The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol constitutes a major tool in the fight against climate …

Unlike in Asia, the manufacturing sector has not (yet) become a driver of structural change in Africa. One common …

activities, households might have preferences over the climate. Using techniques more frequently employed to account for … differences in the demographic composition of households we use household production function theory to estimate climate … these estimates with climate change scenarios associated with the IPCC A2, A1B, and B1 emissions scenarios other things …

We analyse the influence of climate on average life satisfaction in 87 countries using data from the World Values … Survey. Climate is described in terms of ‘degree-months’ calculated using an optimally-selected base temperature of 65°F (18 … to analyse a particular climate change scenario associated with the IPCC A2 emissions scenario points to major losses for …

pay for changes in climate is revealed using European data on reported life satisfaction. Individuals located in areas … according to the preferred climates households appear strongly to favour the Mediterranean climate over the climate of Northern …

impacts. Values consistently incorporate health and agricultural impacts of air quality along with climate damages. The latter … include damages associated with aerosol-induced hydrologic cycle changes that lead to net climate benefits when reducing …

institutions does not hold. SSA countries appear to face very specific development problems. Given their geographic and economic …

public goods and may promote economic development. We draw on the literatures on migrant remittances and on philanthropy in …

: it increases the welfare of this group and also contributes to financial development, which is a driver of growth …