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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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Dynamics of indirect land-use change: empirical evidence from Brazil

Palmer, Charles; Di Falco, Salvatore - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

The expansion of a given land use may affect deforestation directly if forests are cleared to free land for this use …. Unlike direct land conversion, indirect land-use changes affecting deforestation are not immediately observable. They require …

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Cost-effective payments for reducing emissions from deforestation under uncertainty

Engel, Stefanie; Palmer, Charles; Taschini, Luca; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

for payments for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). Given that REDD will not represent a …

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Ethanol production, food and forests

Andrade de Sa, Saraly; Palmer, Charles; Engel, Stefanie - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

This paper investigates the direct and indirect impacts of ethanol production on land use, deforestation and food … of direct land competition between rival uses increases deforestation and decreases food production. Second, an indirect … displacement of food production across regions, provoked by a shift in the price of food, increases deforestation and reduces the …

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Uncertain emission reductions from forest conservation: REDD in the Bale mountains, Ethiopia

Watson, Charlene; Mourato, Susana; Milner-Gulland, E. J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

The environmental integrity of a mechanism rewarding Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD …

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Urban development and air pollution: evidence from a global panel of cities

Hilber, Christian A. L.; Palmer, Charles - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

We exploit a unique panel of 75 metro areas (‘cities’) across the globe and employ a cityfixed effects model to identify the determinants of within-city changes in air pollution concentration between 2005 and 2011. Increasing car and population densities significantly reduce air pollution...

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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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The distribution of total embodied greenhouse gas emissions by households in the UK, and some implications for social policy

Gough, Ian; Abdallah, Saamah; Johnson, Viki; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

This paper maps the distribution of total direct and embodied emissions of greenhouse gases by households in the UK and goes on to analyse their main drivers. Previous research has studied the distribution of direct emissions by households, notably from domestic fuel and electricity, but this is...

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