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Belpasso International Summer School on Environmental Economics "Sustainable Development: Theory and Measurement Methods"
Date:
02/09/2012
Excerpt:
The School is hosted in the city of Belpasso, in the Province of Catania, Sicily, Italy and take places take place from 2-8 September, 2012. This year, the School's topic is "Sustainable Development: Theory and Measurement Methods". European Commission Presents Indicators to Measure Resource Efficiency
Date:
27/09/2011
Excerpt:
The European Commission has decided to use a consumption-to-GDP ratio as the lead indicator for measuring resource efficiency. This is a first step as part of the overall roadmap towards a more resource efficient Europe which will be complemented by other measures at a later point. ... Impact Indicators to Play Key Role in Future Agri-Environment Funding
Date:
20/09/2011
Excerpt:
Addressing the effectiveness of agri-environmental measures, a recent report by the European Court of Auditors comes to the conclusion that the objectives of agri-environmental payments are not sufficiently specific to assess whether they have been achieved. ... NEF Report: "Measuring Our Progress - The Power of Well-being"
Date:
28/02/2011
Excerpt:
The New Economics Foundation (NEF) has published a new report on how peoples' well-being can be measured other than with traditional scales such as GDP, in order to be more inclusive and precise. ‘Dashboard of Indicators’ needed to go beyond GDP
Date:
25/01/2011
Excerpt:
A new study finds that any single-indicator approach to measuring human progress as being insufficient. Life is simply too complex and the demands on statistical reporting are too diverse to allow a meaningful condensation of the current state of affairs into a single comprehensive indicator.