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LEVERAGING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE IN ALGERIAN ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Purpose: The study explored how environmental performance contributes to sustainable development, focusing on its role in achieving key dimensions of sustainability. Theoretical Framework: It emphasized that essential administrative tools for environmental protection are primarily found within the legal and institutional framework, which includes various national bodies established to support sustainable development. These organizations play a significant role in raising awareness, providing training, and emphasizing the importance of adhering to environmental standards through preventive, conservation, and regulatory measures, all backed by legal authority. Additionally, civil society has a crucial role in fostering environmental awareness, particularly within economic institutions. Design/Methodology/Approach: The designof the study is descriptive and analytical. Data for this study were collected from official Algerian sources. Findings: Cleaner Production this approach is a practical implementation of sustainable development, enabling greater efficiency in production while minimizing the use of raw materials and resources, all while protecting the environment.

Discriminating the origin of fish from closely related water bodies by combining NMR spectroscopy with statistical analysis and machine learning

Pikeperch, perch and bream are among the most traded and valued fish species in North-Eastern Europe. Therefore, it is necessary to be able to distinguish fish from different lakes and coastal sea regions to ensure a good traceability of products in the fish market and to protect both consumers and fish stocks. Untargeted metabolomics using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a suitable tool for this purpose. It is an established method for determining various properties of biological and living systems, such as health, origin, type, etc. Statistical methods including principal component analysis (PCA) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) are typically applied to NMR data to correlate spectra with a particular research question.Herein we examine fish from three closely related water bodies and demonstrate that reliable determination of the water body that a particular fish originates from by traditional statistical analysis (PCA and LDA) of fish NMR spectra is not possible. In contrast, determining the fish species is possible. We proceed to show that machine learning methods perform better and that a combination of statistical analysis (LDA) and random forest (RF), a supervised machine learning technique, allows reliable determination of the originating water body, while being also tolerant to seasonal variations. This is an improvement over prior work, which has dealt with more clearly distinguished origins of fish. Exceptional accuracy was achieved in correctly assigning fish to their origin even in a scenario where two of the water bodies are connected by a river through which the fish are known to migrate. Since determining the origin of fish is important in environmental protection, we recommend following up this approach and using it as the basis of a robust tool for environmental protection and other monitoring purposes.

Impacts of Fintech and natural resources on environmental quality: The role of renewable energy and carbon taxes: A panel QARDL approach

AbstractThe world is currently suffering from a significant environmental crisis characterized by global warming, rising sea levels, foods, and droughts. This has adversely affected the poorest nations, resulting in increased occurrences of both droughts and flooding that impact their means of livelihood. In order to address this issue, countries globally need to develop policies that efficiently reduce environmental destruction and achieve zero carbon emissions. A number of empirical estimates were used in this study. The Friedman, Frees, and Pesaran tests are used to evaluate cross‐sectional dependence. Unit root tests, such as the augmented Dickey–Fuller test, are used to assess the stationarity of variables. The Pedroni test is used in co‐integration analysis to find the long‐term relationships between variables, and a novel Panel quantile auto‐regression distributed lag methodology to investigate both long‐term and short‐run dynamics across G‐17 countries spanning from 2000 to 2021. The results clarify the pivotal role of carbon taxes, technological innovation, and renewable energy consumption in reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, thereby enhancing environmental quality, while the sustained use of natural resources is harmful to environmental quality. Furthermore, the finding reveals that Fintech's association with CO2 emissions negatively impacts environmental quality. The study also demonstrates the efficacy of environmental taxes in reducing CO2 emissions across, supporting for higher carbon pricing as a viable policy tool for environmental protection.

Automated Intelligence: Enhancing Environmental Protection with AI and Electrical Systems

The global community is increasingly focusing on conservation. To combat pollution andresource wastage, modern technologies, like automation and AI are widely employed in environmentalprotection tools. This study delves into the utilization and advancement of automation and AI inenvironmental protection tools examining their real world applications across sectors like wastewatertreatment, air pollution control, solid waste management, metallurgy and energy supervision. Furthermoreit investigates the fusion of automation and artificial intelligence in the development of environmentalprotection tools. The study also addresses aspects such as data collection, performance monitoring,sustainable growth, prevailing challenges and future trends. Through an analysis it underscores thepotential of automation and artificial intelligence in enhancing environmental protection tools effectivenesstowards achieving sustainable conservation goals. Lastly recommendations for research are proposed todrive innovation and enhancement of environmental protection technology. This study aims to offerinsights and guidance for both research endeavors and practical applications, within the realm ofenvironmental protection technology.

Corporate carbon emissions management and the disclosure of key audit matters

The principle that sustainable development can foster high-quality corporate growth has gained popularity as a tool for environmental protection. Utilizing data of firms listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange from 2010 to 2020, this study investigates the impact of corporate carbon emissions management (CCEM) on the disclosure of key audit matters (KAMs). The findings indicate that CCEM can significantly elevate the adequacy of disclosure concerning KAMs. Tests on underlying mechanism underscore that accounting conservatism and audit quality serve as pivotal channels through which CCEM facilitates the disclosure of KAMs. Further analysis on economic consequences reveals that the disclosure of KAMs helps mitigate stock price crash risk while enhancing environmental, social, and governance performance. This study enriches research on factors influencing the disclosure of KAMs, concurrently providing valuable insights for advancing high-quality corporate development and facilitating communication between auditors and users of audit reports.

Analysis of the implementation of green hotel in Villa Kayu Raja Bali

Green hotels use green practices to reduce environmental impacts and increase the sustainability of hotel operations, including saving energy, managing waste and waste, and building design. This study aims to determine the application of the green hotel in Villa Kayu Raja Bali. This research is useful to encourage the hospitality industry to adopt environmentally friendly measures for sustainability. The types of data in this study are primary data and secondary data. The data collection method was obtained through observation, interviews, and questionnaire distribution with a saturated sample of 32 employees as respondents and 2 informants. Data analysis techniques in this study use descriptive qualitative and quantitative. The results showed an application value of 2.94 that overall the application of green hotels in Villa Kayu Raja Bali has been implemented well. Indicators that have been well implemented are architecture, water conservation, implementing new methods of saving electrical and water energy, the environment in the building, guest rooms, places to eat, saving paper, materials that need to be washed grouped, green guest rooms, green food, and green training programs. The indicators that need to be improved are in new energy; utilizing new energy and renewable energy sources, implementing new methods of saving solar energy, and environmental protection tools, namely refrigerators and air conditioners without Freon.

A systematic overview of current advancements for chemical, material, and energy production using sewage sludge for industrial ecology and sustainability transition

AbstractUrbanization and population expansion have increased the demand for scarce resources such as land, water, food, and energy. Furthermore, it has heightened environmental concerns, such as pollution and waste management. The difficulties above present significant challenges to the broader goal of attaining global sustainable development. As a result, there is considerable concern about sustainable waste recycling and management solutions. Among these efforts, expanding wastewater treatment facilities has emerged as a critical tool for environmental protection. As a result of the growth of wastewater treatment facilities, there has been a significant increase in sewage sludge (SS) production. Consequently, an urgent need exists to investigate alternative treatment and value-added methods for sewage sludge. This review looks at the current state of sewage applications for energy and resource recovery to foster sustainable development and industrial ecology through sewage sludge feedstocks. Furthermore, it aims to promote additional research into improving existing sewage sludge management systems, ensuring their cost-effectiveness, public acceptance, and environmental sustainability.

New digital and other innovative tools for environmental protection, nature management and environmental safety for the purposes of antimonopoly and financial regulation

The article is devoted to the development of digitalization of the life of modern society, the problems that this phenomenon creates for modern societies and legal orders, as well as ways to solve them. The authors outline that the level of dynamics of innovative development has led to the introduction of digital technologies in almost all areas of both production and many aspects of a person’s private life, the legal regulation of which is not isolated. The authors analyze in detail the initiatives and solutions being implemented in the world, paying special attention at the intersection of the development of information technology and ensuring environmental safety. In particular, the authors note that the advancement of information technology has led to greater transparency of information in commodity markets and suggest using this transparency to ensure greater protection of the population and states from environmental offenses and information abuse by businesses affecting the production of environmentally friendly goods, as well as the development environmentally friendly industries. The sustainable development of any country in modern conditions is seen by the authors of this research in finding a balance between establishing conditions for free technological advancement and minimizing the negative effect of such advancement by stimulating the honesty and openness of companies, rather than classical prohibitions and restrictions, which is possible with the use of modern information technologies.

ТЕНДЕНЦІЇ РОЗВИТКУ ТУРИСТИЧНОГО ГОСПОДАРСТВА УКРАЇНИ У 2020–2023 РОКАХ

The study is devoted to the analysis of the problems and peculiarities of the development of the tourism industry in Ukraine, in the context of the state of war and the unstable political situation, and to the outline of prospects for overcoming them and the sustainable development of the tourism market in the post-war period. The tourism industry is one of the most promising and economically balanced branches of the economy. It has been established that international tourism is a socio-economic, environmental protection tool of global influence, aimed at integrating the state's cultural and historical heritage, intellectual potential and recreational opportunities for health and recovery into the global space, while preserving national authenticity.Its dynamic development is the basis of the steady evolution of the national economy of states and the popularization of globalization processes on the international financial market. A feature of this industry is the use of all resources available to the state, including unprofitable or unprofitable objects.The paper analyzed the theoretical prerequisites for the formation and development of the market of international tourist services, taking into account the socio-economic crisis. An analysis of the current state of the tourist services market of Ukraine and Israel in 2020–2023 was also carried out. As a result of the analysis of the tourist services market of Ukraine, it was determined that tourism, after emerging from the global epidemiological crisis, began to actively recover and showed active annual growth in 2022 in Zakarpattia Oblast by 16%, Lviv Oblast by 46%, and Chernivtsi Oblast by 98%, that is, in the territories of relative safety and peace. It was determined that the tourist market of Ukraine, like other sectors of the economy, is in a state of stagnation in the dominant position of domestic territories, because the annexation of 25% of Ukrainian lands is a global problem for that part of the state, which, in the face of military aggression, is able to build up its own economic potential. Since the expenditure items of the budget during the war only grow, and the opportunity to increase the production and realization of tourist services only decreases. It has been established that the study of the principles, features and regularities of the functioning of international tourism during the socio-economic and military-demographic crisis is extremely numerous.

COMPLEX SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF INNOVATIVE DECISIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Systematic approaches to the selection of innovative technologies for environmental protection are investigated. The features and directions of ensuring environmental safety are considered by means of a substantiated method of selecting innovative technologies. A method is used that substantiates the procedure for determining the relative importance of criteria and indicators of environmental protection technologies and methods using the program-analytical method. The basic and fundamental principles of project activities are well developed by specialists, but the practical orientation, application of aspects and algorithms for the implementation of these innovative decision support systems at the level of project activities at the regional level need further development. Decision support systems in the design of innovative environmental protection technologies will increase the complexity and effectiveness of solutions to improve environmental safety. According to the developed approach, criteria formulated as influencing groups of factors. Relevant experts, relying on various types of information on the specific purpose and innovative ecological solutions, give their own judgments regarding the priority of the advantages of the specified criteria. Expert judgments are processed according to the formal procedure of the MAI, which is implemented on a computer, and is the basis for decision-making when choosing the innovative ecological solutions in specific conditions. The criteria hierarchical structure of innovative ecological solutions is represented by a sequence of actions that include the following stages: development of elements of a methodical approach; verification of the consistency of the proposed hierarchical structure for determining priority technologies based on the input data of several objects of settlements; obtaining data on the priority of innovative ecological solutions for implementation on these objects. The advantages of the proposed methodical approach should include the possibility to link to a single algorithm for the justification of the required decision data that differ both in their content and in the form of presentation. Implementation of complex support systems for making innovative decisions in nature protection activities will increase the complexity and effectiveness of decisions to ensure environmental safety. Keywords: environmental safety, system analysis, innovative solutions, environmental protection tools and technologies, sustainable development.

X-raying the Bounds of Polluter Pays Principle as an Environmental Protection Tool in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry

This paper takes a cursory look at the concept of „Polluter Pays Principle?, PPP as an environmental protection instrument in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. It found that environmental pollution is a major challenge confronting the Nigerian oil and gas industry and reiterated that the concept remains an invaluable tool for restoring the environment- in that compensation was essential to the restoration of the environment whenever there is any form of environmental pollution which are direct consequences of oil exploration and production activities. This study argues that the lingering challenges of oil pollution in the Nigerian environmental space in the oil-producing communities would have been adequately catered for if the laws were not obsolete and anachronistic. This study takes a multi- disciplinary approach that covers law, environmental management and toxicology. A number of recommendations were therefore suggested to make the principle more effective and minimise the deleterious effects of environmental pollution

Whole-Transcriptome Analysis on the Leaves of Rosa chinensis Jacq. under Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

The leaves of plants can be recommended as a cheap and sustainable environmental protection tool to mitigate PAHs with high toxicity in the ambient environment because they can serve as a reactor to remove ambient PAHs. Although previous studies have demonstrated that PAHs exhibit toxicological features, our knowledge about how ambient PAHs influence the leaves of plants is limited regarding the leaves of plants reducing ambient PAHs as a reactor. In this study, 1-year-old Rosa chinensis Jacq. with good growth potential was selected as a model plant. The leaves of Rosa chinensis Jacq. were exposed to 16 types of PAHs in the environmental concentration exposure group (0.1 μg L-1) and high-concentration exposure group (5 μg L-1) for seven days. In comparison, the leaves of Rosa chinensis Jacq. were exposed to de-ionized water and were chosen as the control group. During the exposure periods, the physiological parameters of leaves including, chlorophyll value, water content, temperature and nitrogen, were monitored using a chlorophyll meter. After 7 days of exposure, the leaves in the control and exposure groups were collected and used for whole-transcriptome analysis. Our results demonstrate that significant differentially expressed genes were observed in the leaves of Rosa chinensis Jacq. exposed to individual PAHs at 5 μg L-1 compared to the control group. These differentially expressed genes were involved in seven main pathways using bioinformatic analyses. In contrast, the levels of PAHs at environmentally relevant concentrations had negligible impacts on the physiological parameters and the gene transcription levels of the leaves of Rosa chinensis Jacq. Our results may provide direct evidence to remove ambient PAHs using terrestrial trees without considering the risk of PAHs at environmentally relevant concentrations on the leaves of terrestrial plants.

Peptide nanodots-bridged metal-organic framework (PNMOF): Intelligently design a cascade amplification platform for smartphone-facilitated mobile fluorescence imaging detection of pyrethroids

Within this study, a peptide nanodots-bridged metal–organic framework (PNMOF) has been constructed by predictably assembling highly efficient fluorescent dipeptide nanodots into the three-dimensional framework upon coordination of Zn(II) and dihydroxamate linkers. The established system was on behalf of a new class of tripartite hybrid material, i.e., metal ion, organic linker, and peptide nanodot, which integrated the chemical and structural versatility in a modular fashion. Owing to its unique open framework with tripartite construction, PNMOF exhibited a rapid and sensitive response, therefore, the target (e.g., lambda-cyhalothrin, LCY) driven into the tripartite hybrid structure stimulated a cascade amplification effect. LCY can cause significant fluorescence quenching in the PNMOF-based cascade amplification platform due to the charge transfer mechanism, which was confirmed by density functional theory calculations. PNMOF-based cascade amplification platform was employed for fluorescence imaging detection of pyrethroids in solution and solid state assisted by the smartphone. The limit of detection was as low as 0.34 μg/L and the recoveries percentage in real agricultural products was calculated as 88.26–108.17%. This work not only underlies the structural diversity of conventional metal–organic framework but also offers a useful tool in environmental protection and food safety.

Will environmental taxes help to mitigate climate change? A comparative study based on OECD countries

Climate change and the resulting extreme weather events bring significant economic losses and many unstable factors. It is an important means to actively seek environmental protection and climate governance countermeasures to meet severe challenges. As an environmental protection tool widely used by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), environmental taxes are expected to play an important role in combating climate change and reducing extreme weather events. Based on public goods theory, collective cooperation theory, externality theory and double dividend theory of environmental taxes, this paper takes 36 OECD countries as research samples and empirically tests the role of environmental taxes in mitigating climate change process and reducing extreme weather events through the establishment of panel Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model. The empirical results show that the environmental taxes on the whole is conducive to reducing the frequency of abnormal temperature weather and plays a positive role in reducing carbon dioxide emissions in OECD countries. Further research shows that environmental budget and environmental technologies play a positive role in the process of environmental taxes to delay climate change and reduce extreme weather events. In other words, we should attach importance to the investment of environmental protection funds and the research and development of environmental protection technology while carrying out environmental taxes. The robustness test shows that the main regression results of this paper have strong robustness. The research in this paper enriches theories and existing literature related to environmental taxes and climate change, and provides new research ideas and policy guidance for delaying the process of climate change and responding to extreme weather events.

Environmental regulation and tourism industry development: evidence from China.

Tourism is a large, environment-dependent global industry. As an important policy tool for environmental protection, environmental regulation plays a significant role in development of the tourism industry. Using the panel data of 284 prefecture-level cities in China from 2004 to 2018, this paper innovatively analyzes the impact mechanism of environmental regulation on China's tourism development from the perspective of the integration of institutional and environmental economics. At the same time, this paper uses the instrumental variable two-stage least squares method (IV-2SLS) to solve the endogeneity problem of environmental regulation and China's tourism development, which makes the research conclusions more robust. The main results were as follows: (1) environmental regulation significantly promoted the development of the tourism industry. Specifically, tourist arrival (TA) and tourism revenue (TR) increased 8.79% and 8.64%, respectively, when the intensity of environmental regulation increased by 1%. This effect was still robust after applying a series of tests; (2) the impact of environmental regulation on the development of the tourism industry was heterogeneous for three aspects: the domestic and inbound tourism market, urban type, and urban location; (3) environmental regulation contributed to China's tourism industry development through industrial structure upgrading, technological innovation, and urban image promotion. Our findings offer valuable insight for the concerned authority and tourism sector to understand the positive role of environmental regulation in promoting high-quality development of the tourism industry by corresponding policy-making, industrial structure upgrading, technological innovation, and urban reputation building.

Dynamic relationship between green bonds and major financial asset markets from the perspective of climate change

After the signing of the Paris Agreement, countries around the world paid more attention to climate change and made more efforts to enact policies. Under the dual pressure of policy and environment, each market is affected to different degrees. At the same time, as a new environmental protection tool, the green bond rose to prominence, causing a shock to various markets, but also has a certain hedging role. However, there are few studies on the dynamic co-movement and risk spillover effect between green bonds and stock markets, crude oil and gold in the existing literature. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the changes in the relationship between various markets for the reasonable avoidance of climate risks. Based on the relationship between the three green investment instruments (S&P green Bond, China Green Bond and climate bond) and the three markets, this paper adds the impact analysis on climate risk and policy risk. The conclusions obtained not only have guiding significance for investors interested in environmental protection in asset allocation and hedge selection, but also have reference significance for policymakers who want to realize green investment, which helps smooth the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Does Green Credit Policy Promote or Inhibit Firms’ Green Innovation in China? Moderating Effect of Environmental Information Disclosure

Green credit policy (GCP) serves as an important tool for environmental protection and economy development. However, conflicting evidence exists regarding its role in affecting firms’ green innovation. China’s GCP practice provides an opportunity to explore this issue in the context of developing economies. Taking the implementation of the “Green Credit Guidelines” in China in 2012 as an exogenous shock, this paper adopts the difference-in-differences (DIDs) method to separately explore GCP’s effect on green innovation of non-heavily polluting firms (non-HPFs) and heavily polluting firms (HPFs). Based on the microdata of Chinese firms from 2008 to 2020, this study finds that: (1) GCP promotes green innovation of non-HPFs, but inhibits green innovation of HPFs. (2) GCP’s promoting effect on green innovation of non-HPFs is more prominent in large-sized firms, regions with a higher financial development level, and regions with a higher pollution level. (3) GCP’s inhibiting effect on green innovation of HPFs is less prominent in regions with higher financial development level. (4) Environmental information disclosure (EID) strengthens GCP’s promoting effect on green innovation of non-HPFs. Overall, these findings help practitioners to better understand the impact of GCP on firms’ green innovation in developing countries.

Analisis Best Practice Kebijakan Carbon Tax Dalam Mengatasi Eksternalitas Negatif Emisi Karbon Di Indonesia

The purpose of this study is to analyze the design of the carbon tax policy that will be applied in Indonesia, as well as to analyze and provide an overview of the best practice of implementing carbon tax in Indonesia. The analysis used is based on existing field facts and confirmed by existing theories and regulations. The data analysis method used in this study is descriptive or comparative analysis with a practical approach methodology, namely comparing carbon tax policies in several countries to be used as a reference in making the ideal carbon tax formulation and the mechanism for implementing carbon tax in Indonesia. The results of this study indicate that the application of CO2 tax is basically suitable to be applied in Indonesia. The first reason refers to the study of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and OECD, carbon tax can be one of the policy options available as a revenue stream because the pandemic puts pressure on tax revenues. Second, the CO2 tax is directed to climate protection and becomes an environmental protection tool. His methods of reducing negative externalities are in line with the principles of sustainable development. Third, many countries have introduced carbon taxes, including countries in Europe and others. However, the implementation of the carbon tax has not been implemented in Indonesia, this can be seen from the negative impacts of the implementation of the carbon tax. In addition, the results of the analysis show that gross domestic product (GDP), real consumption, and employment (employment) are predicted to be lower, if the policy is implemented without any follow-up actions taken, this will certainly cause negative pressure on all macro variables economy.

How to promote China's green economic development? The combination effects of consumption tax and carbon tax policies

With massive greenhouse gas emissions causing global warming, emissions reduction and economic growth are essential objectives that must be balanced in sustainable development worldwide. The tax policy is an effective tool for environmental protection and economic regulation. Over the years, China has continuously adjusted tax policies, and the tax structure has tended to be optimized, but there is still no carbon tax. In this regard, based on the purpose of promoting the harmonious development of the environment and economy, this article builds a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model with five scenarios to assess the economic, energy, and environmental effects of the consumption tax, the carbon tax as well as their combination in China during 2022 to 2035. The results show that lowering the consumption tax on non-energy-intensive commodities boosts long-term economic growth but is not conducive to emissions reduction. Additionally, a separate carbon tax promotes a cleaner energy transition, reducing emissions while harming the economy. In contrast to the stand-alone policy treatment, the combination of lower consumption taxes on non-energy-intensive commodities with the medium carbon tax rate could have a “double dividend” effect, with long-term economic growth and consistently reduced pollution emissions. In the future, it will be essential to implement the appropriate policy combination to reduce fossil energy consumption and increase clean energy share. Thus, it would help to achieve China's 2030 peak carbon target and promote green economic development effectively.

Can Nature Hold Rights? It's Not as Easy as You Think

AbstractThe Rights of Nature movement has recently achieved significant successes in using legal personhood as a tool for environmental protection. Perhaps most famously, the Whanganui River in Aotearoa New Zealand was accorded legal personhood in 2017. These kinds of development have attracted plenty of scholarly interest, but few have scrutinized a foundational underlying question: Can natural areas, such as rivers, or other non-sentient natural entities actually be legal persons?The case of the Whanganui River is an example of the direct legal personhood model: it purports to grant legal rights to the river directly. Some other jurisdictions have set up legal persons to administer rivers, without declaring the rivers themselves to be legal persons: the indirect legal personhood model. This article offers legal-philosophical arguments for why legal personhood cannot be attributed to rivers directly.Normally, legal persons can hold claim-rights and be legally wronged. Some legal persons, such as human adults, can also be held legally responsible and exercise legal competences by entering into contracts. Natural entities cannot do any of these things. Hence, they cannot be legal persons directly; rather, their putative direct legal personhood will collapse into indirect legal personhood. Hence, treating natural entities as direct legal persons amounts only to a legal fiction. Such fictions may be justified for symbolic reasons. However, if environmental protection requires setting up a legal person to protect a natural entity, such protection in most cases can be realized without claiming that the natural entity itself would have become a legal person.