scholarly journals Green finance for energy transition, climate action and sustainable development: overview of concepts, applications, implementation and challenges

Green Finance ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-35
Author(s):  
Rupsha Bhattacharyya ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Current State ◽  
Green Finance ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Broad Domain ◽  
Financial Disclosures

<abstract> <p>The solutions to mankind's greatest problems today lie in the simultaneous development, adoption and deployment of a combination of technological, socio-political, cultural and financial initiatives and mechanisms. The present work serves as a brief compilation of concepts and information pertaining to the broad domain of green finance, particularly for a readership with non-financial background. Green finance indicates the deployment of private and public capital towards projects that not only prevent environmental degradation and related impacts such as climate change and air pollution but also generate a host of social benefits and adequate financial returns for the investors. Thus, green finance embodies several cross-cutting concepts. The various global events leading to the development of the current state of green finance, the typical forms and instruments involved, the regulatory framework and issuance process for these instruments and the various international agencies and organizations developing and making use of green finance schemes for identified beneficiary projects are briefly described in this work. Financial disclosures and the role of regulators and investors in strengthening green finance schemes are discussed, along with a summary of the current thought leadership and current academic research in this domain. The challenges in green finance are also enumerated and a few perspectives for the future are presented.</p> </abstract>

Filling in for Governments? The Role of the Private Actors in the International Climate Regime

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-28
Author(s):  
Charlotte Streck
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Climate Regime ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
State Actor ◽  
International Climate ◽  
Private Actors

The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change abandons the Kyoto Protocol’s paradigm of binding emissions targets and relies instead on countries’ voluntary contributions. However, the Paris Agreement encourages not only governments but also sub-national governments, corporations and civil society to contribute to reaching ambitious climate goals. In a transition from the regulated architecture of the Kyoto Protocol to the open system of the Paris Agreement, the Agreement seeks to integrate non-state actors into the treaty-based climate regime. In 2014 the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Peru and France created the Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action (and launched the Global Climate Action portal). In December 2019, this portal recorded more than twenty thousand climate-commitments of private and public non-state entities, making the non-state venues of international climate meetings decisively more exciting than the formal negotiation space. This level engagement and governments’ response to it raises a flurry of questions in relation to the evolving nature of the climate regime and climate change governance, including the role of private actors as standard setters and the lack of accountability mechanisms for non-state actions. This paper takes these developments as occasion to discuss the changing role of private actors in the climate regime.

scholarly journals The Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Behind Closed Doors

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radoslav S. Dimitrov
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Cognitive Change ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
The Political ◽  
Process Variables ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Persuasive Arguments ◽  
Political Success

The Paris Agreement constitutes a political success in climate negotiations and traditional state diplomacy, and offers important implications for academic research. Based on participatory research, the article examines the political dynamics in Paris and highlights features of the process that help us understand the outcome. It describes battles on key contentious issues behind closed doors, provides a summary and evaluation of the new agreement, identifies political winners and losers, and offers theoretical explanations of the outcome. The analysis emphasizes process variables and underscores the role of persuasion, argumentation, and organizational strategy. Climate diplomacy succeeded because the international conversation during negotiations induced cognitive change. Persuasive arguments about the economic benefits of climate action altered preferences in favor of policy commitments at both national and international levels.

scholarly journals El periplo de la regulación del autoconsumo energético y generación distribuida en Espana: la transición de camino hacia la sostenibilidad

2019 ◽  
pp. 181-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura PRESICCE
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Distributed Generation ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
The Self ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Electric Sector ◽  
Current State ◽  
European Regulatory ◽  
Spanish Legislation

LABURPENA: Trantsizio energetikoa gaur egun dugun erronka nagusienetako bat da; beraz, ikatzik gabeko sektore elektrikoa garatzeaz gain, sistema energetikoa aldatu behar da, eredu demokratikoago baten alde, non energia-sorkuntza banatuak paper garrantzitsuagoa izango duen. Ikerketaren helburua da aztertzea nola dagoen gaur egun, Espainian, energia banatuaren eta autokontsumoarenarloko araudia, zeina etengabe aldatzen baita, eta konparatzea Europak proposatutako erregulazioarekin (Energiari eta klimari buruzko “Neguko Paketea”). Europar Batasunak dagoeneko ekin dio autokontsumoa eta sorkuntza banatua bultzatuko duen trantsizio energetiko jasangarri eta justurako bideari. Espainiako indarreko araudia, berriz, alderantzizko norabidean joan da orain arte; baina, izapidetze-fasean dagoen erregulazio berriak aldaketa garrantzitsu bat dakar: kendu egin dira autokontsumoari ezarritako karga ekonomikoak eta oztopo administratiboak. Sorkuntza banatua gehiago garatzetik datozen abantailek erakusten dute beharrezkoa dela Espainiako legeriak autokontsumoa bultzatzea. ABSTRACT: The energy transition is one of the greatest challenges of our time and it means, besides the necessary decabornification by the electric sector, to change from an energy model to a more democratic one characterized by a more assertive role of the generation of energy distributed. The objective of this study is to analyze the current state, and the continuous evolution of the Spanish regulaton in terms of distributed generation and energy self-supply and to compare it with the European regulatory proposal adjusted in the “Winter package” about energy and climate. The European Union has undertaken a path towards a sustainable and fair energy transition which helps the self-supply and distributed generation. The Spanish normative up until now moved in the opposite direction; nevertheless, the new regulation, at this time under consideration, takes an important new route by removing the provision of economic burdens and administrative hurdles to self-supply. The advantages that emanate from the promotion of a greater development of distributed generation confirm the need to bolster self-consum in the Spanish legislation. RESUMEN: La transición energética es uno de los mayores desafíos de nuestro tiempo y supone, además de la necesaria descarbonificación del sector eléctrico, el cambio del sistema energético hacia un modelo más democrático, caracterizado por un rol más incisivo de la generación de energía distribuida. El objetivo del estudio es analizar el estado actual, y en continua evolución, de la normativa española en materia de generación distribuida y autoconsumo energético y compararlo con la propuesta regulatoria europea modelada en el «Paquete de invierno» sobre energía y clima. La Unión Europea ha emprendido un camino hacia una transición energética sostenible y justa que favorezca el autoconsumo y la generación distribuida. La normativa española hasta ahora vigente iba en sentido contrario; sin embargo, la nueva regulación, actualmente en fase de tramitación, realiza un importante cambio de ruta, eliminando la previsión de gravámenes económicos y trabas administrativas al autoconsumo. Las ventajas que proceden del fomento de un mayor desarrollo de generación distribuida confirman que es necesario un impulso del autoconsumo en la legislación española.

scholarly journals From education to welfare – A historical-exploratory approach for examining the role of madrassas

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
zahid Mumtaz
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Policy Problem ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Current State ◽  
Exploratory Approach ◽  
Repeated Calls ◽  
History Of

Abstract Much is written on the history of madrassas and their contributions to scholarship. In addition, several scholars have done considerable research to identify the causes of madrassas' growth, determine the linkage of madrassa education with breeding extremist ideologies and suggested possible areas for reforms. This particular aspect has been the topic of scholarly debates and a policy problem faced by many governments and international agencies, i.e., how madrassas can be reformed. However, not much literature could be located that draws parallels and dissimilarities between the madrassas of the golden age and the current era. This is important because any reform or policy is unlikely to succeed without considering a problem's historical and contextual factors. Hence this study adopts a historical-exploratory approach to identify the similarities and differences between the madrassas of the golden age of Islam and present times and explore the causes of such differences by utlising the case study of madrassas in Pakistan. Addressing these issues will make the following contributions: First, identifying the similarities and dissimilarities between the madrassas of the golden age and modern times requires a detailed exploration of madrassas' current state and their role, of which little is known. Second, identifying the factors responsible for the differences in madrassas' role from the golden age to modern times will help understand the implications of such differences on madrassas and society. Lastly, such implications will answer the repeated calls in the literature of formulating policies for reforming the madrassas that have been a significant policy problem faced by many countries.

The role of institutions in the process of global convergence to IFRS

2018 ◽  
pp. 111-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Aprile ◽  
Laura Bini
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Valuable Contribution ◽  
Local Systems ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Convergence Process ◽  
The World ◽  
Intermediary Role

This paper uses some major contributions from accounting institutional theory to discuss the process of convergence toward IFRS. Our analysis identifies the most influential institutions and the complex networks of relationships among institutions, offering a valuable contribution to a better understanding of the current state of diffusion of IFRS around the world and the current progress of the convergence process. We identify the different roles of some main institutions, grouping them into three categories and highlighting their main interactions in different contexts. We place global and international institutions such as IOSCO, EU and other international agencies such as the World Bank into the first category, since they have fostered the initial phase of the convergence process. Secondly, we find that the presence of institutions such as local government and standard setters, which play an intermediary role, mediates between the need to guarantee the implementation of the standards and the need to preserve pre-existing equilibria. Finally, we discuss the role played by the end-users of the standards. Our analysis shows that these institutions are the most critical forces. In fact, in the absence of a structured, led program that orients these forces toward IFRS, the convergence process could result in the proliferation of local systems of standards, increasing the risk that harmonisation is achieved only in name.

scholarly journals Modelling Open Social Scholarship Within the INKE Community

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Alyssa Arbuckle ◽  
John Maxwell
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
Current State ◽  
Communication Models ◽  
Communication Processes

Given the current state of digital technology, there is a clear opportunity to revamp scholarly communication into a multi-faceted, open system that integrates and takes advantage of the near-ubiquitous global network. In doing so, the values of collaboration, sharing, and transparency inherent to open social scholarship can be integrated into knowledge dissemination methods. The Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE) community is currently organized around the idea of open social scholarship, but putting this into practice will involve assessing and revising INKE’s own scholarly communication processes. In this paper, we explore the current state of open access to academic research and ruminate on next steps, beyond open access. We consider the role of collaboration in contemporary academic practice, and the importance of transparency in regards to multiplayer work. Further, we examine the standard scholarly communication model, especially as it pertains to INKE. Finally, we make recommendations and suggest alternatives for transforming our stock scholarly communication models into open social scholarship practices.

On everyday academic research

2017 ◽  
pp. 98-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Tirole
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
The Common ◽  
Verification Of Models ◽  
Science And Research

In the fourth chapter of the book “The economy of the common good”, the nature of economics as a science and research practices in their theoretical and empirical aspects are discussed. The author considers the processes of modeling, empirical verification of models and evaluation of research quality. In addition, the features of economic cognition and the role of mathematics in economic research are analyzed, including the example of relevant research in game theory and information theory.

ANALYSIS OF APPLICATION OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE BANKING SECTOR

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svitlana Ilkovych ◽  
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Maryna Korol ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Current State ◽  
Global Banking ◽  
Banking Institutions ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Further Development

The article considers the essence of blockchain technology and the possibility of its application in the banking sector. The current state of development and application of blockchain technologies in various industries is analyzed. The pros and cons of using blockchain technologies for the banking sector are identified. Emphasis is placed on the role of blockchain technologies in the further development of the banking sector. The most promising directions of development of this technology are considered. Particular attention is paid to examples of the use of blockchain technology by global banking institutions.

Current state and main directions of preservation and strengthening of health of the working population of Russia

2020 ◽  
pp. 527-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. V. Bukhtiyarov
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
The Past ◽  
Production Factors ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article presents the results of the analysis of health, working conditions and prevalence of adverse production factors, the structure of the detected occupational pathology in the working population of the Russian Federation. The article presents Statistical data on the dynamics of the share of workplaces of industrial enterprises that do not meet hygienic standards, occupational morbidity in 2015-2018 for the main groups of adverse factors of the production environment and the labor process. The indicators of occupational morbidity over the past 6 years in the context of the main types of economic activity, individual subjects of the Russian Federation, classes of working conditions, levels of specialized occupational health care. The role of the research Institute of occupational pathology and occupational pathology centers in solving organizational, methodological and practical tasks for the detection, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of occupational diseases is shown. The basic directions of activity in the field of preservation and strengthening of health of workers, and also safety at a workplace are defined.

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