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Publication date: April 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 170 Author(s): Gilles Grolleau, Lisette Ibanez, Naoufel Mzoughi Abstract Some experimental and archival studies have found support for the scope-severity paradox (SSP), according to which the perceived harm of the same crime or wrongdoing decreases when the number of victims is greater. In the context of environmental

Publication date: April 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 170 Author(s): Luca Fraccascia Abstract This paper explores the direct network effect for online platforms supporting industrial symbiosis (IS), which is a recommended strategy to support the transition towards the circular economy. Through IS, companies can use wastes produced by other companies as inputs to production processes.

The rescue deal could prove a pragmatic fudge, as long as it does underwrites the owners The least surprising development in the Flybe saga was Willie Walsh throwing a tantrum. The rescue of the struggling regional airline is “a blatant misuse of public funds”, thundered the boss of IAG, owner of British Airways, as he

Last decade was also hottest yet in 150 years of measurements, say scientists The year 2019 was the second hottest on record for the planet’s surface, according to latest research. The analyses reveal the scale of the climate crisis: both the past five years and the past decade are the hottest in 150 years. The

It’s good news the world’s largest asset manager aims to change how it invests but actions will speak louder than words BlackRock’s conversion to sustainable investing comes late in the day and may have been motivated, in part, by founder and chief executive Larry Fink’s fear that the “greenwasher” label would stick. Activists were banging

A group of scientists respond after UK government minister Heather Wheeler stated that it had been ‘widely reported on social media that 75% of the fires were started by arsonists’ We write as scientists alarmed that a minister has ignored scientific evidence, relying instead on grossly misleading social media sources. In the House of Commons