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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833615
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012891714
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Climate Change Impacts and Mitigation in the Developing World : An Integrated Assessment of the Agriculture and Forestry Sectors
Havlík, Petr - 2017
a world with high inequalities than in a more equal world. In the long run, impacts could be much stronger, with global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970677
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Environmental Reliance, Climate Exposure, and Vulnerability : A Cross-Section Analysis of Structural and Stochastic Poverty
Angelsen, Arild - 2017
This paper analyzes environmental reliance, poverty, and climate vulnerability among more than 7,300 households in forest adjacent communities in 24 developing countries. The data are from the detailed, quarterly income recording done by the Poverty Environment Network project. Observed income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970680
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Country Stakes in Climate Change Negotiations : Two Dimensions of Vulnerability
Buys, Piet - 2016
Using a comprehensive geo-referenced database of indicators relating to global change and energy, the paper assesses countries' likely attitudes with respect to international treaties that regulate carbon emissions. The authors distinguish between source and impact vulnerability and classify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747664
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Population, Poverty, and Climate Change
Das Gupta, Monica - 2017
countries are largely responsible for global warming, the brunt of the fallout will be borne by the developing world, in lower … agricultural output, poorer health, and more frequent natural disasters. Carbon emissions in the developed world have leveled off …, but are projected to rise rapidly in the developing world due to their economic growth and population growth -- the latter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973933
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Greening Global Value Chains : Some Implementation Challenges
Sinclair-Desgagne, Bernard - 2017
The paper aims to highlight some of the most important implementation issues associated with the greening of global value chains with special attention given to how public policies and business strategies can support each other in meeting the challenge, particularly in developing countries. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973982
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Rural Households in a Changing Climate
Baez, Javier Eduardo - 2017
This paper argues that climate change poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor rural households: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in temperature, rainfall patterns, water availability, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974683
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Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Wetlands : Impacts and Costs
Blankespoor, Brian - 2017
Scientific evidence indicates that global warming could well lead to a sea-level rise of 1 meter or more in the 21st century. This paper seeks to quantify how a 1-meter sea-level rise that would affect coastal wetlands in 76 developing countries and territories, taking into account how much of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974808
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The Poverty Impacts of Climate Change : A Review of the Evidence
Skoufias, Emmanuel - 2017
Climate change is believed to represent a serious challenge to poverty reduction efforts around the globe. This paper conducts an up-to-date review of three main strands of the literature analyzing the poverty impacts of climate change : (i) economy-wide growth models incorporating climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976063