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Climate notes: Step by step

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  • Janina Ketterer
  • Jana Lippelt

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Sustainability indices are computed by several organisations in order to evaluate the human impacts on the ecological system. This article explains the concept of the ecological footprint (EF).

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  • Janina Ketterer & Jana Lippelt, 2010. "Climate notes: Step by step," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 63(03), pages 53-54, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:63:y:2010:i:03:p:53-54
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