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multi-sector issue. Although there are other ways to reduce household air pollution, including inter fuel substitution and … more serious program to deal with both the emissions and health issues resulting from cooking with open fires or …
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labor productivity, human health, tourism flows, and households' energy demand. All parameters of the damage functions are …
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proposed way forward on use of country systems. The World Bank Group environment strategy is built on three pillars: leveraging … summary of the external literature on co-benefits; section three gives review of examples from the World Bank portfolio …
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In the last five years, the number of voices calling for stronger international action on climate change and health has … increased, as has the scale and depth of activities. But current global efforts in climate and health are inadequately … integrated. As a result, actions to address climate change including World Bank Group investment and lending are missing …
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. This study presents an investigation of the impacts of climate change on water resources throughout the world, and specific …
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This paper examines the labor market impacts of a large-scale marine environmental crisis caused by toxic chemical contamination in Vietnam's central coast in 2016. Combining labor force surveys with satellite data on fishing-boat detection, the analysis finds negative and heterogeneous impacts...
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countries; the focus in this paper is human health. The main human health impacts of climate change are increased incidence of … the health sector such as disaster reduction programs, food and water security measures, and the provision of … is limited to conventional public health adaptation activities, with a focus on malaria and diarrhea. This study also …
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This paper examines the interaction between macro-financial and climate-related risks. It brings together different strands of the literature on climate-related risks and how these relate to macro-financial management and risks. Physical impacts of climate change as well as the transition toward...
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services in 2030) halve poverty impacts compared with the pessimistic baselines. Health impacts (malaria, diarrhea, and … factor in Sub-Saharan Africa, while health effects, natural disasters, and food prices are all important in South Asia. These …
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This paper considers the impacts of "finance blending" whereby climate finance is added to international carbon markets for offset trading. The paper first discusses climate finance and the carbon market as free-standing finance solutions by high-income countries to increase mitigation in...
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