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The Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty in 2030 and the Potential from Rapid, Inclusive, and Climate-Informed Development
Rozenberg, Julie - 2017
selected from these hundreds. One scenario is optimistic regarding poverty and is labeled ?prosperity;? the other scenario is … all regions. But the magnitude of these impacts depends on development choices. In the prosperity scenario with rapid … scenario) …
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Scenarios : Leapfrog, Lock-In, and Lopsided
Leifman, Michael Meir - 2019
attributable to the actions (or in some cases, inaction) of policy makers and incumbents. For each scenario, the paper presents … part of that theme is how countries can avoid lock-in, or how they might become derailed into a lopsided scenario. Some … to recognize that multiple combinations of these behaviors can lead to a lock-in or lopsided scenario. In addition to …
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Making the Most of Demographic Change in Southern Africa
Ahmed, S. Amer - 2017
business-as-usual scenario of economic development, if employment rates are at least maintained. The magnitude of the …, savings-investment, and employment. Scenario analyses of these different policy outcomes interacting with the shifting age …
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Transformational Climate Finance : Donors'Willingness to Support Deep and Transformational Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in Lower-Income Countries
Strand, Jon - 2020
This paper uses simple analytical models to study high-income donor countries' willingness to pay to supply mitigation finance to low-income countries; how this depends on modality for finance supply; and how it changes as the global greenhouse gas mitigation agenda moves forward. The paper...
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Macro-Financial Aspects of Climate Change
Feyen, Erik H.B. - 2020
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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Green Sukuk, Energy Poverty, and Climate Change : A Roadmap for Sub-Saharan Africa
AASSOULI, Dalal - 2018
The climate change challenge and the growth of the Islamic finance industry, together with the increase in socially responsible investing, could position green sukuk as a key instrument for financing clean energy and resilient infrastructure projects as well as shorter-term energy efficiency...
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Environment and Development : Penalized Non-Parametric Inference of Global Trends in Deforestation, Pollution and Carbon
Andree, Bo Pieter Johannes - 2019
This paper revisits the issue of environment and development raised in the 1992 World Development Report, with new analysis tools and data. The paper discusses inference and interpretation in a machine learning framework. The results suggest that production gradually favors conserving the...
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Understanding the Economic Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies on Shipping : What is the State of the Art of Current Modeling Approaches?
Halim, Ronald Apriliyanto - 2019
The International Maritime Organization's initial strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships stipulates that the international shipping sector should assess the impacts on states prior to adoption of the mitigation measures included in the strategy. This assessment should be...
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The Impact of Hurricane Strikes on Short-Term Local Economic Activity : Evidence from Nightlight Images in the Dominican Republic
Ishizawa, Oscar - 2017
The Dominican Republic is highly exposed to adverse natural events putting the country at risk of losing hard-won economic, social, and environmental gains due to the impacts of disasters. This study uses monthly nightlight composites in conjunction with a wind field model to econometrically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012941323
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Climate Finance, Carbon Market Mechanisms and Finance 'Blending' As Instruments to Support NDC Achievement Under the Paris Agreement
Strand, Jon - 2019
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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