Motivating for environmental protection: Evidence from county officials in China

Y Qi, A Yin, J Chen, C Yang, P Zhan - World Development, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the impact of changes in the officials' performance evaluation system
on ecological environment quality, as well as the effect of ecological improvements on …

Can public opinion persuade the government to strengthen the use of environmental regulation policy tools? Evidence from policy texts

S Chai, M Wei, L Tang, X Bi, Y Yu, J Yang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Haze pollution caused by particulate matter such as PM2. 5 and PM10 significantly affects
public health. Confronted with haze pollution, people have increasingly taken to expressing …

Self-regulation for responsible banking and ESG disclosure scores: Is there a link?

R Manos, M Finger, H Boukai - Journal of International Financial Markets …, 2024 - Elsevier
Banks play a crucial role in sustainable development, an area increasingly governed by self-
regulation. This study examines whether banks that commit to self-regulation by adopting …

The public legitimacy of multistakeholder partnerships in global environmental governance: Evidence from survey experiments in Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the …

F Koliev, K Bäckstrand - Global Environmental Politics, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Multistakeholder partnerships (MSPs) in global environmental governance are either
praised for their problem-solving capacities and inclusion of various societal actors or …

A novel game-theoretic model for waste management with waste-to-energy and compost production under government intervention: A case study

A Ghozatfar, S Yaghoubi, H Bahrami - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to leachate contamination in groundwater and also soil, global concerns about
improper waste management are today raising. On the other hand, with the emergence of …

A river runs through it? Exploring the contestation of Environmental Impact Assessment procedures for small hydropower projects

MR Niță, CG Mitincu, A Nita - Energy Research & Social Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of renewable sources of energy is increasingly promoted to achieve sustainability
and mitigate climate change. The watercourses of the Carpathians preserve a high natural …

Value orientations, personal norms, and public attitude toward SDGs

T Guan, Q Zhang - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Improving communication and engagement with the public is vital for implementing
sustainable development goals (SDGs). Public attitude toward SDGs can influence this …

Does public participation reduce regional carbon emission?

X Zhang, Y Yang, Y Li - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
Public participation is playing an increasingly important role in environmental governance.
This paper uses panel data from Chinese cities to evaluate the causal relationship between …

[PDF][PDF] Does Public Participation Reduce Regional Carbon Emissions? A Quasi-Natural Experiment from Environmental Information Disclosure in China.

Y Yang, X Zhang, T Wu - Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 2023 - pjoes.com
Informal environmental regulation, represented by public participation, has an increasingly
significant role in environmental governance. This paper utilizes panel data of 285 cities in …

The future might be female: how does the public perceive experts?

P Bundi, A Hanimann, L Portmann… - Journal of European …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Recently, scientific experts have become increasingly influential in political decision-making.
Although previous research has examined the extent and conditions under which politicians …