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Category Macro-Economics
Level University
Created / Updated 04.07.2025 / 04.07.2025
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What are the SFF Guidelines?

FAO guidelines for sustainable small-scale fisheries and poverty alleviation.

How are small-scale fisheries linked to the SDGs?

They help achieve SDGs on food security, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability.

How is SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) linked to water?

Food production depends heavily on water resources.

How is SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) connected to water?

Water is essential for hydropower and other green energy sources.

How is SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) related to water?

Sustainable production requires efficient water use.

How is SDG 15 (Life on Land) related to water?

Terrestrial ecosystems rely on freshwater availability.

What does the water-climate-energy-food-environment nexus emphasize?

The interconnection of sectors and the need for integrated policy solutions.

What are the co-benefits of water-related projects?

Improved irrigation, green electricity, and reduced health costs.

What is the purpose of ocean governance?

To regulate conservation and use of the ocean and its resources.

What treaty underpins ocean governance?

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

What are Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)?

Areas up to 200 nautical miles where coastal states have resource rights.

What governance challenge exists for the Arctic Ocean?

Unclear boundaries and competing territorial claims.

What are the types of water conflicts?

Water as trigger, weapon, or casualty.

Why are water conflicts increasing?

Due to climate change and rising competition among users.

What is a dominant strategy?

A strategy that yields the best outcome regardless of the other player's choice.

What is a Nash Equilibrium?

A set of strategies where no player can benefit by changing their strategy unilaterally.

What is Pareto Efficiency?

A situation where no player can be better off without making another worse off.

What does the "prisoner's dilemma" illustrate in environmental economics?

That individual rationality leads to collective suboptimal outcomes.

How can cooperation be sustained in international agreements?

Through self-enforcing mechanisms like penalty clauses or third-party monitoring.

What does the water-climate-energy-food-environment nexus emphasize?

The interconnection of sectors and the need for integrated policy solutions.

What are the co-benefits of water-related projects?

Improved irrigation, green electricity, and reduced health costs.

What is the purpose of ocean governance?

To regulate conservation and use of the ocean and its resources.

What treaty underpins ocean governance?

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

What are Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)?

Areas up to 200 nautical miles where coastal states have resource rights.

What governance challenge exists for the Arctic Ocean?

Unclear boundaries and competing territorial claims.

What are the types of water conflicts?

Water as trigger, weapon, or casualty.

Why are water conflicts increasing?

Due to climate change and rising competition among users.

What is a dominant strategy?

A strategy that yields the best outcome regardless of the other player's choice.

What is a Nash Equilibrium?

A set of strategies where no player can benefit by changing their strategy unilaterally.

What is Pareto Efficiency?

A situation where no player can be better off without making another worse off.

What does the "prisoner's dilemma" illustrate in environmental economics?

That individual rationality leads to collective suboptimal outcomes.

How can cooperation be sustained in international agreements?

Through self-enforcing mechanisms like penalty clauses or third-party monitoring.