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Energy Consumption Response to Climate Change under Globalization: Options for India
Narayanan, K.; Sahu, Santosh Kumar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
increasing. To account for the change in CO2 emission, we have followed index decomposition analysis using data from the PROWESS … database of the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy. Two factors are considered to account for the changes in emission … in reducing emission as compared to the output shifts across the sectors. Based on the findings and international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647411
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When Should Developing Countries Announce Their Climate Policy?
Miller, Sebastian; Fernández, Jorge - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper provides a rationale for developing countries to announce future credible commitments to reduce GHG emissions even if these are not to materialize in the short run, and for domestic reasons only. A simple framework is presented in which it is shown that it may be costly for an economy...
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Are Environmentally Related Taxes Effective?
Miller, Sebastian; Vela, Mauricio A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
exhibit higher reductions in CO2 emission, PM10 emissions, and energy consumption and production from fossil sources. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943849
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Optimal Coverage of Installations in a Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
Sanderson, Todd; Ancev, Tihomir; Betz, Regina - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2008
Trading schemes for emission allowances have become a panacea for nations aspiring to reduce their aggregate emissions … savings realised through trading in the market for emission allowances. However, the paper shows that not all installations … coverage of installations on a downstream level. The paper uses data from EU ETS to empirically determine optimal coverage for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005338420
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An Intergenerational Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Change
Kavuncu, Yusuf Okan; Knabb, Shawn D. - Department of Economics, University of California-Santa … - 2001
This paper examines the intergenerational costs and benefts of environmental regulation in the context of climate change. We believe this issue has not been adequately addressed in comparison with the search for efficiency-induced outcomes in the relevant literature. The cost-benefit analysis...
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Responding to Climate Change: A Proposed Framework for Action
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2000
For the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean to respond effectively to the Climate Change challenge, they need to be able to understand what the impacts of Climate Change may be for each country and the extent of each country's contribution to the problem before they can define and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216170
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Quito's Climate Change Strategy: Policies for Planned Adaptation and Reducing Vulnerability
Zambrano-Barragán, Carolina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
The following presentation outlines the Quito Climate Change Strategy (QCCS). The QCCS aims to balance policy responses between adaptation and mitigation and to design policy to reflect local priorities and realities. The strategy takes an integrated and holistic approach to address social...
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Challenges and Opportunities for Water-Based Adaptation to Climate Change: Elements for a Regional Agenda
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2010
This document (Cancún COP-16) represents a coordinated effort among several institutions and organizations in the Latin America and the Caribbean region to present the results of a joint reflection on the issue of water-based adaptation to climate change as part of a Regional Policy Dialog...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294046
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National Level Transport Data in Developing Countries: Drivers and Mechanisms for Improvement
Huizenga, Cornie - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This presentation first gives an overview of the problems and challenges in national level transport data. Secondary data gathering initiatives are discussed as well as transport as part of National Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009274424
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Diálogo Regional de Política de América Latina y el Caribe: Retos y oportunidades en adaptación al cambio climático en materia de agua: Elementos para una agenda regional Title: Re...
Miralles-Wilhelm, Fernando; Aguilar, Enrique; Luco, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
El presente documento representa un esfuerzo coordinado entre varias instituciones y organizaciones de la región de América Latina y el Caribe por plasmar los resultados de una reflexión conjunta sobre el tema de la adaptación al cambio climático en la comunidad hídrica y en el marco de un...
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