rapid deforestation has dramatically changed the chemical composition of the world's atmosphere, the level of biodiversity …. This paper reviews the theory and evidence surrounding forest-related Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes intended …

Climate change is sometimes viewed as the most serious problem facing modern society. The science behind anthropogenic … climate change. What explains this (apparent) lack of interest from economists? Here we report the results of a survey to try … to understand economists' views and actions. More than 90% of respondents state that they are concerned about climate …

Concerns about offspring's life quality are often cited as a motivation for caring about climate change. This paper … investigates the hypothesized causal effect of grandparenthood on climate change worries, using panel data surveys among British … grandparental status and concerns about climate change. …

We document individual willingness to fight climate change and its behavioral determinants in a large representative … sample of US adults. Willingness to fight climate change - as measured through an incentivized donation decision - is highly … well as universal moral values positively predict climate preferences. Moreover, we document systematic misperceptions of …

This article reviews the literature on the economic impacts of disasters caused by extreme weather and climate events … suffer less and recover faster from climate extremes suggests adaptation, knowledge gaps remain, and little is known about … recommended when uncertainties over climate change impacts are high. I discuss how governments can play an important role in …

This paper studies how in utero exposure to a large-scale climate adaptation program affects birth outcomes. The …

a difference to the world’s climate change predicament. Hence, climate technology entrepreneurship is no panacea for … climate change and ecological overshoot caused by human activity. On its own it will not save the world. …This paper provides a primer on climate technology entrepreneurship, recognizing its limitations and potential adverse …

Are 'green' environmental concerns - about climate change, biodiversity, pollution - deterring today's citizens from …

Addressing climate change requires individual behavior change and voter support for pro-climate policies, yet … on pro-climate outcomes using new compulsory schooling law data across 16 European countries. We analyze effects on pro-climate … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …