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...may impact businesses or economies by impacting directly on operations or by negatively affecting society in a way that then creates [[market risk]]s. T ...to be worst affected, with a predicted -2% deviation from its baseline GDP by 2030.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Yusuf|first1=Arief|last2=Roos|first2=Elizabe ...

...attacked with [[drone warfare|drone]]s and [[ballistic missile]]s launched by [[Houthi movement|Houthi]] militants in [[Yemen]], causing a fire on one of ...g economies]] remains strong. The demand for coal is predicted to increase by 1.4 percent this year, surpassing 8.5 billion tonnes for the first time. [h ...

...n and other public policy techniques. Energy is a core component of modern economies. A functioning economy requires not only labor and capital but also energy, ...other public policy techniques. Economic and energy modelling can be used by governmental or inter-governmental bodies as an advisory and analysis tool. ...

...ase in size of its information labor force. Usage of the term was inspired by [[Marc Porat]]’s categories of ages of human civilization: the Agricultural ...] of Texas A&M University defines informatization as the process primarily by which information technologies, such as the World Wide Web and other commun ...

...in lithium sulphur cells: polysulphide shuttling. SLIQ has been developed by solving the polysulphide shuttling issue using chemical, electrical and mec ...ttery capacity. high DC-DC [[efficiency]] of (96.8%) has been demonstrated by the first demonstrator installed at [[Inverie]] on the [[Knoydart]] peninsu ...

...products. This "pollution is for free" mentality is less and less accepted by communities. By using the EVR, companies can make decisions for their product portfolio: ab ...

...h it can be mentioned that these natural monopolies are handled or watched by a public utilities commission, or an institution that represents the govern ...e firm because these are capital-intensive businesses with unusually large economies of scale and high fixed costs associated with building and operating the in ...

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2016}}[[File:Countries by GDP (PPP) per capita in 2020.png|thumb|right|400px|[[Gross domestic product Economic activity is spurred by production which uses natural resources, labor and capital. It has changed ...

...r station]] in [[Australia]], attract environmental criticism. Many modern economies, including [[Greece]] and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] (Australia), ar ...regarded as the dirtiest carbon emitters in the world. Studies undertaken by the [[University of Melbourne]] and [[Monash University]] confirm that when ...

Access to cheap energy has become essential to the functioning of modern economies. However, the uneven distribution of [[fossil fuel]] supplies among countri ...Spain is getting up to 25% of its electricity from solar, while the whole country meets 16% of its demand from wind. Just during 2005-2010, Portugal vaulted ...

[[File:Embraer 190.jpg|thumb|right|The airplane [[Embraer 190]] produced by Brazilian aircraft company Embraer.]] ...osé Sarney|Sarney]] government created in March 1985, was headed initially by a person associated with the nationalist ideologies of the past. Although t ...

...imes throughout the history of the socialist movement, advocated variously by [[Democratic socialism|democratic]], [[Libertarian socialism|libertarian]] ...= 9|quote=In eliminating the domination of capital over labour, firms run by workers eliminate capitalist exploitation and reduce alienation.}}</ref> ...

...c [[tool]]s. The [[Prehistory|prehistoric]] discovery of [[Control of fire by early humans|how to control fire]] and the later [[Neolithic Revolution]] i ...[Conspicuous leisure|leisure class]]. Many technological processes produce by-products known as [[pollution]], and deplete natural resources to the detri ...

...andom House]] published the ''Digital Nomad's Guide'' series of guidebooks by Mitch Ratcliffe and Andrew Gore. The guidebooks, ''PowerBook'', ''AT&T EO P ...on of telecommunication and computing would create a new nomadic industry. By enabling people to conduct business from any location, wireless communicati ...

...ned by the global operations of firms and research institutions as well as by the collaborative networks of non-governmental organizations and of the nat ...'''''Agriculture'''''</ref> for the building of levees to control flooding by the great rivers of China, for the building of canals and locks to connect ...

...n transformers again lower the voltage to the [[utilization voltage]] used by lighting, industrial equipment and household appliances. Often several cust ...r times the distance than at the lower voltage (with the same power loss). By contrast, direct-current indoor incandescent lighting systems, for example ...

...ms and their issues caused by electrical production fluctuations. It works by water flowing into a container, at significant pressure, thus driving a tur ...input pressure is lower as well. The input pressure of both pumps is given by the water column above them. For the additional pump this is the water colu ...

While the barriers to widespread uptake of EbA by public and private sector stakeholders and decision makers are substantial, ...used by societies, the term Ecosystem-based Adaptation was coined in 2008 by the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|International Union fo ...

{{Short description|Energy sources used and produced by China}} [[File:China-energy-consumption-by-source.svg|thumb|Most energy comes from coal]] ...

...come an essential aspect for normal operation of all elements of developed economies. By the middle of the 20th century, electricity was seen as a "[[natural monopo ...