Lang, The Times Literary Supplement'Drawing on his extensive scientific and historical knowledge, Cribb takes us on a grim and tightly argued odyssey to the edge of the Earth. He holds our hand while we stare into the abyss. Frightening. Having outlined the reality of our tenuous hold on the supports of life, he offers creative and imaginative solutions. A must-read for anyone who cares about the future of humanity.' Bruce Haigh, former Australian diplomat and refugee advocate'In a time when we are absorbed in populist, political nonsense, Julian Cribb brings us to heel with the existential threat we face, in simple language; he joins all the dots.' The Honourable John Kerin, former Australian Minister for Primary Industry'Unputdownable. Dealing with the multiple threats to humanity's most basic need - food - it unceremoniously pulls your head from the sand - but empowers you with the knowledge to do something. An absolutely essential read. This masterful work articulates clearly humanity's future and may just be warning enough for globally connected communities to avert the avalanche of existential threats bearing down.' Brad Collis, Editorial Director, Coretext and author of Fields of Discovery'Human nature meets human need when the red and black horsemen ride in the ultimate existential food fight. At once perceptive and persuasive, Julian Cribb delivers another science-based study of the human condition at its most basic. Food or War is exceptional.' David Hulme, Publisher, Vision.org'A compelling case for turning swords into ploughshares and building a sustainable global food supply in this century of existential climate risks.' David Spratt, American University Washington College of Law, and author of Climate Code Red'Food, like air, water, soil and biodiversity, is one of humankind's most fundamental needs, a source of joy and creator of community. The eco-crises of climate change and loss of biodiversity reveal the total unsustainability of the current global food system. This book is an urgent call for recognition that the inescapable need for change also brings enormous opportunities.' David Suzuki, Award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster'Food or War targets an issue that touches every human life, every day: food. And that, without it, people fight. It shows that our 'jawprint' is the heaviest of all our impacts on our finite planet - and that, for civilisation to survive, how we produce food must change … Anyone with an interest in either the human future or food should read this clear, authoritative, scary book. So should all first-year college classes.' Paul R. Ehrlich, co-author of Jaws: The Story of a Hidden EpidemicTable of Contents1. Food and conflict; 2. War and hunger; 3. The strategic importance of food, land and water; 4. Is 'agriculture' sustainable?; 5. Hotspots for food conflict in the twenty-first century; 6. Food as an existential risk; 7. Food for peace; 8. Urban dreams and nightmares; 9. The future of food; 10. Conclusion: key recommendations of this book.

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Book SynopsisThis book contains an analysis of regulatory reforms in Turkish energy markets (electricity, natural gas, renewable and nuclear energy), the impact of these reforms on country’s energy portfolio and role in global energy trade, especially between the EU, the Caspian, Caucasus, and Central Asia.

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Book SynopsisA Financial Times "Best Book of 2017: Economics” 800-CEO-Read “Best Business Book of 2017: Current Events & Public Affairs” Economics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making for the future, guides multi-billion-dollar investments, and shapes our responses to climate change, inequality, and other environmental and social challenges that define our times. Pity then, or more like disaster, that its fundamental ideas are centuries out of date yet are still taught in college courses worldwide and still used to address critical issues in government and business alike. That’s why it is time, says renegade economist Kate Raworth, to revise our economic thinking for the 21st century. In Doughnut Economics, she sets out seven key ways to fundamentally reframe our understanding of what economics is and does. Along the way, she points out how we can break our addiction to growth; redesign money, finance, and business to be in service to people; and create economies that are regenerative and distributive by design. Named after the now-iconic “doughnut” image that Raworth first drew to depict a sweet spot of human prosperity (an image that appealed to the Occupy Movement, the United Nations, eco-activists, and business leaders alike), Doughnut Economics offers a radically new compass for guiding global development, government policy, and corporate strategy, and sets new standards for what economic success looks like. Raworth handpicks the best emergent ideas—from ecological, behavioral, feminist, and institutional economics to complexity thinking and Earth-systems science—to address this question: How can we turn economies that need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive, into economies that make us thrive, whether or not they grow? Simple, playful, and eloquent, Doughnut Economics offers game-changing analysis and inspiration for a new generation of economic thinkers.Trade Review“I read this book with the excitement that the people of his day must have read John Maynard Keynes’s General Theory. It is brilliant, thrilling, and revolutionary. Drawing on a deep well of learning, wisdom, and deep thinking, Kate Raworth has comprehensively reframed and redrawn economics. It is entirely accessible, even for people with no knowledge of the subject. I believe that Doughnut Economics will change the world.”—George Monbiot, author; columnist at The Guardian“Raworth’s magnum opus. . . . A fascinating reminder to business leaders and economists alike to stand back at a distance to examine our modern economics."—Forbes, “Best Business Books of 2017”“An admirable attempt to broaden the horizons of economic thinking.”—Financial Times, Martin Wolf, “Best Books of 2017: Economics” “This is truly the book we’ve all been waiting for. Kate Raworth provides the antidote to neoliberal economics with her radical and ambitious vision of an economy in service to life. Given the current state of the world, we need Doughnut Economics now more than ever.”—L. Hunter Lovins, president and founder, Natural Capitalism Solutions“[A] sharp, insightful call for a shift in thinking . . . Raworth’s energetic, layperson-friendly writing makes her concept accessible as well as intriguing.”—Publishers Weekly“Can anyone seriously suppose that today’s economic orthodoxies are going to bring the world back from the brink of chaos? We need to fundamentally rethink the way we create and distribute wealth, and Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics provides an inspiring primer as to how we must now set about that challenge. I hope it ushers in a period of intense debate about the kind of economy we now so urgently need.”—Jonathon Porritt, author of The World We Made; founding director, Forum for the Future“What if it were possible to live well without trashing the planet? Doughnut Economics succinctly captures this tantalising possibility and takes up its challenge. Brimming with creativity, Raworth reclaims economics from the dust of academia and puts it to the service of a better world.”—Tim Jackson, author of Prosperity without Growth“Not long ago, well-known development economist Kate Raworth’s Doughnut graphic became an overnight sensation. Now this marvelous book clearly and succinctly explains her re-envisioning of the economy. On a bookshelf crowded with attempts to reframe economic thinking and the way forward, this book stands out—brilliantly.”—Juliet Schor, author of Plentitude“Economics rightly is under the microscope. Kate Raworth’s insightful Doughnut is what every budding economist should see when they first peer down the lens.” —John Fullerton, founder and president, Capital InstituteTable of ContentsWho wants to be an economist? 1. Change the goal from endless growth to thriving in balance 2. See the big picture from self-contained market to embedded economy 3. Nurture human nature from rational economic man to social adaptable humans 4. Get savvy with systems from mechanical equilibrium to dynamic complexity 5. Design to distribute from ‘growth will even it up’ to distributive by design 6. Create to regenerate from ‘growth will clean it up’ to regenerative by design 7. Be agnostic about growth from growth as a must to growth as a maybe not We are all economists now Annex: The Doughnut and its data Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography

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Book Synopsis'Marshall has re-grafted economics to the philosophical roots of collaborative environmental management, given stakeholders a pragmatic economics for 'bottom-up' conflict resolution and eliminated the need for 'top-down' economic experts. Beautifully reasoned and wonderfully practical!' RICHARD B. NORGAARD, ENERGY AND RESOURCES PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, US 'If the potential of collaborative management is ever realized, it will owe a debt to this book. It provides a foundational economic theory of learning coming from complex adaptive systems thinking tested with field experience' ALLAN SCHMID, UNIVERSITY DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, US 'Marshall argues that mainstream economics, captive as it is of the prisoner's dilemma and the dangers of free-riding, is in a blind alley when it comes to contributing to constructive debate on governance of the commons. This is a significant book, which draws on the new institutional economics to indicate a productive way in which economists could contribute to thinking on common property natural resource management' WARREN MUSGRAVE, EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND, AUSTRALIA 'Economic thought and emerging collaborative environmental governance are important areas of thought and application, but are mostly found at great distance from each other and very often in conflict. Marshall not only clearly demonstrates why this is so, he goes on to detail an alternative pathway that can strengthen both of these fields in both their theory and practice. This is a most impressive feat, and this is a book thoroughly deserving a very wide readership' STEPHEN DOVERS, SENIOR FELLOW, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 'A valuable contribution to the burgeoning literature on voluntary collective action that demonstrates how processes can be designed to produce trust amongst stakeholders. Marshall anchors theory in the common property resource governance literature that has challenged orthodox economics for the last 25 years and offers the prospect of productive relationships between users, bureaucrats and funders' MARK SPROULE-JONES, V. K. COPPS PROFESSOR, MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, CANADA Mainstream economics has a tight grip on public discourse, yet remains poorly equipped to comprehend the collaborative vision for managing environmental and resource commons. This ground-breaking book diagnoses the weaknesses of mainstream economics in analysing collaborative and other decentralized approaches to environmental management, and presents a unique operational approach to how collaborative environmental governance might be brought to fruition in a variety of contexts, whether in industrialized or developing countries. The result is a powerful, useful and badly needed approach to economics for collaborative environmental management of the commons.Table of ContentsIntroduction * Part I: The Collaborative Vision, Hopes and Frustrations * Progress, Sustainability and Economics * Part II: Theory and Method for an Economics of Collaborative Environmental Management * Collective Action in the Commons: The View from Mainstream Economics * Developments in Collective Action Theory for Commons Management * An Economics for Collaborative Environmental Management * Part III: Lessons from the Field * Challenges and Strategies for Collaborative Environmental Management: Insights from International Experience * From Antagonism to Trust: Collaborative Salinity Management in Australia's Murray Darling Basin * Part IV: Grounding the Collaborative Vision * Rethinking Policy, Practice and Research * Myth, Enlightenment and Economics *

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Book SynopsisIn 1972, a book changed the world.The Club of Rome commissioned a report that shifted how we see what humans are doing to the planet. Looking back five decades later, what happened next, what did we do and not do, what did we learn, and what happens now?In The Limits to Growth, a team from MIT studied the way humans were using the resources of the earth. Using sophisticated computer modelling, the researchers developed scenarios to map out possible paths for humanity, the global economy and the impact on the planet.Were their models right? What did the rest of the world do about it?Now, in 2022, the Club of Rome have brought two of the original authors from the 1972 book, Dennis Meadows and Jorgen Randers, along with an array of other world-renowned thinkers, scientists, analysts and economists from across the globe to answer these questions and grapple with the most acute issue of our time.In the first section, "Echoes of a Great Book", Ugo Bardi sets the scene with an in-depth examination of the original report and the effect it has had on how we might think about what humanity is doing to the world.Jorgen Randers and Dennis Meadows then ask what the first book actually said and answer the most common questions that people ask about the book and progress since. Further explorations of the impact and consequences of the ground-breaking original book follow.Next, in the "Still the Economy, But What Kind?" section, the contributors examine the economic ideas that have informed and arisen from The Limits to Growth in the following decades and critique those assumptions and notions. They ask what must change if we are to stay within the limits set by nature.In the "New Lenses for a Different Future" section, thinkers from continents and cultures across the globe expand on their unique experiences of acting in and observing a world that may use all its resources before we wake up and act.The "Did We Learn? Will We?" section ponders where we go from here. Has humanity taken in the lessons of The Limits to Growth? What have we learned in the meantime? And, most importantly, what can we do about it now?Limits and Beyond: 50 years on from The Limits to Growth, what did we learn and what''s next? reaches back half a century to when the original report shook the world into realising that we live on a finite planet, brings it sharply up to date, and looks clear-eyed into the future.Limits and Beyond focuses the mind on the pressing issues of sustainability, global economics, ecology that global politics and institution need to grapple with to ensure the survival of the human race.Limits and Beyond is the book that will shape the conversation about our place on the earth for the next 50 years and beyond.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book examines the transition to sustainable energy systems in emerging cities. Experts from around the world present case studies from different countries and discuss efforts were needed for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The authors look into the issue of environment vs. economics and discuss the question of whether the energy transition goal can conflict with other development goals such as decent work and economic growth. Furthermore, innovation in energy transition is introduced, both in technology and citizens’ engagement. The book presents the latest developments on energy access and transition to sustainability throughout the overall value chain: from basic research in universities to documentation of lessons learned in the field. The empirical evidence presented makes this book appealing to scholars in the field of energy sustainability as well as to policy-makers and energy service companies.Table of ContentsSustainable Energy Access for Sustainable Communities – Introduction by a Social Scientist.- Local Dimensions of Sustainable Energy Governance: Case Study.- Can Municipalities Lead the Energy Transition? On Available Policy, Competences and Requirements for Action.- Local Action for Energy Sustainability: A Review of Policies’ Impact.- Techno-Economic Assessment of Renewable Energy Potential in Cities: Case Studies of Solar Photovoltaic, Waste-To-Energy and Wind Energy.- Management of Intermittent Solar and Wind Energy Resources: Storage and Grid Stabilization.- Modelling Sustainable Energy Transition for Cities: Case Studies of LEAP, ENPEP-BALANCE, and Moces.- Hidden Costs of Decarbonizing Utility Generation: Investment on Grid Stability & Contribution of Renewable Energies.- Democratization of Energy Planning: On a New Planning Tool Tailored to the Needs of Developing Countries.- Innovation for the Better: How Renewable Energy Technologies Improve Living Standard.- Energy Potential of Crop Residues in Senegal: Technology Solutions for Valorization.- Energy in Development Objectives: How the Energy Ecological Footprint Affect Development Indicators?.- Electricity Consumption in Working-Class Districts: Case Studies of Grand Yoff and Grand Dakar.- Cookinations: Mechanisms to Decouple Wood Production and Food Preparation in Sub-Urban Areas.- Citizen Awareness of the Social Dimension of Energy: Lessons From a Survey in Dakar.

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Book SynopsisThis open access handbook is distinguished by its emphasis on international energy, rather than domestic energy policies or international geopolitic aspects. Addressing key topics such as energy production and distribution, renewables and corporate energy structures, alongside global energy trends, regional case studies and emerging areas such as the digitalization of energy and energy transition, this handbook provides a major new contribution to the field of international energy economics. Written by academics, practitioners and policy-makers, this handbook is a valuable and timely addition to the literature on international energy economics. This book was published open access with the support of Eni. Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Part 1: Economics of energy production and distribution1.1. Economics of oil and gas production - Nadine Bret-Rouzeaut (SciencesPo, France) - Relative cost of exploration and development under different conditions (onshore, offshore, unconventional). Evaluation of upstream projects. Sensitivity to price changes.1.2. Economics of oil tanker transportation - TBC - Cyclicality of tanker business. Main determinants of tanker cost. Cost of transporting oil over long distances. Implications for arbitrage.1.3. Economics of gas transportation by pipeline or LNG - Manfred Hafner (IFP School, Switzerland) - Cost determinants of long-distance pipelines. Implications for cost of transport of gas over long distance. Implications for gas supply contracts and price discovery. Determinants of cost of LNG plants and cost of transport by tanker.1.4. Economics of oil refining - Jean-Pierre Favennec (IFP School, Switzerland) - Determinants of refinery cost and competitiveness. Complexity and oil quality. Implications of shifting patterns of products consumption and refinery localization.1.5. Economics of biofuels - Adam Brown, International Energy Agency - Types of biofuels, respective cost structures, international trade in biomass/biofuels.1.6. Economics of power generation - Arash Farnoush (IFP School, Switzerland) or Martin Everts (Head of Energy Economics at AxPo Holding AG, Switzerland) and/or Eicke Bluhme-Werri (AxPo Holding AG, Switzerland) - Alternative technologies for power generation and their respective key economic characteristics (CAPEX, OPEX, dispatchability, flexibility, location constraints, etc.)1.6.1. Coal and oil-based generation1.6.2. Gas-based generation (OCGT/CCGT)1.6.3. Nuclear generation (including SMRs)1.6.4. Hydropower (different forms)1.6.5. Solar energy1.6.6. Wind energy1.6.7. Other renewables1.7. Economics of energy networks - Andrea Bonzanni (SciencesPo, France) - Gas and electricity as network-based energy sources. Cost of network, natural monopoly, TPA, regulation, tarification, hubs.1.8. Economics of energy storage – TBC - Which energies can be stored and to what extent. Cost and revenue opportunities of storage. Storage and security of supply1.9. Financing of energy investment – TBC - Different financial models normally adopted to finance different energy investment projects: equity/debt ratios, project financing, risk, investors’ profiles.2. Part 2: Economics of energy trading and price discovery2.1. International trade in energy in the context of globalization - Giacomo Luciani, (SciencesPo, France) - Importance of energy products in the context of global trade; potential evolution in light of energy transition and income growth at the global level2.2. The trading and price discovery for crude oils - Giacomo Luciani or Bassam Fattouh (Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UK) or Liz Bossley (CEO, Consilience Energy Advisory Group Ltd, UK) - The structure and functioning of the global oil market, physical and paper. Issues of financialization and volatility. Price makers and price takers.2.3. The trading and price discovery for oil products - Liz Bossley (CEO, Consilience Energy Advisory Group Ltd, UK) - The structure and functioning of markets for petroleum products. Major contracts and derivatives, opportunities for hedging, influence of products on crude oil prices2.4. The trading and price discovery for natural gas - Manfred Hafner (IFP School, Switzerland) - Alternative price discovery mechanisms, their respective rationale and evolving importance of each for pipeline gas and LNG2.5. The trading and price discovery for coal - Sylvie Cornot-Gandolphe (Oxofrd Institute for Energy Studies) or Jan Beckaert - Different coal qualities and price discovery tools. Major contracts. Price makers.2.6. The trading and price discovery for biofuels - major existing biofuels markets: ethanol and biodiesel. Major markets (Ethanol: US and Brazil; biodiesel: EU). Competition with food chain. Subsidies and their implications on trading. Arbitrage between different potential uses of biomass.2.7. The trading of electricity - Eleanor Morrison (London Financial Studies) and/or Philippe Vassilopoulos (Cambridge University) - Structures of major liberalized power markets. Main traded contracts. Impact of variable renewables on market based on marginal cost. Capacity markets.2.8. The trading of carbon - Alfred Evans (Climate Change Capital Ltd) or Eleanor Morrison (London Financial Studies) - The rationale for ETSs and the various implementations of the concept. The experience of the EU ETS and its ongoing evolution.3. Part 3: Corporate energy structures3.1. Determinants of vertical integration in energy – TBC - What is the rationale for vertical integration in the energy industry and does it stand to critical evaluation?3.2. Unbundling, markets and regulation - Eleanor Morrison (London Financial Studies) - Breaking up vertically integrated incumbent monopolies and enforcing competition through regulation: alternative approaches3.3. Energy companies: sensible conglomerates? – TBC - Does an energy conglomerate make more sense than conglomerates in general? Is there an advantage in simultaneously investing in several forms of energy?3.4. Energy (power) decentralization and the future of networks - TBC - Decentralization of power generation may either mean an enhanced role for network or their erosion, possibly implosion. Cost/benefit of extended networks3.5. Energy corporate governance - John Gault (former Chief Economist of the International Energy Development Corporation, US) - Dialectic of major stakeholders in shaping energy investment decisions. Corporate responsibility, transparency, corruption3.6. The impact of digitalization - TBC - From the digital well to blockchain, and issues of cyber security: cost/benefit of digitalization4. Part 4: Global energy trends4.1. Energy scenarios: comparative analysis of black boxes - Manfred Hafner (IFP School, Switzerland) - Comparing the methodology, assumptions and results of major scenarios from industry, international organizations, individual governments and NGOs4.2. Disruptive technologies - Fabio Genoese (Centre for European Policy Studies, Belgium) - Technologies having the potential of radically changing our understanding of energy futures4.3. Drivers of energy demand - TBC - Opportunities for energy saving and economic obstacles to their realization4.3.1. Energy demand for buildings4.3.2. Energy demand for industry4.3.3. Energy demand for transportation5. Part 5: The trilemma and economics of tradeoffs5.1. Internalizing externalities: market vs. regulatory approaches to decarbonisation – TBC - GHG emissions as market failure: can the cost be effectively internalized? Carbon tax vs. ETSs. Regulation undermines market approaches5.2. Market solutions to security of supply - Giacomo Luciani (SciencesPo, France) - Security of supply has a cost and the final consumer should be able to decide how much security he wants. How can the cost of security be transferred to the final consumer?5.3. Energy subsidies - TBC - Mapping widespread subsidization of energy products and the debate on their validity5.4. Economics of access to energy - What economic obstacles prevent 1.2 billion people from having access to modern commercial energy? and policies/approaches to overcome the same6. Part 6: Energy and the economy - Energy models differ very significantly across regions. This group of chapters will discuss the interplay of energy supply/demand and economic development with an emphasis on how issues of access and decarbonization opportunities affect each region.6.1. Energy and the economy in China6.2. Energy and the economy in India - Dagmar Graczyk (International Energy Agency)6.3. Energy and the economy in Sub Saharan Africa – Philippe Copinschi (SciencesPo)6.4. Energy and the economy in Latin America - TBC6.5. Energy and the economy in the Middle East and North Africa - TBC6.6. Energy and the economy in Russia - Tatiana Mitrova (Russian Academy of Sciences)6.7. Energy and the economy in North America - TBC6.8. Energy and the economy in Europe - TBC

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Book SynopsisThis open access book uses an interdisciplinary approach that not only focuses on social organization but also analyzes how societies and ecological settings were interwoven. How did early modern indigenous Sami inhabitants in interior northwest Fennoscandia build institutions for governance of natural resources? The book answers this question by exploring how they made decisions regarding natural resource management, mainly with regard to wild game, fish, and grazing land and illuminate how Sami users, in a changing economy, altered the long-term rules for use of land and water in a self-governance context. The early modern period was a transforming phase of property rights due to fundamental changes in Sami economy: from an economy based on fishing and hunting to an economy where reindeer pastoralism became the main occupation for many Sami. The book gives a new portrayal of how proficiently and systematically indigenous inhabitants organized and governed natural assets and how capable they were in building highly functioning institutions for governance.Trade Review“The book by Jesper Larsson and Eva-Lotta Päiviö Sjaunja is really fascinating and a definite must-read for anyone interested in the history of reindeer pastoralism and, may be, pastoralism in general.” (Kirill V. Istomin, Pastoralism, June 8, 2022)Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction, Framework, Methods and Starting Points.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Linking long-term changes in socioecological systems with the development of property rights.- Chapter 3: Methods and staring points.- Chapter 4: Important variables.- Part II: Land Use, Livelihood and Ecological Settings.- Chapter 5: Fishing.- Chapter 6: Hunting.- Chapter 7: Reindeer husbandry.- Chapter 8: Other.- Part III: Synthesis.- Chapter 9: From private to common – coevolution of land-use practices and property rights.- Chapter 10: Early modern self-governance and colonial structures – the current state of affairs.

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Book SynopsisIn order to manage the transition towards a sustainable future electricity system, an in-depth understanding of the key technological, economic, environmental and societal drivers for electricity markets is required. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this textbook provides an overview of these drivers and introduces readers to major economic models and empirical evidence for the study of electricity markets and systems. Readers will learn about electricity generation, demand, transport, and storage, as well as the fundamentals of grid and electricity markets in Europe. By introducing them to state-of-the-art models from operations research and economics, the book provides a solid basis for analytical insights and numerical modeling. Furthermore, the book discusses the policy instruments and design choices for electricity market regulation and sustainable power system development, as well as the current challenges for smart energy systems.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Fundamentals of Energy and Power Systems.- Energy Demand.- Electricity Generation and Operational Planning.- Electricity Transport and Storage.- Regulation: Grids and Environment.- Simple Electricity Market Equilibrium Models.- Markets: Organisation, Trading and Efficiency.- Imperfect Competition and Market Power.- Electricity Markets in Europe.- Valuing Flexibilities in Power Systems as Optionalities.- Moving Towards Sustainable Electricity Systems.

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Book SynopsisCohesion policy for economic resilience in eastern members of the European Union in the context of geopolitics.- Measuring the financial resilience of sectoral indices: an analysis of financial crises in Turkey.- A social network analysis of certain macroeconomic indicators of European Union NUTS 2 regions.- Assessing sustainable competitiveness of Balkan economies using the entropy-based Promethee method.- Building resilience in the service industry: a study on non-conformities typology in logistics.- Aligning Management and Employee Perspectives: A Key to Organizational Resilience in Uncertain Times.- Digital indicators for the evaluation of the organizational development: American and Finnish methodologies.- Sustainability in the packaging industry. A small step for one - a huge contribution to the economy.- Advancing sustainable development in central and eastern Europe: the interplay of environment, energy, and economy.- EU membership and institutional governance in advancing climate change mitigation: a comparative analysis of the Balkan economies.- Smart grid ETFs: evaluating risk, return, and diversification benefits in sustainable investment portfolios.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Changing patterns of income growth.- Chapter 3. Welfare and environmental performances.- Chapter 4. Changing consumption and technologies.- Chapter 5. Acceleration of sustainable innovations.- Chapter 6. Towards sustainable development goals.- Chapter 7. Mechanisms and policies for progress.- Chapter 8. Literature.- Chapter 9.- Index.- Chapter 10. Appendices.

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Book SynopsisThis book uses the metaphor “The economy is society's metabolism” as a springboard to develop a rigorous theoretical framework for a better system of national accounts which goes “Beyond GDP” and is relevant to the age of resource depletion. Society is entering a new era in which biophysical limits related to natural resource extraction rates and the biosphere's waste assimilation capacity are becoming binding constraints on mature economies. Unfortunately, the data needed for policy-makers to understand and manage economic growth in this new era are not universally available. All stakeholders need a new way to understand our economy in the context of the biosphere’s ability to provide essential natural capital, and we suggest that detailed information about materials, energy, embodied energy, and energy intensity should be routinely gathered, analyzed, and disseminated from a centralized location to provide markets and policymakers with a more comprehensive understanding of the biophysical economy. However, a firm theoretical foundation is needed before proceeding along this new path, which this book is intended to provide.After arguing that the stock of manufactured capital is an important driver of material and energy demands imposed upon the biosphere, a new accounting framework is derived from the laws of thermodynamics to reflect the fact that material and embodied energy accumulate within the capital stock of economic sectors. This framework extends the Energy Input-Output (EI-O) techniques first developed by Bullard, Herendeen, and others to estimate energy intensity of economic products. Implications from the new framework are discussed, including the value of economic metrics for policy-making, the need for physically-based rather than product-based EI-O formulations, a re-assessment of the concept of economic “growth,” and an evaluation of recycling, reuse, and dematerialization. The framework also provides an opportunity to assess an array of definitions for Daly's “steady-state economy” in relation to the ideal of a sustainable economy.The book ends with a list of steps to be taken in creating a more comprehensive system of national accounts: National accounting agencies worldwide should develop and maintain balance sheets of both natural and manufactured capital in addition to national income statements All stocks and inter-sector flows should be provided in physical as well as financial units In the US, the Bureau for Economic Analysis (BEA) should restart detailed Capital, Labor, Energy, Material, and Services (KLEMS) reporting National accounting agencies should routinely estimate the energy intensity of economic products, and all of the above should be estimated and disseminated on an annual basis. Trade Review"The authors make a fundamental advance in economic thought, one that also provides a policy tool. They sharpen the concept of economic metabolism with a detailed analytical accounting of the metabolic flow from nature through the economy and back to nature, with attention to the different roles of stocks and flows, matter, energy, and value. They carefully distinguish value added from that to which value is added. The book is scholarly, well referenced, and full of insights. Highly recommended!"-Herman Daly, Emeritus Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland"Heun, Dale, and Haney present a powerful and insightful overview of our economic system and how GDP is connected to biological and physical systems at the extractive interface (agriculture and mining sectors). It begins with a rigorous analytical framework that tracks the flows of materials, energy, and embodied energy to characterize the "footprints" we leave on the planet as our lifestyles "consume" the various components of GDP. The book's major contribution is to show how the incomplete national accounting data systematically underestimates the impact of these footprints, especially during rapid energy infrastructure transitions like the one currently underway. With incomplete data we do the wrong things! For academics, policymakers, and students alike, the book provides a fresh perspective and constructive proposals based on a solid analytical foundation.-Clark W. Bullard, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignTable of ContentsIntroduction.- Traditional view of economy.- Brief history of input-output (I-O) modeling.- Basic I-O method.- An I-O method for dynamic (transient) economic analysis.- References.- Material Flows.- Methodology.- Example A: one sector economy.- Example B: two sector economy.- Example C: three sector economy.- References.- Direct Energy Flows.- Methodology.- Example A: one sector economy.- Example B: two sector economy.- Example C: three sector economy.- References.- Embodied Energy Flows.- Methodology.- Example A: one sector economy.- Example B: two sector economy.- Example C: three sector economy.- References.- Value Flows.- Methodology.- Example A: one sector economy.- Example B: two sector economy.- Example C: three sector economy.- References.- Energy Intensity.- References.- Implications.- Implications for economic “development”.- Implications for the I-O method.- Implications for recycling, reuse, and dematerialization.- Comparison to a Steady-state Economy.- References.

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Book SynopsisIn diesem essential lesen Sie, wie durch marktwirtschaftliche Methoden, Innovationen und Investitionen „Grünes Wachstum“ erreicht werden kann, ohne dass dabei die Bedürfnisse jener drei Milliarden Menschen vergessen werden, denen es schon heute am Nötigsten fehlt. Im Kontext der Nachhaltigkeitsziele werden die Unterschiede zwischen „Green Growth“ und „Degrowth“ erläutert, und warum mit einer „Kriegswirtschaft“ der Klimawandel nicht gestoppt werden kann. Vielmehr muss die Umwelt ein Preisschild bekommen. Durch „Finance For Future“ besteht eine Chance durch die eigene Geldanlage die Welt zum Besseren zu verändern. Eine Win-Win-Win-Situation für die Umwelt, die Anleger und die Wirtschaft. Der Autor spendet das Honorar aus dem Erlös der Verkäufe an Hessen-Forst.Table of ContentsEinleitung und Übersicht.- Die Welt ist nicht genug?.- Wachstum: Keine Frage des „Ob“, sondern des „Wie“.- Innovationen: Die „Kraft der schöpferischen Zerstörung“.- Investieren für eine bessere Welt.- Finance For Future.- Zusammenfassung & Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisLife Cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool for environmental decision-support in relation to products from the cradle to the grave. Until now, more emphasis has been put on the inclusion quantitative models and databases and on the design of guidebooks for applying LCA than on the integrative aspect of combining these models and data. This is a remarkable thing, since LCA in practice deals with thousands of quantitative data items that have to be combined in the correct manner. For this, one needs mathematical rules and algorithmic principles for carrying out an LCA. This book presents the first coherent treatment of the mathematical and algorithmic aspects of LCA. These computational aspects are presented in matrix form, so that a concise and elegant formulation is achieved. This form, moreover, provides a platform for further extension of analysis using perturbation theory, structural theory and economic input-output analysis.Trade Review"Heijungs and Suh's Computational Structure of Life Cycles Assessment fills a gap in the methodological literature supporting life-cycle assessments (LCA). It provides a consistent approach, terminology, and notation previously lacking and only partially addressed by archival literature and standardization efforts. Much of the book focuses on the computational aspects of inventory analysis using linear algebra. The construction has atleast three advantages. First, the method is compatible with current inventory data collection and management practices…Second, the computational structure forces the practitioner to account for the full life cycle of material and energy flows and explicitly accounts for "complications"….Third, the matrix structure facilitates impact assessment and interpretation as currently applied by LCA practitioners…Even though the linear algebra concepts used are quite basic, the text is really designed for the atleast somewhat experienced LCA practitioner or the graduate student with some level of comfort in applying mathematical models to complex systems…Finally, the computational structure presented is complete in taking the practitioner from inventory analysis through interpretation.. Practitioners who read this text will benefit from the author’s experiences in applying LCA and developing LCA methods…" Journal of Industrial Ecology, 7:2 (2003)Table of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction. 2. The basic model for inventory analysis. 3. The refined model for inventory analysis. 4. Advanced topics in inventory analysis*. 5. Relation with input-output analysis*. 6. Perturbation theory. 7. Structural theory. 8. Beyond the inventory analysis. 9. Further extensions*. 10. Issues of implementation*. A. Matrix algebra. B. Main terms and symbols. C. Matlab code for most important algorithms. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisCircular Economy and Mining.- Smart Waste Management.- Digital Water Economy Formation in the Context of Development in Sustainable Management.- Waste Management Policy Formulation Using Environmental Economics.- E-Waste Recycling Revolution A Fresh Inside from Determinant Factors.- Investigation of Domestic Waste Disposal Activities in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State.- Behavioural Response to Waste Management Mechanism.- Creating Circular Economy of Waste using Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) Technology.- A Comprehensive Overview based on the Implications of Inclusion of Waste Management Sector in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme.- Impact of Innovation on Waste Management.- Waste Bank Socio-Economic nexus in Indonesia: The Stance of Maqasid Al-Shari?ah.- Solid Waste Management.

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Book SynopsisA Silent Threat with Loud Consequences.- Choking Returns Air Pollution and Stock Market Performance.- Trading on Thin Air Pollution Behavior and Market Efficiency.- A Breath of Fresh Capital Air Pollution and the IPO Market.- Hazy Perceptions How Air Pollution Colors Customer Ratings.- The Unseen Cost of Travel Air Pollution and the Tourism Industry.- Breathing Easier Air Pollution and the Health Insurance Sector.- Investing in Clean Air How Air Pollution is Driving Green Innovation.- Clearing the Air for Investors How Pollution is Reshaping Corporate ESG.- Breathing Freely A Vision for a Future with Clean Air.

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Book SynopsisThe role and importance of consumer perception.- The effect of cultural and socioeconomic factors on consumer perception.- The impact of kosher and halal on consumers.- Perceptions of food safety and nutrition among different age groups of consumers.- Food legislation and the consumers: the EU perspective.- The food product quality harmonization with identified consumers' preferences.- A comparative review of the consumers' perspective on the safety, quality, and sensory attributes of alternative proteins.- Legal aspects of functional food and dietary supplements in medicinal foods around the world.- Consumer perception of edible insects.- Consumer perception of plant-based meat substitutes.- Consumer perception of plant-based milk and dairy products.- Consumer perception of algae and algae-based products.- Consumer perception of plant-based eggs.- Consumer perception of cultivated meat.- Consumer attitudes and vi

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