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Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves

Hanna, Rema; Duflo, Esther; Greenstone, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2012

evidence is provided, from a randomized control trial conducted in rural Orissa, India (one of the poorest places in India), on …

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Mitigating Climate Change Through Agriculture

Chatterjee, Claire Schaffnit - eSocialSciences - 2011

Among the major challenges currently faced by humanity are food security and climate change. Agriculture plays a significant role in both. Adapting to climate change is expected to be an increasing issue for agriculture and food security in the next decades. At the same time, agriculture is part...

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The Trade-Off Among Carbon Emissions, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in India

Ojha, Vijay Prakash - eSocialSciences - 2007

emission permits regime on carbon emissions, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and poverty, in India. The results, based a … are transferred to the poor. A soft emission reduction target is all that India needs to set for itself, given that even a … India to sell surplus permits. India would then be able to use the revenues from permits to speed up GDP growth and poverty …

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Mountains of Concrete: Dam Building in the Himalayas

Dharmadhikary, Shripad - eSocialSciences - 2008

The report discusses for the first time the linkages between climate change and dam-building in the Himalayas, and comprehensively analyzes the impacts of the dam building spree on the region's people, ecosystems, and economy.

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Climate Change and Youth and/in Local Governments

Anugraha, John - eSocialSciences - 2009

Can young people help to increase awareness about climate change and its impacts working through local bodies? A perceptive and informative presentation by the UN-HABITAT Youth Advisory Board Member at the Local Government Climate Leadership Summit held in Copenhagen last week.

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Awareness as an Adaptation Strategy for Reducing Mortality from Heat Waves: Evidence from a Disaster Risk Management Program in India

Das, Saudamini; Smith, Stephen - eSocialSciences - 2013

€™tsâ€ during heat wave conditions through the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) program. The selection criteria for DRM districts were …

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Rural Migration, Weather and Agriculture: Evidence from Indian Census Data

Viswanathan, Brinda; Kumar, K S Kavi - eSocialSciences - 2013

in India at state and district level using Indian Census data.[MSE]. …

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Address by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee to Parliament

Mukherjee, Pranab - eSocialSciences - 2013

Reviving economic growth is the priority of the government. [http://presidentofindia.nic.in/sp210213.html].

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Climate Change and India-Some Major Issues and Policy Implications

Prasad, H A C; Kochher, J.S. - eSocialSciences - 2009

our generation. Also studied is the impact of this problem in the global as well as Indian context. India is not immune … point, especially the arguments for India to take up GHG abatement and our response to each of these at the international …

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Can Global De-Carbonization Inhibit Developing Country Industrialization?

Mattoo, Aaditya - eSocialSciences - 2010

In this paper, we seek to make a twofold contribution. On outcomes, we focus on manufacturing exports as well as on manufacturing output both in the aggregate and in selected sectors. On policy, the impact of three distinct actionsâ€”emissions reductions per se; emissions tradability; and...

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