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Control mechanisms for Nordic ship emissions »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Kjetil Martinsen , and Asbjørn Torvanger
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325165
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Shipping, Environmental Regulations, Pollution Burden, DNV, Control Mechanisms, Ship Emission
Shipping today operates under a complex set of international and domestic regulations. However, the environmental regulations have lagged behind those of other industries. This situation is now changing quite drama...
Creating an inclusive labour market : Inclusion of youths, people with disabilities and seniors (a summary) »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Ragna Flø , Bjørn Halvorsen , Ole-Johnny Hansen , and Jenny Tägtström
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325745
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Nordic Welfare, Economic Independence, Labour Market Inclusion Project, Project Stresses, Individually Adapted, Universal Solutions
High participation in the labour market is the cornerstone of Nordic welfare and high living standards. In all the Nordic countries, the goal is that as many as possible can participate in employment. Work provides...
Discovery and characterisation of dietary patterns in two Nordic countries : Using non-supervised and supervised multivariate statistical techniques to analyse dietary survey data »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Anna Edberg , Sisse Fagt , Eva Freyhult , Lene Frost Andersen , Mats G. Gustafsson , Ulf Hammerling , Anna Karin Lindroos , Vibeke Kildegaard Knudsen , Salomon Sand , and Daniel Soeria-Atmadja
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325813
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Multivariate Data Analysis, Pattern Discovery, Predictive Modelling, Hierarchical Cluster Analysis, Factor Analysis, Dietary Prototypes
This Nordic study encompasses multivariate data analysis (MDA) of preschool Danish as well as pre- and elementary school Swedish consumers. Contrary to other counterparts the study incorporates two separate MDA var...
Economic Outlook in the Nordic Countries 2014 : The Nordic Working Group of Economic Trends Review, autumn 2013 »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289326599
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Economic Outlook, Nordic Working Group, Economic Trends, Economic Situation, Nordic Countries
The Economic Outlook in the Nordic countries 2014 is the review from the Nordic Working Group of Economic Trends for the economic situation in the Nordic countries autumn 2013. The review contents as previous years...
Efficient strategy to support renewable energy : Integration in overall climate and energy security policies »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Elin Bergman , Martin Bo Hansen , Helge Sigurd Næss-Schmidt , and Patrik Söderholm
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325691
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Energy Security, Low Carbon Technologies, Nordic Council, Copenhagen Economics
This report reviews how the Nordic countries can develop a strategy for renewable energy that delivers efficiently on the two underlying policy objectives of climate change and energy security challenges. The overa...
The financial crisis and fiscal consolidation in green budgets »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Annegrete Bruvoll , Silja Kralik , Friðrik Már Baldursson , and Haakon Vennemo
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289324793
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Fiscal Consolidation, Environmental Tax, Subsidy Reforms, Economic Efficiency, Financial Crisis, Environmental Tax Policy
This project adds insight into the potential contribution to fiscal consolidation from environmental tax and subsidy reforms, i.e. strengthening public budgets while at the same time improving economic efficiency a...
A Framework for Multispecies Assessment and Management : An ICES/NCM Background Document »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Bjarte Bogstad , Stuart Reeves , Anna Rindorf , Jörn Schmidt , and Yvonne Walther
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325844
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Fisheries Management, Management Advice, Goals for Management, Science and Policy Domains, Baltic Sea, North Sea
The report describes a framework that can be used to identify the most important trade-offs in ecosystem based fisheries management. The framework contains a description of how to identify the border between the sc...
Labour migrants from Central and Eastern Europe in the Nordic countries : Patterns of migration, working conditions and recruitment practices »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Line Eldring , and Jon Horgen Friberg
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289326247
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, New Comparative Knowledge, Labour Migrants, Recruitment Processes, Polish Labour Migrants, National Regulations, Nordic Labour Markets
This report presents the results from a project that has aimed to generate new comparative knowledge about labour migration from Central and Eastern Europe to the Nordic countries, the factors that shape wage and w...
A matter of health and job satisfaction : Seniors, work and retirement in the Nordic region »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Bjørn Halvorsen , and Jenny Tägtström
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325677
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, Nordic Countries, Work Participation, Welfare Perspective, Labour Market, Social Insurance Systems, Discrimination
In all the Nordic countries there is a declared policy of increasing work participation among seniors. The most important reason comes from a more long-term population, generation and welfare perspective: gradually...
Natural Capital in a Nordic context : Status and Challenges in the Decade of Biodiversity »
Series: Nordic Council of Ministers
Author(s): Sanna Ahvenharju , Marika Bröckl , Leonardo Mazza , Tiina Pursula , and Patrick ten Brink
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
ISBN: 9789289325349
Keywords: Nordic, Norden, Baltic, Baltics, International Approaches, Capital Accounting, Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Gaia Consulting, European Environmental Policy
The report reviews different international approaches for natural capital accounting. The five approaches reviewed are attempts to help create an improved evidence base on the links between biodiversity and ecosyst...