Examining equity: a multidimensional framework for assessing equity in payments for ecosystem services
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In this paper, the authors present a systematic framework for the analysis of equity that can be used to examine how local equity is affected as the global value of ecosystem services changes, and how these dimensions are shaped by the scale and target group of concern, the framing of goals with respect to equity and how the decisions about the content, target and aims of equity are taken.About:
This article is published in Environmental Science & Policy.The article was published on 2013-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 418 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Equity capital markets & Equity risk.read more
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Can Climate Finance Contribute to Gender Equity in Developing Countries
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Legal innovation in national courts for planetary challenges: Urgenda v state of the Netherlands: District Court of the Hague, 24 June 2015, C/09/456689/ HA ZA 13-1396
TL;DR: The Urgenda climate case in which the state of the Netherlands was ordered to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25% by 2020 has generated much interest both in the Netherlands and internationally as mentioned in this paper.
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Finding common ground: environmental ethics, social justice, and a sustainable path for nature-based health promotion
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss both concepts, based on the idea that social-ecological systems should be studied using a postnormal perspective, and provide an example of the study of a Latin American social ecological system: the Rio Cruces wetland.
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