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Climate Change and the Sustainable Use of Water Resources
Leal Filho, Walter - 2012
The book explores the geo-chemical, physical, social and economic impacts of climate change on water supplies. It contains examples and case studies from a wide range of countries, and addresses the need to promote sustainable water use across the world
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015539
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Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation
Leal Filho, Walter (ed.) - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
This book introduces innovative approaches to pursue climate change adaptation and to support the long-term implementation of climate change policies. Offering new case studies and data, as well as projects and initiatives implemented across the globe, the contributors present new tools,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014018638
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Climate smart agriculture : building resilience to climate change
Lipper, Leslie (ed.); McCarthy, Nancy (ed.);  … - FAO - 2018
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Short History of the Evolution of the Climate Smart Agriculture Approach and … its Links to Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture Debates -- Chapter 3:Economics of Climate-Smart Agriculture …?: Cross-Country Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 12: Input Subsidy Programs and Climate Smart Agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011849541
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Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change Economics
Wang, Zheng - 2017
This book describes the principles of integrated assessment models (IAM) for climate change economics and introduces various computable models for different development mechanisms under climate change governance. The authors present several new models they have constructed based on the RICE...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397794
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Climate Policy Under Intergenerational Discounting : An Application of the Dynamic Integrated Climate-Economy Model
Zaddach, Jonathan Orlando - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
DICE-2013R and Other Integrated Assessment Models -- Consumer Sovereignty vs. Intergenerational Equity: An Overview of the Stern-Nordhaus Debate -- Intergenerational Discounting and Overlapping Generations Models -- Intergenerational Discounting in the DICE Model.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014018061
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Innovative Approaches Towards Low Carbon Economics : Regional Development Cybernetics
Xu, Jiuping - 2014
Novel pathway of regional economy development -- Pedigree of model technologies -- Greenhouse gas control -- Ecological capacity evaluation -- Regional economic prediction -- Energy structure optimization -- Land resource utilization -- Industrial structure adjustment -- Low carbon industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014018268
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Umweltökonomik : Eine anwendungsorientierte Einführung
Sturm, Bodo - 2011
Charakteristika von Umweltgütern -- 5 Instrumente der Umweltpolitik -- 6 Der Klimawandel als globales Umweltproblem -- 7 Empirische … Forschungsfragen vor. Die Theorie externer Effekte sowie die Besonderheiten von Umweltgütern werden ausführlich erläutert, ebenso … PKWs. Ein Themenschwerpunkt gilt dem Klimawandel und der Klimapolitik. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014425361
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Natural Disasters and Climate Change : An Economic Perspective
Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2014
1 Introduction and summary -- 2 What is a disaster? An economic point of view -- 3 Disaster risks: evidence and theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014425661
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Economics and Management of Climate Change : Risks, Mitigation and Adaptation
Hansjürgens, Bernd (ed.); Antes, Ralf (ed.) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520981
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Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
Leal Filho, Walter - 2013
There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of adaptation to climate variability and climate change. However, there is now wide recognition of the need to incorporate disaster risk management concerns in dealing with such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016144