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effective, efficient, and fair international policy that creates incentives and strengthens capability to reduce deforestation …-based policies that introduce a price incentive for strong states to address deforestation, degradation, and reforestation. The paper …
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Climate change and agriculture influence each other. The effects of climate change on agriculture seem to be predominantly negative, although studies show a large variation in impacts between crops and regions. To compensate for these effects, agriculture can either intensify or expand in area;...
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This paper discusses structure, impact, costs, and efficiency of renewable energy supply in the eight largest advanced economies (the G-7 plus Spain), with focus on Germany. Renewables production costs are compared to benefits, defined as reductions in net carbon emissions; technological...
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REDD+, when it officially became part of the international climate agenda in 2007, was an idea about payment to countries and projects for reducing emission from forests, with funding primarily from carbon markets. REDD+ has since become multi-objective;
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deforestation processes. A recurrent discussion involves what to do to reduce the deforestation process. A compensation to no-deforestation …
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Climate change threatens grassland ecosystems and herders’ livelihoods in Mongolia. Herders depend on pasture and water resources for their livestock, and are thus among the most vulnerable groups to climate change impacts. However, although climate change impacts on grassland ecosystems are...
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Deforestation in developing and middle income countries is an urgent global problem, affecting climate change, soil … frequently dominated by widely held beliefs concerning the extent of deforestation (that it is large and growing over time), and … its impacts on local livelihoods (that these are adverse and large). Views concerning determinants of deforestation …
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Tropical deforestation accounts for almost one-…fifth of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide and threatens the worlds … most diverse ecosystems. The prevalence of illegal forest extraction in the tropics suggests that understanding the … incentives of local bureaucrats and politicians who enforce forest policy may be critical to combating tropical deforestation. We …
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