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The influence of the specification of climate change damages on the social cost of carbon

Kopp, Robert E.; Golub, Alexander; Keohane, Nathaniel O.; … - 2011

Drawing upon climate change damage functions previously proposed in the literature that we have calibrated to a common level of damages at 2.5 C, we examine the effect upon the social cost of carbon (SCC) of varying the specification of damages in a DICE-like integrated assessment model. In the...

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Environmental regulation of a global pollution externality in a bilateral trade framework : the case of global warming, China and the US

Gwatipedza, Johnson; Barbier, Edward - 2013

) and the South (China) in the presence of a global pollution externality. Each country's share of global pollution depends … on its share of world capital. We show that, if the disutility of pollution in the United States is high, there will be … pressure on the US to raise environmental regulations on industry. Capital will move to China. Because the increased pollution …

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Roads & SDGs, tradeoffs and synergies : learning from Brazil's Amazon in distinguishing frontiers

Pfaff, Alexander S. P.; Robalino, Juan David; Reis, … - 2017

To inform the search for SDG synergies in infrastructure provision, and to reduce SDG tradeoffs, the authors show that road impacts on Brazilian Amazon forests have varied significantly across settings. Forest loss varied predictably with prior development - both prior roads and prior...

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Enabling a sustainable Fourth Industrial Revolution : how G20 countries can create the conditions for emerging technologies to benefit people and the planet

Herweijer, Celine; Combes, Benjamin; Johnson, Leo; … - 2018

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) offers huge potential to transform and realign our economies and societies. There is an increasing realization that the 4IR could also exacerbate problems for people and the planet. The G20 should champion a holistic approach to the 4IR that helps to...

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Improving quality of life through sustainable energy and urban infrastructure in Africa

Mutanga, Shingirirai Savious; Quitzow, Rainer; Steckel, … - 2018

Focusing on critical aspects of infrastructure, such as energy, this paper argues that African countries, and African cities in particular, need infrastructure that advances both basic needs and industrialization, and avoids a lock-in of unsustainable, high-carbon technologies. G20 countries can...

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The social cost of carbon on an optimal balanced growth path

Kögel, Tomas - 2011

This paper derives analytically the growth rate of the social cost of carbon (SSC) on an optimal balanced growth path. More specifically, the paper examines a deterministic Ramsey model of optimal economic growth with carbon emissions. In this model, restrictions on technology and preferences...

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Roads & SDGs, tradeoffs and synergies : learning from Brazil's Amazon in distinguishing frontiers

Pfaff, Alexander S. P.; Robalino, Juan David; Reis, … - 2017

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Towards a comprehensive approach to climate policy, sustainable infrastructure, and finance

Bak, Céline; Bhattacharya, Amarendra; Edenhofer, Ottmar; … - 2017

The authors propose a policy package of low-carbon growth stimulation through a steep increase in sustainable infrastructure, mobilizing sustainable finance, and adoption of carbon pricing to simultaneously achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Governance, vulnerability to climate change, and green growth : international evidence

Thai-Ha Le; Youngho, Chang; Park, Donghyun - 2017

The authors examine the role of governance and vulnerability to climate change in green growth using a global panel dataset. They find that governance has a positive effect on environmental performance and vulnerability to climate change has a negative effect. Promoting good governance and...

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