Essays about: "Fernando Figueres"

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  1. 1. Environmental Kuznets Curve for Carbon Intensity : a Global Survey

    University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi; IHH, Economics, Finance and Statistics

    Author : Fernando Figueres; Elena Popova; [2011]
    Keywords : EKC; Environmental Kuznets curve; Carbon Emission Intensity; GDP per capita; fossil fuels; alternative and nuclear energy; rural population; life expectancy at birth;

    Abstract : The Environmental Kuznets Curve is an inverted U-shaped relationship which demonstrates how environmental degradation increases as countries begin to develop and lowers as they become wealthier. The classical EKC measures the effects of GDP per capita (a country’s wealth) on pollu-tion. READ MORE