International law obligations for the disposal of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water under the principles of nuclear safety
March 2024
The disposal of contaminated water from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant is a significant international nuclear safety issue with considerable cross-border implications. This matter requires compliance...
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Emission-side drivers affecting carbon neutrality based on vegetation carbon sequestration: Evidence from China
March 2024
To address climate change, the world needs deep decarbonization to achieve carbon neutrality (CN), which implies net-zero human-caused CO2 emissions in the atmosphere. This study used emission-side...
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Establishing a mechanism for international cooperation for Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water monitoring
March 2024
The Japanese government’s unilateral decision to discharge the nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean has caused immense nuclear safety risks. Monitoring the...
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Do companies influenced by smart cities pay more attention to green governance? Mechanism and optimal spatial correlation
March 2024
Smart cities are a way for China to construct an innovative and environmentally conscious nation. The paper examines the impact of smart cities on corporate green governance and provides a theoretical...
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The coordinated evolution of ecological environment, public service, and tourism economy along the Silk Road Economic Belt, using the Dual-Carbon Targets
March 2024
Carbon peak and carbon neutrality (dual-carbon) are important targets for the international response to climate change. The Silk Road Economic Belt is a strategic resource region and is important for...
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Addressing Japan’s disposal of nuclear-contaminated water from the perspective of international human rights law
March 2024
The discharge of nuclear-contaminated water containing radionuclides into the ocean by Japan will lead to its integration into the entire ecosystem through processes of circulation and biomagnification,...
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Comprehensive evaluation and spatial-temporal evolution characteristics of urban resilience in Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle
March 2024
To clarify the connotations and extensions of urban resilience, this study focuses on the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle with 16 cities as research subjects. A comprehensive evaluation index system...
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Assessing environmental impact: Micro-energy network optimization in a Chinese industrial park
March 2024
Micro-energy systems contribute significantly to environmental improvement by reducing dependence on power grids through the utilization of multiple renewable energy sources. This study quantified the...
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Spatiotemporal variations, influencing factors, and configurational promotion paths of energy efficiency in China’s cities
March 2024
The promotion of energy efficiency (EE) helps address energy constraints and promote environmental sustainability. This study comprehensively explores the spatiotemporal variations, influencing factors,...
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Impact of carbon disclosure on debt financing costs
March 2024
Creditors, such as banks, often use disclosed environmental information to assess a company’s environmental risk and ensure the safety of debt funds. Consequently, carbon disclosures have become an...
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The influencing mechanism of pro-environmental behaviors in the private domain on those in the public domain
December 2023
From the perspective of regulatory focus theory, the influencing mechanism of pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) in the private domain on behaviors in the public domain were analyzed by revealing the...
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Does enterprise digitization reduce carbon emissions? Evidence from China
December 2023
The digital transformation and expansion of businesses will provide China’s low-carbon economic development strategy with fresh impetus in the backdrop of the emerging digital economy and environmentally...
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Promoting or inhibiting? Green fiscal policy and urban green innovation
December 2023
Can green fiscal policy (GFP) incentivize the proliferation of urban green innovation (GI) and be a novel catalyst for energy conservation and emission reduction within the “dual-carbon” framework?...
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The evolution of central environmental protection inspection policy attention in China: An investigation based on inspection reports
December 2023
The central environmental protection inspection (CEPI) system in China is a significant institutional innovation in national environmental governance. The CEPI applies a joint supervision strategy to...
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China’s urban green innovation: Regional differences, distribution dynamics, and convergence
December 2023
Urban green innovation (UGI) is essential to environmental protection, ecological conservation, and high-quality economic growth. Using green patents, our study assessed the level of UGI of 287 Chinese...
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Evaluation of the coordinated development of China’s Forest Resources-Economy-Environment System
December 2023
Forests provide enormous ecological, economic, and social benefits, as such forest development should be oriented toward resource-economy-environment harmonization. This paper constructs a comprehensive...
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Carbon footprint accounting for cigar production processes: A life cycle assessment perspective
December 2023
Although the tobacco industry is a significant contributor to energy consumption and carbon emissions its negative environmental impact has received inadequate attention globally. Cigarette factories...
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Estimating the value of a statistical life in China: A contingent valuation study in six representative cities
December 2023
The value of a statistical life (VSL) is a crucial tool for monetizing health impacts. To explore the VSL in China, this study examines people’s willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce death risk from air...
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Research on the construction path of the megacity from the perspective of Nudge Theory: Empirical evidence of the “Park City” construction in Chengdu Tianfu New Area
September 2023
The transformation of Chengdu Tianfu New Area, a state-level new district, from the first site of constructing the “Park City” to the representative of the “Park City”, contains a unique path of “Chinese...
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Does innovative city pilot policy promote urban green growth in China? An analysis of green total factor productivity, 2005–2020
September 2023
The innovative city pilot policy (ICPP) is an essential manifestation of China’s construction of an innovative and green-driven development country. We incorporated urban green total factor productivity...
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Consumer behavior patterns of carbon neutral label using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology
September 2023
China has paid considerable attention to developing and implementing a carbon labeling system in response to increasing environmental issues such as global warming. This paper aims to provide a theoretical...
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Literature review on waste management of online food delivery industry in China
September 2023
Meituan Waimai, which was officially launched in November 2013, has created a huge market for food delivery in China. After years of development, China’s online food delivery market reached RMB 664.62...
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The impact of market coordination on urban green total factor productivity: An analysis of the mediating effect of factor misallocation
September 2023
Promoting market coordination and enhancing the efficiency of green growth is a necessity for China’s effective economic development. Using panel data from 2007 to 2020, this paper conducts a comprehensive...
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The impact of carbon emissions trading policy on carbon emission efficiency in Chinese cities: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment
September 2023
Based on a panel dataset spanning from 2003 to 2019 and encompassing 284 prefecture-level cities in China, this study treats the implementation of the carbon emissions trading policy (CETP) as a quasi-natural...
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Impact of foreign direct investment on the exports of five major sectors of Pakistan’s economy: A governance perspective
September 2023
This study investigates and analyses empirically the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows on the exports for a panel series of five large-scale manufacturing industries of Pakistan during...
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