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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 …
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Biogas : Clean Energy Access with Low-Cost Mitigation of Climate Change
Somanathan, Eswaran - 2017
With data from the nearly 6,000 households in the Nepal Living Standards Survey of 2010?11, this paper finds that the mean reduction in household firewood collection associated with use of a biogas plant for cooking is about 1,100 kilograms per year from a mean of about 2,400 kilograms per year....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971481
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The Future of the Nuclear Industry Reconsidered : Risks, Uncertainties, and Continued Potential
Kessides, Ioannis - 2017
Skeptics point out, with some justification, that the nuclear industry's prospects were dimmed by escalating costs long before Fukushima. If history is any guide, one direct consequence of the calamity in Japan will be more stringent safety requirements and regulatory delays that will inevitably...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975158
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Thirty-Five Years of Long-Run Energy Forecasting : Lessons for Climate Change Policy
Hourcade, Jean-Charles - 2017
This paper sheds light on an implicit dimension of the climate policy debate: the extent to which supply-side response (emission-reducing energy technologies) may substitute for the transformation of consumption behavior and thus help get around the political difficulties surrounding such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976548
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Forests, Biomass Use, and Poverty in Malawi
Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit - 2016
In this paper, the authors seek to answer three questions about poverty and forests in Malawi: (1) What is the extent of biomass available for meeting the energy needs of the poor in Malawi and how is this distributed? (2) To what extent does fuelwood scarcity affect the welfare of the poor? (3)...
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The Nexus of Energy Supply and Human Health
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2017
Uses of main primary energy resources, such as coal, oil, and solid biomass, are directly linked with adverse impacts on human health. Air pollution emitted from various activities in the energy supply chains is the main risk factor to human health, along with accidental and occupational risk...
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Toward a Sustainable Global Energy Supply Infrastructure : Net Energy Balance and Density Considerations
Kessides, Ioannis - 2017
This paper complements previous work on the economics of different energy resources by examining the growth potential of alternative electricity supply infrastructures as constrained by innate physical limits. Coal-fired generation meets the criteria of longevity (abundance of energy source) and...
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Incentive Contracts for Environmental Services and Their Potential in REDD
Fortmann, Lea - 2017
Implementation arrangements for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation can be seen … as contracts that could address some of the inherent problems with forest carbon credits that often lead to high … uphold their end of the contract. While the literature on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and Forest …
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Governing the Commons? : Water and Power in Pakistan's Indus Basin
Jacoby, Hanan G. - 2018
Surface irrigation is a common pool resource characterized by asymmetric appropriation opportunities across upstream and downstream water users. Large canal systems are also predominantly managed by the state. This paper studies water allocation under an irrigation bureaucracy subject to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926889
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Vulnerabilities of Networked Energy Infrastructure : A Primer
Schweikert, Amy Elizabeth - 2019
Considerable work has been done to understand and improve the resilience of individual infrastructure components. However, systems of components, or even systems of systems, are far less well understood. Cascade effects, where the loss of one infrastructure affects others, is a major source of...
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