A risk framework for optimising policies for deep decarbonisation technologies

Performance analysis of mutual funds is usually made on the basis of return-risk framework. Traditionally, excess return (over risk-free rate) to risk ratios were used for the purpose mutual fund evaluation. Subsequently, the application of non-parametric mathematical programming techniques in the context of performance evaluation facilitated multi-criteria decision making. However,the estimates of performance on the basis of conventional programming techniques like DEA and FDH are affected by the presence of outliers in the sample observations. The present, accordingly uses more robust benchmarking techniques for evaluating the performance od sectoral mutual fund schemes based on observations for the second half of 2010. The USP of the present study is that it uses two partial frontier techniques (Order-m and Order- a) which are less susceptible to the problem of extreme data.

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The Impact of Health Risk Communication: A Study on the Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika Epidemics in Curaçao, Analyzed by the Social Amplification of Risk Framework (SARF)

Qualitative Health Research ◽

10.1177/10497323211007815 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 104973232110078

Author(s):

Milou J. F. van Goudoever ◽

Vaitiare I. C. Mulderij-Jansen ◽

Ashley J. Duits ◽

Adriana Tami ◽

Izzy I. Gerstenbluth ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Communication ◽

Risk Perceptions ◽

Social Amplification Of Risk ◽

Vector Borne Diseases ◽

News Reports ◽

Risk Framework ◽

The Government ◽

And Control ◽

The Impact ◽

Risk Reducing

Epidemics of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika have been threatening the Caribbean. Since risk communication (RC) plays a fundamental role in preventing and controlling diseases understanding how RC works is essential for enabling risk-reducing behavior. This multimethod qualitative study compares news reports with local’s and health professional’s perspectives, currently lacking in RC research. It was found that RC strategies were obstructed by a lack of governmental structure, organization, and communication. The content analysis showed that the majority of newspaper articles contained negative reporting on the government. Furthermore, this study shows how trust and heuristics attenuate or amplify people’s risk perceptions and possibly positively and negatively influence people’s risk-reducing behavior. A transcending approach (e.g., structural, cooperative, and multidisciplinary) of the prevention and control of vector-borne diseases and the corresponding RC is recommended.

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Thawing Permafrost in Arctic Coastal Communities: A Framework for Studying Risks from Climate Change

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13052651 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (5) ◽

pp. 2651

Author(s):

Joan Nymand Larsen ◽

Peter Schweitzer ◽

Khaled Abass ◽

Natalia Doloisio ◽

Susanna Gartler ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Risk Perception ◽

Stakeholder Involvement ◽

Coastal Communities ◽

Mitigation Strategies ◽

Socially Constructed ◽

Local Stakeholders ◽

Risk Framework ◽

Relevant Stakeholder ◽

Thawing Permafrost

Thawing permafrost creates risks to the environment, economy and culture in Arctic coastal communities. Identification of these risks and the inclusion of the societal context and the relevant stakeholder involvement is crucial in risk management and for future sustainability, yet the dual dimensions of risk and risk perception is often ignored in conceptual risk frameworks. In this paper we present a risk framework for Arctic coastal communities. Our framework builds on the notion of the dual dimensions of risk, as both physically and socially constructed, and it places risk perception and the coproduction of risk management with local stakeholders as central components into the model. Central to our framework is the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration. A conceptual model and processual framework with a description of successive steps is developed to facilitate the identification of risks of thawing permafrost in a collaboration between local communities and scientists. Our conceptual framework motivates coproduction of risk management with locals in the identification of these risks from permafrost thaw and the development of adaptation and mitigation strategies.

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