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The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the United Nations Framework Conven­tion on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was marked by multiple crises and the shaken confidence of developing countries in the multilateral process. Nonetheless, an agreement was reached on...
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The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the United Nations Framework Conven­tion on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was marked by multiple crises and the shaken confidence of developing countries in the multilateral process. Nonetheless, an agreement was reached on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014225586
change issue. We ask the question how the optimal mitigation of climate change evolves if intrinsic uncertainty about damage … is inherent to the model. In particular, we are interested in how the effect of uncertainty on climate change mitigation …
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the impact of climate change on Philippine agriculture, evaluate mitigation and adaptation options, and formulate …) baseline; b) intensified adaptation; and c) combined adaptation and mitigation scenarios. The findings reveal that without … vulnerability. Meanwhile, adoption of intensified adaptive and mitigation measures shows potential for improved resilience …
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Does a more unequal society emit more CO2? The nexus between carbon emissions and income inequality has been at the core of a vast literature, which has yielded conflicting results. Leveraging panel econometric techniques, we provide robust evidence of a non-linear relationship that depends on...
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This study investigates the impact of climate change on intimate partner violence in Bangladesh and shows that policy can mitigate much if not all of the harmful consequences of climate shocks on women. Utilizing a novel dataset linking geo-referenced meteorological remote-sensed data with...
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Interrelated global crises - climate change, pandemics, loss of ecosystem services and biodiversity - pose risks that demand collective solutions. Uncertainty about others' behavior, coupled with the dependence on some to take collective efforts to mitigate risks for all (e.g. conservation of...
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This paper reviews the role of Social Protection and Labor in supporting both climate adaptation and mitigation efforts … through the distributional impacts of climate mitigation policies. The paper discusses how - even without explicit … transitions towards Green jobs. Finally, Social protection and labor programs can also directly support mitigation measures by …
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Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) aims to maintain forest carbon stocks above benchmark reference levels through financial compensation. However, countries with high forest cover and low deforestation (HFLD) are unlikely to be compensated fairly if REDD+...
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We propose a theory of climate-policy motivated foreign intervention to study different forms of international climate governance in the presence of power imbalance. Foreign countries have at least three options to intervene in another country's domestic climate policy: i.) Agreements with...
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