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Deforestation and climate change : reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
Bosetti, Valentina (ed.); Lubowski, Ruben N. (ed.) - 2010
Deforestation and emerging greenhouse gas compliance regimes : toward a global environmental law of forests, carbon and … deforestation : a stock-flow approach with target reductions /Andrea Cattaneo --Towards a sound REDD : ensuring globally consistent …"Deforestation and forest degradation have long been recognized as environmental problems, with concerns over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851777
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Payments for environmental services, forest conservation, and climate change : livelihoods in the REDD?
Tacconi, Luca (ed.); Mahanty, Sango (ed.); Suich, Helen (ed.) - 2010
Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) schemes at the national level. With its focus on livelihoods, the … other than carbon conservation. Drawing practical lessons for the design of activities aimed at reducing deforestation and … accessible also to non-experts in presenting the key issues faced in avoiding deforestation and benefiting livelihoods. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851917
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Markets for carbon and power pricing in Europe : theoretical issues and empirical analyses
Gullì, Francesco (contributor) - 2008
Why do power prices seem to be correlated with the carbon price in some markets and not in others? This crucial question is at the centre of Francesco Gullì's enlightening book, through which the contributing authors investigate a number of related issues. In particular, they explore why power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851445
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The economics of climate change
Chichilnisky, Graciela (contributor) - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852251
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Carbon sinks and climate change : forests in the fight against global warming
Hunt, Colin - 2009
"Reforestation and avoiding deforestation are methods of harnessing nature to tackle global warming - the greatest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850957
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Handbook on food : demand, supply, sustainability and security
Jha, Raghbendra (ed.); Gaiha, Raghav (ed.);  … - 2014
: monitoring food security in a volatile world / Derek Headey, Olivier Ecker, and Jean-Francois Trinh Tan -- 4. Food price …-applicable insights for scholars and policy analysts seeking to understand the past, present and future of food around the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851250
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Distributional impacts of climate change and disasters : concepts and cases
Ruth, Matthias (ed.); Ibarrarán, María Eugenia (ed.) - 2009
Climate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk. Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back development, destroy livelihoods, and increase disparity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851340
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Responding to climate change : global experiences and the Korean perspective
Hahn, Chin Hee (ed.); Lee, Sang-hyop (ed.);  … - Korea Development Institute; East West Center - 2012
This topical book explores the global experiences of responding to climate change, with perspectives from Australia, China, the European Union, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United States, as well as the International Energy Agency. The authors, internationally recognized specialists in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852003
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The economics of deforestation in the Amazon : dispelling the myths
Campari, João S. - 2005
This provocative new book presents the results of twenty years of research on deforestation in the Amazon. By carefully … observing the changing character of human settlements and their association with deforestation over such a prolonged period, the … author is able to reject much of the "perceived wisdom". He skillfully dissects various models of deforestation and provides …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850964
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The open economy and the environment : development, trade and resources in Asia
Coxhead, Ian - 2003
and the environment in developing Asian economies -- 4. Deforestation and upland land degradation in an open economy …
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