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Private Sector Engagement in Adaptation to Climate Change: Approaches to Managing Climate Risks

Agrawala, Shardul; Carraro, Maëlis; Kingsmill, Nicholas; … - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2011

There is growing international interest in the planning, financing and implementation of adaptation to climate change. However, the discussion to date has primarily focused on the public sector’s role, with the private sector viewed primarily as a source of funding or financing. Relatively...

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National Adaptation Planning: Lessons from OECD Countries

Mullan, Michael; Kingsmill, Nicholas; Kramer, Arnoldo Matus - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2013

Since the first OECD country published its national adaptation strategy in 2005, there has been a marked increase in national planning for climate change adaptation. This paper provides an overview of national adaptation planning activity across OECD countries and identifies some of the emerging...

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Mobilising Investment in Low Carbon, Climate Resilient Infrastructure

Kennedy, Christopher; Corfee-Morlot, Jan - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2012

investment in LCR infrastructure by improving the risk-return profile of projects. The paper provides a ranking of the most … services, weak risk management capacity and limited availability of long term funding. Drawing on OECD?s work on the water …

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Towards a Green Investment Policy Framework: The Case of Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Infrastructure

Corfee-Morlot, Jan; Marchal, Virginie; Kauffmann, Céline; … - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2012

Achieving low-carbon, climate-resilient (LCR) development is a policy goal of many governments today, and investment in built-infrastructure – in the energy, transport, water and building sectors – is a central part of the challenge. In the face of growing infrastructure needs and fiscal...

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Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts: Conceptual Frameworks, Modelling Approaches and Research Needs

Wing, Ian Sue; Lanzi, Elisa - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2014

This paper presents a framework to include feedbacks from climate impacts on the economy in integrated assessment models. The proposed framework uses a production function approach, which links climate impacts to key variables and parameters used in the specification of economic activity. The...

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Cities and Carbon Market Finance: Taking Stock of Cities' Experience With Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI)

Clapp, Christa; Leseur, Alexia; Sartor, Oliver; Briner, … - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2010

local cobenefits; and project financial structure and risk management approaches. This paper also considers how these …

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Flood Risks, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Benefits in Mumbai: An Initial Assessment of Socio-Economic Consequences of Present and Climate Change Induced Flood Risks and of Possible Adaptation Options

Hallegatte, Stéphane; Henriet, Fanny; Patwardhan, Anand; … - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2010

to flood risk in Mumbai. In 2005, Mumbai experienced unprecedented flooding, causing direct economic damages estimated at … to climate change alone. Continued rapid urbanisation could further increase the risk level. Moreover, a survey on the …-bound climate scenario and is insufficient to design an adaptation strategy, it does demonstrate the value of risk-assessment as an …

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The Economics of Climate Change Impacts and Policy Benefits at City Scale: A Conceptual Framework

Hallegatte, Stéphane; Henriet, Fanny; Corfee-Morlot, Jan - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2008

Climate change has become a priority issue in global environmental governance and cities are important players. For over three decades, the OECD has been actively supporting member and non-member countries to design environmental policies that are both economically efficient and effective at...

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Economic Aspects of Adaptation to Climate Change: Integrated Assessment Modelling of Adaptation Costs and Benefits

Bruin, Kelly de; Dellink, Rob; Agrawala, Shardul - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2009

The present report seeks to inform critical questions with regard to policy mixes of investments in adaptation and mitigation, and how they might vary over time. This is facilitated here by examining adaptation within global Integrated Assessment Modelling frameworks. None of the existing...

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Assessing Climate Change Impacts, Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Risk in Port Cities: A Case Study on Copenhagen

Hallegatte, Stéphane; Patmore, Nicola; Mestre, Olivier; … - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2008

, amongst other loses – deduced, allowing a risk analysis of the effectiveness of coastal flood protections, including risk …

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