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An Analysis of International CO2 agreements

Amundsen, Eirik S.; Lønning, Dag; Rasmussen, Heine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1995

rights. The analysis is based on a numerical general equilibrium model of the world economy. The development of prices and …

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The Macroeconomics evaluation of Climate Change Model (MECC-Model): The case Study of China

Estrada, Ruiz; Arturo, Mario - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Global climate change has a potentially large impact on economic growth but measuring their economic impact is subject to a great deal of uncertainty. The central objective of our paper is to set forth a model – the macroeconomics evaluation of climate change (MECC) model – to evaluate the...

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Determinants of farmers’ preference for adaptation strategies to climate change: evidence from north shoa zone of Amhara region Ethiopia

Mulatu Debalke, Negash - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Studies on climate change adaptation recognize the importance of agro-ecology based research for designing context-specific policies and programs to climate change. This study, therefore, applied a case-study approach to examine farmers’ preference for climate change adaptation strategies and...

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions of China

Mohajan, Haradhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Every nation of the world confirms that human-related greenhouse gas emissions are the major driver of the present … global climate change. About 20% populations of the world live in China and the emissions of greenhouse gases of it are very … urbanization. China is now the second largest economy in the world, behind the USA but at present it is facing severe environmental …

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Global maps of climate change impacts on the favourability for human habitation and economic activity

Füssel, Hans-Martin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

no geographical analogue in the present climate. Hence, a large majority of the world’s population is living in regions …

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Health, income inequality and climate related disasters at household level: reflections from an Orissa District

Narayanan, K.; Sahu, Santosh Kumar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Rural households tend to rely heavily on climate-sensitive resources. Climate Change can reduce the availability of these local natural resources, limiting the options for rural households that depend on natural resources for consumption or economic activities. During and after the climate...

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Potential climate effects on Japanese rice productivity

Tanaka, Kenta; Managi, Shunsuke; Kondo, Katsunobu; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Adaptation to climate change has become an important policy question in recent years. Agriculture is the economic activity most sensitive to climate change. We evaluate the dynamic effects of productivity change and individual efforts to adapt to climate change. Adaptation actions in agriculture...

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Climate engineering: cost benefit and beyond

Gramstad, Kjetil; Tjøtta, Sigve - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

International efforts on abating climate change, focusing on reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, have thus far proved unsuccessful. This motivates exploration of other strategies such as climate engineering. We modify the Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy (DICE), and use it...

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An analysis of long-term scenarios for the transition to renewable energy in Greece

Halkos, George; Kevork, Ilias; Galani, Georgia; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This study is focused on the construction of long – term scenarios for the transition to renewable energy. Utilizing European and national targets, the key objective of this work is to investigate how these targets are reflected in both economic and environmental terms. The constructed model...

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A nonparametric approach for evaluating long-term energy policy scenarios: An application to the Greek energy system

Halkos, George; Tzeremes, Nickolaos; Tzeremes, Panagiotis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper by using the system of LEAP (Long range Energy Alternatives Planning System) constructs four different energy scenarios for the Greek transport, energy and industry sectors. By projecting the renewable energy use for the years 2020 and 2030 and the associated resulting carbon dioxide...

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