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Economic incentives have been introduced at PAO Koks to reduce environmental pollution. The best available technologies have been introduced. As a result, particulate emissions have been reduced by 1.56 kg per t of coke. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most of the human interaction with nature affects ecosystems, influencing human life quality. The aquaculture industry plays a pivotal role in global food security, but its growth poses multifaceted challenges to environmental conservation, urging the implementation of sustainable measures to safeguard aquatic ecosystems. In this context, Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) have emerged as a pioneering approach to incentivize and ensure sustainable practices within the aquaculture sector. This study emphasizes the fundamental role of PES, it highlights its substantial impact in ameliorating environmental repercussions, conserving biodiversity, and enhancing water quality within aquacultural zones. The study underscores the importance of collaborative efforts among stakeholders and advocates for effective monitoring systems to reinforce the efficacy of PES initiatives in fostering sustainable aquaculture practices. By centering on Romania's aquacultural context, this paper provides crucial insights into the implementation of PES within diverse socio-economic and environmental landscapes, contributing pertinent perspectives to the overarching discourse on sustainable aquaculture practices worldwide for a safe future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Greenhouse gas emissions depend on natural and anthropic phenomena; however, to reduce emissions, we can only intervene in terms of anthropic causes. Human activity is very different in various countries and cities. This is mainly due to differences in the type of urban environment, climatic conditions, socioeconomic context, government stability, and other aspects. Urban building energy modeling (UBEM), with a GIS-based approach, allows the evaluation of all the specific characteristics of buildings, population, and urban context that can describe energy use and its spatial distribution within a city. In this paper, a UBEM is developed using the characteristics and consumption of eight typical buildings (archetypes) in the climate zone of Santiago de Chile. The archetype-based UBEM is then applied to the commune of Renca, a critical suburb of Santiago, with the use of QGIS to analyze the energy demand for space heating and the potential for energy saving after four retrofitting interventions. Knowing the costs of the retrofitting interventions and the energy price, the simple payback time was evaluated with the reduction in GHG emissions. Starting from the actual building stock, the results show that the most effective retrofitting intervention for the commune of Renca is the thermal insulation of walls and roofs; due to the type of dwellings, this particular intervention could be more convenient if associated with the installation of solar technologies. This methodology can be replicated with the data used by urban planners and public administrations available for many Chilean cities and in other countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Extensive research has been conducted on the waste sorting behavior (WSB) of residents, while it is the first time that the classification behavior of urban and rural residents is compared under the same theoretical framework in China. Based on questionnaire data from 478 urban and rural residents, structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to investigate the internal factors influencing the WSB by integrating the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Norm Activation Model (NAM). Hierarchical regression analysis was utilized to investigate the moderating effect of external factors on the residents' intentions and behavior. The results show that the degree of deviation between rural residents' intentions and behavior is much larger than that of urban residents. Personal norms are the key factors affecting urban residents' waste sorting. In contrast, for rural residents, attitude is the most critical factor, but the influence of subjective norms is insignificant. In addition, we found that policy restraints and economic incentives significantly moderate the association between urban residents' sorting intention and behavior, with economic incentives having a better effect than policy restraints. In contrast, the impact of policy restraints on rural residents is better than that of urban areas. However, the moderating effect of economic incentives is insignificant for rural residents. The findings furnish the government with meaningful strategies to narrow the urban-rural waste management gap.

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Bangladesh's government is launching a series of incentives to stimulate cotton cultivation, aiming to elevate domestic production and diminish reliance on imported fiber vital for the textile and export-oriented ready-made [...]