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National banks, 391 Network theories, 225e227
National Development and Reform New car sharing scheme, 240
Commission (NDRC), 309 New policy thinking, 340e344
National Emergency Commission, 466 New Zealand, 279e280
National Energy Administration (NEA), Next Economics, 1e2, 575
340e341 Next Industrial Revolution, 70
National Energy Policy, 103 NGOs. See Nongovernmental organizations
“National Garden Cities” nationwide, (NGOs)
308e309 Nigeria
National Implementation Plan (NIP), 486e487 economic sector shares in, 483f
National interests, 334 Nigerian economy, 483
National Land Council, 438e439 path to Sustainable Development Through
National oil companies (NOCs), 335 Green Economy, 487e488
National Poverty Eradication Plan (NPEP), reproduced from Government of Nigeria,
491e492 485f
National Renewable Energy Laboratory sustainable development cases in,
(NREL), 548e549 482e490
National Resilience Deliberation Committee NIP. See National Implementation Plan (NIP)
(NRDC), 435 NOCs. See National oil companies (NOCs)
National Resilience initiative, 436 Non-OECDcountries, 280e281
National Resilience Plan (NRP), 434e435, Non-Participant Test, 199
442 Nonelectric energy for heating and cooking,
National Spatial Strategy (NSS), 438e439 368
National Standard for Eco-Garden Cities, Nonenergy benefits, 194
308e309 Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs),
National waste management policy, 476 473e474
Natural capital, 237 Nonprofit organizations, 71
Natural capitalism, 210 Nordic Development Fund (NDF),
Natural gas, 14, 89e90 495e497
Natural resources, 505 Northeastern Areas, sustainable communities
Natural systems degradation, 235e236 and areas of interest, 460e461
Nature-based solutions, 236 Northern Areas, sustainable communities and
NDF. See Nordic Development Fund (NDF) areas of interest, 457
NDRC. See National Development and Northwestern Areas, sustainable communities
Reform Commission (NDRC) and areas of interest, 457e460
NEA. See National Energy Administration NPEP. See National Poverty Eradication Plan
(NEA) (NPEP)
Neo-classical, 73, 212 NPV. See Net present value (NPV)
economics, 35e37, 210, 213 NRDC. See National Resilience Deliberation
models, 212 Committee (NRDC)
theory, 37 NREL. See National Renewable Energy
“Neo-colonialist” argument, 336 Laboratory (NREL)
Net present value (NPV), 152, 179, 192 NRP. See National Resilience Plan (NRP)
NPV p , 184 NSS. See National Spatial Strategy (NSS)
NPV pa , 197 Nuclear power plants, 68, 90, 123
NPV RIM , 188e190 Nuclear waste, 21
NPV TRC , 192
Net zero O
buildings, 538
Objectivism paradigm, 41
energy
Objectivist techniques, 39
campus, 538e539
Ocean
consuming, 540e541
current devices, 16e17