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Delivering Climate-Change Mitigation under Diverse National Policy Approaches : An independent IMF/OECD report to support the German 2022 G7 Presidency

OECD; International Monetary Fund - 2022

In spite of progress made to date and the significant long-term ambition announced by many countries, climate policy actions remain insufficient to meet the Paris Agreement objectives. While several international initiatives aim to track and monitor climate policies, there is not yet a “go...

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Small States Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change : Role for the IMF

International Monetary Fund - 2016

Small developing states are disproportionately vulnerable to natural disasters. On average, the annual cost of disasters for small states is nearly 2 percent of GDP-more than four times that for larger countries. This reflects a higher frequency of disasters, adjusted for land area, as well as...

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Health and Development

International Monetary Fund - 2004

The past century has been marked by rapid advances in human welfare. People in most parts of the world are healthier … years in the pages of F&D looks at the important links between health and economic progress. Articles range over a variety … of topics, from the Millennium Development Goals and their health-related targets for 2015 to the economics of tobacco …

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The Fiscal Implications of Climate Change

International Monetary Fund - 2008

This paper reviews the fiscal implications of climate change, and the potential role of the Fund in addressing them. It stresses that: -- The potential fiscal implications are immediate as well as lasting, and liable to affect-in differing forms and degree-all Fund members. -- Climate change is...