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In diesem Arbeitspapier wird die Rolle des öffentlichen Sektors bei der Anpassung an den Klimawandel behandelt. Zuerst … werden die Möglichkeiten zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel definiert und kategorisiert. Dann werden die volkswirtschaftlichen … Hauptbereiche, in denen der öffentliche Sektor eine Rolle bei der Anpassung an den Klimawandel spielen kann, Folgende sind …
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offshore wind power as a case study, this article demonstrates how, in an increasingly carbon-constrained world, our existing …
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This paper assesses the role of the public sector in adaptation to climate change. We first offer a definition and categorization of climate change adaptation. We then consider the primary economic principles that can guide the assignment of adaptation tasks to either the private or the public...
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This Chapter provides the context of climate change and infrastructure financing in Australia. It commences with an understanding of the country, its climate change and adaptation policies, followed by an understanding of infrastructure in the country and related climate impacts. Financing...
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We examine the formation of multilateral, hub-and-spoke and bilateral international R&D strategic alliances (overlapping climate clubs) to reduce CO2 emissions. R&D provision in clubs produces two types of positive externalities: a global public good (i.e., reduction of CO2 emissions) and...
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Global regulations involving clean energy technologies have evolved in recent decades. Such evolution came as a result of technological disparities between the North and the South. Such regulatory changes came because of the failure of developed nations to assist developing countries in...
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sustainability and human health. Feeding a growing world while remaining within safe social-ecological planetary boundaries, as … guarantee schemes to aid the transition; financial training schemes; changes to prudential regulation to account for financial … Nachhaltigkeit als auch die menschliche Gesundheit. Es ist machbar, eine wachsende Welt sozial und ökologisch sicher zu ernähren, wie …
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There is currently a consensus amongst the political establishment - and amongst the intellectual communities that feed into it - that detailed and wide-ranging government intervention is necessary to combat the effects of climate change. This monograph challenges that consensus. The authors...
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