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Making Grasslands Sustainable in Mongolia: Adapting to Climate and Environmental Change
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
Climate change threatens grassland ecosystems and herders’ livelihoods in Mongolia. Herders depend on pasture and water resources for their livestock, and are thus among the most vulnerable groups to climate change impacts. However, although climate change impacts on grassland ecosystems are...
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Country Safeguard Systems Regional Workshop Proceedings Towards Common Approaches and Better Results
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012
Australian Agency for International Development, Japan International Cooperation Agency, and the World Bank confirmed their …
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Same Energy, More power: Accelerating Energy Efficiency in Asia
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
Energy efficiency is often defined as delivered energy service per unit of energy supplied into a system. Supply-side energy efficiency refers to decreasing energy losses in the supply chain, for improved performance in the production and delivery of electricity and heat. Demandside energy...
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Viet Nam: Environment and Climate Change Assessment
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing sector assessments, thematic papers, strategies, and road maps to help align future ADB support with the needs and strategies of developing member countries and other development partners. A thematic paper is a working document that addresses a...
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Dynamics of World Commodity Prices: A Microsimulation Model
Bruha, Jan; Pisa, Vitezslav - EcoMod Network - 2012
world agricultural and energy production and consumption. The demand for food per capita is a function of the world …
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Disentangling the Stern/Nordhaus controversy. Why and how do beliefs and modelling choices matter?
fabert, baptiste perrissin; Espagne, Etienne; Pottier, … - EcoMod Network - 2012
The Stern/Nordhaus controversy has polarized the widely disparate beliefs about what to do in order to tackle the climate challenge. Between Nordhaus' ``policy ramp'' which recommends gradual action to avoid costly premature low-carbon investments and Stern's ``early strong emissions cut'', the...
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Measuring the World Economy
Badinger, Harald - EcoMod Network - 2012
assessing the decreasing role of geographical distance (as a result of globalisation) in the world economy spatial …
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Rare Earths' Futures. An Assessment Using a Partial Equilibrium Model
Pothen, Frank - EcoMod Network - 2013
at last year’s EcoMod. The model is a dynamic partial equilibrium model. It encompasses the world in a regionally … export quotas. Higher quotas incentivize more investment in mining capacities in the rest of the world, while the production … increase works conversely. The rest of the world can decrease its dependency and its prices for Rare Earths by using them more …
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Climate Policies and Competitiveness: Options for Border Adjustment Measures
VIELLE, Marc; Altamirano, Juan-Carlos - EcoMod Network - 2011
The introduction of unilateral climate policies, and the absence of a climate constraint in many parts of the world …
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Linking DefraTAP and Aglink models
Kitou, Elisavet; Davies, Grant; Philippidis, George - EcoMod Network - 2012
Our modelling team uses both partial and general equilibrium models to investigate trade and policy reforms scenarios, e.g. CAP reform, FTAs, WTO, and their impact on the agricultural sector, with particular emphasis in the UK. General Equilibrium (GE) models are used in areas where a...
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