The global cost of air pollution caused by fossil fuels is $8 billion a day, or roughly 3.3 percent of the entire world's economic output, an environmental research group said on Wednesday.
Environment
Feb 12, 2020
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To reduce wealth inequality without diminishing the economic performance of a country, a policy package of bequest taxes and land value taxes could be the optimal solution. Such a policy package would, in fact, have a strong ...
Economics & Business
Mar 23, 2018
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Using a new metric, 'GDP @Risk', the 'Catastronomics' techniques developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge reveal that major threats to the world's most important cities could reduce economic output by some ...
Economics & Business
Sep 8, 2015
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The European Union's greenhouse-gas emissions fell more in 2012 than previously estimated, according to new data released on Tuesday.
Environment
Jun 4, 2014
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Countries rich in coal, oil and gas emit more carbon dioxide to generate the same amount of economic output as countries where fossil fuels are scarce, according to an Oxford University study.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 22, 2013
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China, the world's largest carbon emitter, was set Tuesday to launch its first carbon trading scheme aimed at reducing emissions, state-media said.
Environment
Jun 18, 2013
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Connecting industrial operations to the Internet could lead to significant gains in productivity, potentially worth $10 trillion to $15 trillion globally, a study by General Electric said Monday.
Telecom
Nov 26, 2012
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Combining carbon storage with enhanced oil recovery techniques in key fields could generate up to £2.7bn in extra economic output, a report has claimed.
Environment
Nov 20, 2012
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Climate change caused by global warming is slowing down world economic output by 1.6 percent a year and will lead to a doubling of costs in the next two decades, a major new report said.
Environment
Sep 26, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- The U.S. has long been among the world's worst emitters of carbon dioxide, but when accounting for climate in addition to GDP, it is nowhere near the bottom of that list, according to University of Michigan ...
Environment
Jun 15, 2012
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