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Material flow accounting provides a statistical framework measuring natural resource extraction, trade in natural resources, waste disposal and emissions.  Domestic material consumption and material footprint are used as a proxy for overall environmental pressure within a national economy and the impact of a national e ...

To limit additional global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius, countries have adopted policies and codes that have a future impact on the emissions and energy efficiency of buildings.  Building emissions need to be reduced along their life cycle through a combination of reducing energy demand, decarbonizing the power s ...

One solution to the widespread or long-term damage to the environment gaining support is to make ecocide a crime and punishable by international justice.  Major events that massively destroy ecosystems would thus fall under the jurisdiction of the international criminal court.  This would allow citizens to hold compani ...

EU countries have been arguing for three years whether to include nuclear and gas as green investments in the taxonomy.   The decision will shape EU climate and energy policy for decades and have effects far beyond the financial sector.  France, the UK, and Eastern European countries threatened to veto the EU taxonomy ...

This theory-building paper argues that there are four mechanisms by which legal strategies can enhance accountability.  The courts can help those affected by policy failures to overcome the collective action problem.  The courts can provide civil society with access to information about rights violations, malfeasance, ...