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Public disclosure for pollution abatement : African decision-makers in a PROPER public good experiment

Akpalu, Wisdom; Abidoye, Babatunde; Muchapondwa, Edwin; … - 2015

A linear public good experiment has been employed to investigate strategic behaviour in pollution abatement among … the two treated groups, while there was no statistically significant difference between the pollution abatement of the two … treated groups. The results suggest that public disclosure potentially drives pollution abatement and that its eventual …

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Is the clean development mechanism effective for emission reductions?

Huang, Yongfu; He, Jingjing; Tarp, Finn - 2012

This research studies whether the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol achieves its objective of emission reductions in the host countries. It empirically investigates the impacts of CDM projects on CO2 emission reductions for 60 CDM host countries over 2005-10. This research...

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The decarbonization of China's agriculture

Huang, Yongfu; He, Jingjing - 2012

Agriculture is one of the major greenhouse gas (GHG) emission sources in China. This paper aims to identify the key factors that have led to rising GHG emissions in China's agricultural sector in recent decades. This research allows for spatial dependence across provinces, making use of regional...

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Extractive dependency in lower-income countries : evolving trends during the transition to a low-carbon future

Ericsson, Magnus; Löf, Olof - 2020

The first objective of this paper is to update earlier assessments of mineral dependence in lower-income countries. In 2018, the mining of metals and coal continued to be an important contributor to the economies of several low- and middle-income countries. As in our previous calculations of the...

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Climate change and infrastructure investment in developing countries : the case of Mozambique

Arndt, Channing; Chinowsky, Paul; Strzepek, Kenneth; … - 2011

Climate change may damage road infrastructure to the potential detriment of economic growth, particularly in developing countries. To quantitatively assess climate change's consequences, we construct a climate-infrastructure model based on stressor-response relationships and link this to a...

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Infrastructure and climate change : impacts and adaptations for the Zambezi River Valley

Chinowsky, Paul S.; Schweikert, Amy E.; Strzepek, Niko L.; … - 2013

The African Development Bank has called for US$40 billion per year over the coming decades to be provided to African countries to address development issues directly related to climate change. The current study addresses a key component of these issues, the effect of climate change on the road...

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Impact of climate change on crops, irrigation and hydropower in the Zambezi River Basin

Fant, Charles; Gebretsadik, Yohannes; Strzepek, Kenneth M. - 2013

Africa ; investment risk ; system model ; water resource …

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Infrastructure and climate change : impacts and adaptations for South Africa

Chinowsky, Paul S.; Schweikert, Amy E.; Strzepek, Niko L.; … - 2012

This paper presents the results of the current study on the impact of climate change on the road and building infrastructure within South Africa. The approach builds upon previous work associated with the UNU-WIDER Development under Climate Change effort emphasizing the impact of climate change...

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Cost and impact analysis of sea level rise on coastal Vietnam

Chinowsky, Paul S.; Schweikert, Amy E.; Strzepek, Niko L. - 2014

The Development under Climate Change research effort provides a basis for determining quantitative impacts on infrastructure from climate change. This paper provides results of an analysis of sea level rise impacts on road infrastructure in Vietnam. The study utilizes a quantitative approach for...

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We need land first : identifying local needs for sustainable recovery after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal

He, Lulu - 2018

The aim of this study is to identify needs for recovery from people's perspectives under a localized context following the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. A qualitative approach was applied to collecting and processing data which consist of 114 semi-structured interviews with earthquake-resettled...

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