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A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).

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Prof. Dr. María Mar Miralles-Quirós

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Interests: financial analysis; asset pricing; portfolio; financial markets; portfolio management; finance; portfolio optimization; corporate finance; econometrics; investment
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Prof. Dr. José Luis Miralles-Quirós

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Dear Colleagues,

Due to the decarbonization process that will be carried out by 2030, some of the problems that different economic and social sectors must face include regulatory uncertainties and the emergence of new technologies that are not yet sufficiently developed. As examples, energy companies are more focused on platform ecosystems, cloud technologies and renewables, while oil companies are increasingly making progress in their transformation toward clean energy and carbon neutrality, and renewable projects are on the rise.

Reduction in carbon emissions contributes directly to the fundamental purpose of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): to prevent the adverse effects of climate change, including those on human health and welfare. The process of divesting from environmentally damaging companies or assessing compliance with social objectives is complicated and time-consuming, but we are at a crucial moment in our history when it is necessary to do so.

The objective of this Special Issue will be, therefore, to analyze the ways of enabling economic development to proceed with decarbonization and tackling climate change in a sustainable manner, according to the purposes of the UNFCCC. Papers addressing climate change, the environment or health economics topics are also welcome.

Dr. Maria Del Mar Miralles-Quirós
Dr. José Luis Miralles-Quirós
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Decarbonization and the Benefits of Tackling Climate Change

by María Mar Miralles-Quirós and José Luis Miralles-Quirós

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(13), 7776; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph19137776 - 24 Jun 2022

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Since the industrial revolution, humans have increasingly influenced the Earth’s temperature and climate [...] Full article

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Is Climate Change Slowing the Urban Escalator Out of Poverty? Evidence from Chile, Colombia, and Indonesia

by Shohei Nakamura, Kseniya Abanokova, Hai-Anh H. Dang, Shinya Takamatsu, Chunchen Pei and Dilou Prospere

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(6), 4865; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph20064865 - 10 Mar 2023

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While urbanization has great potential to facilitate poverty reduction, climate shocks represent a looming threat to such upward mobility. This paper empirically analyzes the effects of climatic risks on the function of urban agglomerations to support poor households’ escape from poverty. Combining household surveys with climatic datasets, our analyses of Chile, Colombia, and Indonesia find that households in large metropolitan areas are more likely to escape from poverty, indicating better access to economic opportunities in those areas. However, climate shocks such as extreme rainfalls and high flood risks significantly reduce upward mobility, thus offsetting such benefits of urban agglomerations. The findings underscore the need to enhance resilience among the urban poor to allow them to fully utilize the benefits of urban agglomerations. Full article

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Impacts of Cross-Sectoral Climate Policy on Forest Carbon Sinks and Their Spatial Spillover: Evidence from Chinese Provincial Panel Data

by Hongge Zhu, Yingli Cai, Hong Lin and Yuchen Tian

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(21), 14334; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph192114334 - 02 Nov 2022

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This paper examines the impact of cross-sectoral climate policy on forest carbon sinks. Due to the complexity of the climate change issue and the professional division of labor among government departments, cross-sectoral cooperation in formulating climate policy is a desirable strategy. Forest carbon sinks play an important role in addressing climate change, but there are few studies focusing on forest carbon sinks and cross-sectoral climate policies. Thus, based on the panel data of 30 provinces and cities in China from 2007 to 2020, this paper establishes a benchmark regression model and a spatial panel model to analyze the impact of cross-sectoral climate policies on forest carbon sinks. We find that cross-sectoral climate policies positively impact forest carbon sinks. Under the influence of the “demonstration effect”, we find that cross-sectoral climate policies have a positive impact not only on the forest carbon sinks in the region but also on those in the neighboring region. Further analysis shows that for provinces with less developed forestry industry and small forest areas, the positive effect of cross-sectoral climate policies on forest carbon sinks is more obvious. Overall, this paper can serve as an important reference for local governments to formulate climate policies and increase the capacity of forest carbon sinks. Full article

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Evolutionary Challenges to Humanity Caused by Uncontrolled Carbon Emissions: The Stockholm Paradigm

by Dmitry V. Boguslavsky, Natalia P. Sharova and Konstantin S. Sharov

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(24), 16920; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph192416920 - 16 Dec 2022

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This review paper discusses the Stockholm Paradigm (SP) as a theoretical framework and practical computational instrument for studying and assessing the risk of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) as a result of climate change. The SP resolves the long-standing parasite paradox and explains how carbon emissions in the atmosphere increase parasites’ generalization and intensify host switches from animals to humans. The SP argues that the growing rate of novel EID occurrence caused by mutated zoonotic pathogens is related to the following factors brought together as a unified issue of humanity: (a) carbon emissions and consequent climate change; (b) resettlement/migration of people with hyper-urbanization; (c) overpopulation; and (d) human-induced distortion of the biosphere. The SP demonstrates that, in an evolutionary way, humans now play a role migratory birds once played in spreading parasite pathogens between the three Earth megabiotopes (northern coniferous forest belt; tropical/equatorial rainforest areas; and hot/cold deserts), i.e., the role of “super-spreaders” of parasitic viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa. This makes humans extremely vulnerable to the EID threat. The SP sees the +1.0–+1.2 °C limit as the optimal target for the slow, yet feasible curbing of the EID hazard to public health (150–200 years). Reaching merely the +2.0 °C level will obviously be an EID catastrophe, as it may cause two or three pandemics each year. We think it useful and advisable to include the SP-based research in the scientific repository of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, since EID appearance and spread are indirect but extremely dangerous consequences of climate change. Full article

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Using Alternative Sources of Energy for Decarbonization: A Piece of Cake, but How to Cook This Cake?

by Dmitry V. Boguslavsky, Konstantin S. Sharov and Natalia P. Sharova

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(23), 16286; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph192316286 - 05 Dec 2022

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Few analytical or research works claim that the negative impact of improper use of ASEs may be comparable with that of hydrocarbons and sometimes even greater. It has become a common view that “green” energy (ASE) is clean, safe and environmentally friendly (eco-friendly) in contrast with “black” energy (hydrocarbons). We analyzed 144 works on systemic and/or comparative research of the modern and prospective ASE: biofuels, hydrogen, hydropower, nuclear power, wind power, solar power, geothermal power, oceanic thermal power, tidal power, wind wave power and nuclear fusion power. We performed our analysis within the Spaceship Earth paradigm. We conclude that there is no perfect ASE that is always eco-friendly. All ASEs may be dangerous to the planet considered as a closed and isolated unit (“spaceship”) if they are used in an inconsistent manner. This is not in the least a reason to deny them as prospective sources of energy. Using all ASEs in different proportions in various regions of the planet, where their harm to the planet and humanity can be minimized and, on the contrary, their efficiency maximized, would give humanity the opportunity to decarbonize the Earth, and make the energy transition in the most effective way. Full article

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