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Transaction costs for carbon sequestration projects in the tropical forest sector
Pearson, Timothy; Brown, Sandra; Sohngen, Brent; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19 (2014) 8, pp. 1209-1222
There is general consensus that carbon (C) sequestration projects in forests are a relatively low cost option for mitigating climate change, but most studies on the subject have assumed that transaction costs are negligible. The objectives of the study were to examine transaction costs for...
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Climate change mitigation and international finance: the effectiveness of the Clean Development Mechanism and the Global Environment Facility in India and Brazil
Tatrallyay, Nicholas; Stadelmann, Martin - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 7, pp. 903-919
This study analyzes the effectiveness and efficiency of the two principal United Nations (UN) climate change mitigation …
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The cost of mitigation strategies for agricultural adaptation to global change
Salinas, Carla; Mendieta, Jon - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 7, pp. 933-941
desertification through the National Action Programs (NAP). However, for the long term planning of mitigation and adaptation …
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Opportunities for adaptation-mitigation synergies in geothermal energy utilization- Initial conceptual frameworks
Ogola, Pacifica; Davidsdottir, Brynhildur; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 17 (2012) 5, pp. 507-536
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Public perception, knowledge and policy support for mitigation and adaption to Climate Change in Costa Rica: Comparisons with North American and European studies
Vignola, R.; Klinsky, S.; Tam, J.; McDaniels, T. - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 3, pp. 303-323
preventing hydro-meteorological extremes related to water scarcity or excess. A majority of respondents engage in mitigation … behaviours largely for financial or contextual reasons. Finally, support for adaptation and mitigation policy responses is … protection increasing the water tariffs (52.5%). As discussions about mitigation and adaptation become increasingly common within …
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The gap between global issues and personal behaviors: pro-environmental behaviors of citizens toward climate change in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Lin, Shis-Ping - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 6, pp. 773-783
Taiwan ranks 22nd worldwide in greenhouse gas emissions. One-third of these emissions come from the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. To mitigate global warming, the Taiwanese government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of environmental protection have promoted a series of energy conservation...
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Mitigation and adaptation investments for desertification and climate change: an assessment of the socioeconomic return
Salinas, Carla; Mendieta, Jon - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 5, pp. 659-672
. Many countries are making investments for the implementation of mitigation and adaptation strategies to combat …. The main goal of our paper is to assess the relation between the mitigation and adaptation investments and the socio …
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Reduction targets and abatement costs of developing countries resulting from global and developed countries’ reduction targets by 2050
Elzen, Michel; Beltran, Angelica; Hof, Andries; Ruijven, Bas - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18 (2013) 4, pp. 491-512
The European Union (EU) has advocated an emission reduction target for developed countries of 80% to 95% below the 1990 level by 2050, and a global reduction target of 50%. Developing countries have resisted the inclusion of these targets in both the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change...
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Electricity demand in a changing climate
Eskeland, Gunnar; Mideksa, Torben - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 15 (2010) 8, pp. 877-897
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Climate change adaptation and mitigation: next steps for cross-sectoral action to protect global health
Bowen, Kathryn; Ebi, Kristie; Friel, Sharon - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19 (2014) 7, pp. 1033-1040
iii) identifying organisations influential in the development of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and …
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