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Country Stakes in Climate Change Negotiations : Two Dimensions of Vulnerability

Buys, Piet; Deichmann, Uwe; Meisner, Craig - 2012

Using a comprehensive geo-referenced database of indicators relating to global change and energy, the paper assesses countries' likely attitudes with respect to international treaties that regulate carbon emissions. The authors distinguish between source and impact vulnerability and classify...

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"Revenue Management" Effects Related to Financial Flows Generated by Climate Policy

Strand, Jon - 2012

This paper discusses possible macroeconomic implications for low-income countries of increased revenue inflows that may follow from implementing certain global greenhouse gas mitigation policies. Such revenue sources include revenue from emissions offset mechanisms, direct investments, and...

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Economic Implications of Moving Toward Global Convergence on Emission Intensities

Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2012

One key contentious issue in climate change negotiations is the huge difference in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita between more advanced industrialized countries and other nations. This paper analyzes the costs of reducing this gap. Simulations using a global computable general...

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The Impact of Sea Level Rise on Developing Countries : A Comparative Analysis

Dasgupta, Susmita; Laplante, Benoit; Meisner, Craig - 2012

of millions of people in the developing world are likely to be displaced by SLR within this century, and accompanying …

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Balancing Expenditures on Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change : An Exploration of Issues Relevant to Developing Countries

Lecocq, Franck; Shalizi, Zmarak - 2012

Although climate policies have been so far mostly focused on mitigation, adaptation to climate change is a growing concern in developed and developing countries. This paper discusses how adaptation fits into the global climate strategy, at the global and national levels. To do so, a partial...

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How Might Climate Change Affect Economic Growth in Developing Countries? A Review of the Growth Literature with a Climate Lens

Lecocq, Franck; Shalizi, Zmarak - 2012

This paper reviews the empirical and theoretical literature on economic growth to examine how the four components of the climate change bill, namely mitigation, proactive (ex ante) adaptation, reactive (ex post) adaptation, and ultimate damages of climate change affect growth, especially in...

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Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Wetlands : Impacts and Costs

Blankespoor, Brian; Dasgupta, Susmita; Laplante, Benoit - 2013

Scientific evidence indicates that global warming could well lead to a sea-level rise of 1 meter or more in the 21st century. This paper seeks to quantify how a 1-meter sea-level rise that would affect coastal wetlands in 76 developing countries and territories, taking into account how much of...

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Greening Global Value Chains : Some Implementation Challenges

Sinclair-Desgagn??, Bernard - 2014

The paper aims to highlight some of the most important implementation issues associated with the greening of global value chains with special attention given to how public policies and business strategies can support each other in meeting the challenge, particularly in developing countries. This...

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Population, Poverty, and Climate Change

Das Gupta, Monica - 2014

countries are largely responsible for global warming, the brunt of the fallout will be borne by the developing world, in lower … agricultural output, poorer health, and more frequent natural disasters. Carbon emissions in the developed world have leveled off …, but are projected to rise rapidly in the developing world due to their economic growth and population growth -- the latter …

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Rural Households in a Changing Climate

Baez, Javier E.; Kronick, Dorothy; Mason, Andrew D. - 2013

This paper argues that climate change poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor rural households: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in temperature, rainfall patterns, water availability, and...

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