… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using RenewableEnergy Credits (RECs) to track and … used. RPSs have been unable to achieve these goals due to inherent limitations of a market for RECs. In states with the most aggressive clean energypolicies, the shortcomings of RPSs are becoming more acute. In areas of high solar …
… to estimate Southern New England residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for local forest products, clean drinking water from forested watersheds, and access to … Estimates indicate that there is potential for decision makers to create new markets or policies that create economic incentives for private forest owners by drawing upon … authorities, and recreation managers can utilize the results of this research to inform new policies and markets for ecosystem services. For example, the investigators intend to use …
… financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHs are physical facilities equipped with clean energytechnologies and strategically located to offer vital services to local communities before, during, and after emergencies such as natural disasters. The primary goal of this …
… that actually reduce the long-run usability of the land. More sustainable agricultural technologies exist, designed to minimize the adverse effects of farming and improve … moisture retention. The project was designed in two phases to test different methods of information diffusion. In the first phase, a baseline survey was conducted with 3800 farming … characteristics of the households as well as their farming practices and production levels. For the first round of interventions, information was provided to treatment households on …
… and create the institutions required to sustain a new market. What is interesting about renewableenergy in general and offshore wind in particular is that, across settings, the issues that … the stakeholder groups are similar and stable; the overall desire to create a market –for environmental, political, and/or economic reasons—is considerable; and yet, there is …
… global warming in the absence of immediate action. The U.S. signed—and then left, before rejoining—the Paris Agreement. In this survey of 2,035 global business students, conducted in partnership with the Global Network for Advanced Management and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication , our key … business students state that they would accept a lower salary to work with a sustainability-forward employer. Our students will soon be at the helms of such impactful organizations, …
… production and agricultural operations. Combining these practices into one space creates an efficient and sustainable land-use system that benefits farmers, solar developers, rural communities, and the earth itself. This emerging form of renewableenergy blends complementary land uses and eliminates the false “food or energy” …
… to climate change, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise for decades, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. This will have … Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the RenewableEnergy 100 (RE100), the Business Roundtable, B Corps, and benefit … can more effectively vote with their dollars, select their employers, and support climate policies. The report is structured around nine data visualizations that communicate the …
… how expressions of autonomous, intrinsic or self-determined motivation are the driving forces of a sustainability characterised by individual and planetary flourishing in contrast … work was initially presented at the ERB Institute Symposium in Ann Arbor with extraordinary feedback. The pitfalls and pathways are now being expanded into an online article series in … work was initially presented at the ERB Institute Symposium in Ann Arbor with extraordinary feedback. The pitfalls and pathways are now being expanded into an online article series in …