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Assessing the real cost of disasters : the need for better evidence
OECD - 2018
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Fiscal resilience to natural disasters : lessons from country experiences
OECD - 2019
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Assessing the Real Cost of Disasters : The Need for Better Evidence
2018
. Similarly, little information exists on the total amount of public resources that countries devote to disaster risk management …. Reliable, comprehensive and comparable data on the economic impact of disasters as well as on public spending on disaster … management and risk prevention are essential for developing effective disaster risk management policies. This report provides an …
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Fiscal Resilience to Natural Disasters : Lessons from Country Experiences
OECD; The World Bank - 2019
. Governments often shoulder a significant share of the costs of disaster recovery and reconstruction. This is true in OECD … implicit commitments to compensate for disaster losses. This report presents the results of a study that compares country …
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The economics of climate change mitigation : policies and options for global action beyond 2012
2009
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Ancillary Benefits and Costs of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
2000
Policies to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases also have impacts on other policy goals, especially health. In some cases, these ancillary effects may be more significant than the direct greenhouse gas reduction impacts. While these relationships are generally recognised, analysis of climate...
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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation : Policies and Options for Global Action beyond 2012
2009
Against the background of a projected doubling of world greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, this book explores feasible ways to abate them at least cost. Through quantitative analysis, it addresses key climate policy issues including: an ideal set of climate policy tools; the size of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012441453
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The Economic Consequences of Climate Change
2015
This report provides a new detailed quantitative assessment of the consequences of climate change on economic growth through to 2060 and beyond. It focuses on how climate change affects different drivers of growth, including labour productivity and capital supply, in different sectors across the...
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The economic consequences of climate change
OECD - 2015
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Costs of Inaction on Key Environmental Challenges
2008
Countries today face numerous environmental policy challenges, such as climate change, air and water pollution, natural-resource management, natural disasters and environment-related hazards. The costs of not responding to them can be considerable, in some cases representing a significant drag...
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