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Polluting the economy: the hidden cost of air pollution

Ron ChanVeronica VienneMartino Pelli By , and Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Energy and Environment Posted:

Recent empirical evidence demonstrates that air pollution has negative effects on the labour market beyond health-related costs. In this blog, Dr Ron Chan and Ms Veronica Vienne from The University of Manchester and Dr Martino Pelli from Université de Sherbrooke explore the non-health-related impacts of air pollution on the labour force, using the wildfires in Chile […]

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ECOSTAR: the University-Business Alliance for Natural Capital

Ron Chan By Filed Under: Energy and Environment Posted:

Doctor Ron Chan is Lecturer in Environmental Economics at The University of Manchester’s School of Social Sciences. Here, he introduces ‘ECOSTAR’ – an innovation and investment project that brings together universities, business, and the public sector to deliver ground-breaking, nature-based business initiatives. ECOSTAR promotes business ventures that can demonstrate a genuinely positive contribution to the […]

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