This study investigates the effect of renewable energy production on water and land footprint in 58 developed and developing countries for the period of 1980–2009. Utilizing the ecological footprint as an indicator, the fixed effects, difference and system generalized method of moment (GMM) approaches were employed and eight different models were constructed to achieve robustness in the empiric...

The IS research community has paid significant attention to climate change and other ecological problems. However, the communities own environmental footprint has been subject to little research so far. This work reports on the results of a Life Cycle Assessment that was conducted to identify the main determinants for the environmental footprint of an IS conference. It brings up the painful sub...

• Two methods (EF and ELIA) are compared to estimate the imprint of society on nature. Results show EF ELIA only overlap when landscape structure is highly simplified. cannot distinguish between different agricultural landscapes food systems. considers complexity metabolic energy flows in landscapes. Methodologies at level (ELIA) required for farmers policymakers. Ecological Footprint (EF) Ener...

The ongoing and escalating destruction of the environment climate is one most significant problems facing entire globe. A key step forward in international cooperation to address change being caused United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. COP26 accord a crucial raising awareness fostering diplomatic relations for climate-related issues. Also, essential community recognise how gro...

The SPIN-ECO Project has analysed the environmental sustainability of the Province of Siena (Italy). A set of different methodologies has been applied to better check the state of the environment. This work discusses the calculation of the Ecological Footprint and the biocapacity, that has enabled us to acquire a deeper understanding of the state of the environment. The Ecological Footprint is ...