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Adaptation to Climate Change in Marine Capture Fisheries
Grafton, R. Quentin - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
This paper responds to the challenge of how and when to adapt marine capture fisheries to climate change by: (1) providing a set of fisheries policy options to climate change; (2) developing a risk and vulnerability assessment and management decision-making framework for adaptation; and (3)...
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Adaptation to Climate Change in Marine Capture Fisheries
Grafton, R. Quentin - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
This Research Report responds to the challenge for marine capture fisheries of how and when to adapt to climate change. The report presents: (1) a set of fisheries climate change policy options (2) a risk and vulnerability assessment tool and management decision-making framework; and (3) ex ante...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693304
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Climate Change Policy for India
McKibbin, Warwick J. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2004
countries such as India are entering a phase of higher economic growth. The decisions on investment in energy systems that will … be made in India in coming years will have an important impact on global climate change over the coming century. This … paper explores how action could be undertaken in India today, in a way that commits India to longer run goals for greenhouse …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005115655
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A Very Real and Practical Contribution? - Lessons from the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership
Howes, Stephen; Olbrei, Erik - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012
On 9 September 2007, Australian Ministers and the Indonesian President announced a $100 million Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership (KFCP). This would involve protecting 70,000 hectares of peat forests, re-flooding 200,000 hectares of dried peatland, and planting 100 million trees in...
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Uncertainty and International Climate Change Negotiations
Cai, Yiyong; McKibbin, Warwick J. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013
This paper explores the failure of countries to coordinate climate policies as an equilibrium outcome of a game where countries optimize in the face of both unprecedented economic and environmental uncertainty. Because issues associated with climate change are historically unprecedented and thus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185991
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A Climate Diplomacy Proposal: Carbon Pricing Consultations
Morris, Adele C.; McKibbin, Warwick J.; Wilcoxen, Peter J. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013
The Doha climate talks in December 2012, wrapped up lines of negotiation that were begun years before in Bali. Negotiators resolved contentious questions about the future of the Kyoto Protocol and finally put the constraints of the Bali agenda behind them. Now they need turn to developing by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185992
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The Economics of Global Climate Change: A Historical Literature Review
Stern, David I.; Jotzo, Frank; Dobes, Leo - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013
We review the historical literature on the economics of climate change with a focus on the evolution of the literature from some of the early classic papers to the latest contributions. We divide the paper into three main sections: trends in greenhouse gas emissions, mitigation, and adaptation.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904350
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Escaping a Rising Tide: Sea Level Rise and Migration in Kiribati
Wyett, Kelly - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National …
The inundation of an entire nation due to anthropogenic climate change has never been seen. And the low-lying Pacific nation of Kiribati is likely to be among the first victims of such a disaster. As such, this article examines a number of strategies for the relocation of Kiribati, and finds...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904362
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Escaping a Rising Tide: Sea Level Rise and Migration in Kiribati
Wyett, Kelly - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National …
The inundation of an entire nation due to anthropogenic climate change has never been seen. And the low-lying Pacific nation of Kiribati is likely to be among the first victims of such a disaster. As such, this article examines a number of strategies for the relocation of Kiribati, and finds...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742034
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China's Energy Reform and Climate Policy: The Ideas Motivating Change
Boyd, Olivia - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012
China has embarked on an ambitious and unprecedented programme of energy reform and climate change mitigation. Yet the motivations for this important shift remain unclear. This paper surveys key central government documents and articles by China's leading energy academics to investigate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550978