In this paper we analyze the effects of an environmental policy on the diffusion of a clean technology in an economy where firms compete on the output market. We show that the share of adopting firms is non-monotonic with the stringency of the environmental policy, and that the adoption of the clean technology may well increase the pollution level. We also compare the effects of an emission tax...

Considering that the coordination of economic development and environmental protection has become a worldwide concern and that China's environmental pollution and ecological destruction are mainly attributable to limitation of its future economic development, this paper presents a discussion on the symbiotic relationship between the economic development and environmental protection. The present...

T he environmental refugee has appeared in the literature on environment and security, and with it the refugee as both a cause and victim of conflict. Some fear environmental degradation will produce "waves of environmental refugees that spill across borders with destabilizing effects" on both domestic order and international stability (Homer-Dixon 1991:77). Others focus on Africa, as the presu...

INTRODUCTION In Somalia, protracted conflict and drought have caused population displacement and livelihood destruction. There is also widespread childhood undernutrition. We aimed to determine the independent effects of conflict on wasting and stunting among children aged 6-59 months nationwide in Somalia. METHODS Data were from household surveys during 2007-2010, including 73 778 children i...