Environment, mathematics and the best solution to stop natural world destruction

Teresa Kwiatkowska, Wojciech Szatzschneider

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First, we discuss the use and misuse of mathematics that have been applied to apparently solve environmental problems. We then explore a new kind of environmental cooperation called fusion, in order to analyze the optimal way of using environmental funds, private or public, compulsory or voluntary contributions. We will work with mathematical models, yet our results do not significantly depend on them nor on the parameters chosen. We believe that the specification of models and their particular parameters is the biggest flaw in the application of mathematics in environmental sciences.

 

Key words: Solutions to environmental problems, mathematical models, fusion, environmental funds, parameter, Bayesian approach, Principal-Agent method.

 


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