The European Commission's recommendations for Estonia include expanding unemployment insurance benefits to cover non-standard forms of work and updating vehicles.
Since the industrial revolution, countries have been facing the issue of climate change and environmental degradation. It is widely believed that the investment in research and development of renewable energy can play a pivotal role in fighting against climate change. However, the financial risk also increases, which can influence renewable energy technology R&D budgets and environmental sustainability. Nevertheless, the current literature is silent on the linkage between financial risk, renewable energy technology budgets, and environmental quality. Against this backdrop, this article attempts to explore the dynamic linage between financial risk, renewable energy technology budgets, and ecological footprint under the Environment Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. For this purpose, yearly data from 1984 to 2018 is employed using the advanced panel data estimation methods that address the slope heterogeneity and c
Most people continue using their car because it’s convenient, but few consider the full cost of depreciation and maintenance. Carbon dioxide emissions rarely factor in people’s choice of transport.
as well, announcing a moratorium on all new oil and gas leases on public lands and waters but as this headline from ap notes, us drilling approvals have increased despite the biden climate pledge. that is on land already leased. the president also cancelled the keystone xl oil pipeline but is this new york times story reports, other pipelines are being allowed to proceed. it s a decidedly mixed picture on fossil fuel picture on fossilfuel production, energy and transport. it produces more emissions than any other sector. transport emissions are going up in the us, they make up going up in the us, they make up 29% of the country s emissions. in response, by 2030, resident biden wants half of car sales to be like these, electric. right now, though, it s not hard, it s 2% of sales, so something has to change. sales, so something has to chance. , , , ., change. the big push right now is on building change. the big push right now is on building the is on building the infrastructure that