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The EU has a consolidated climate and energy regulation: it played a pioneering role by adopting a wide range of climate change policies and establishing the first regional Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS). These policies, however, raise several concerns regarding both their environmental...
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equilibrium model of the world economy, then results are interpolated to get a simple relationship of the CCDF type. The estimated …
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The latest round of international negotiations in Copenhagen led to a set of commitments on emission reductions which are unlikely to stabilise global warming below or around 2°C. As a consequence, in the absence of additional ambitious policy measures, adaptation will be needed to address...
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The ultimate question that most interests policy makers is how to reduce the climate change vulnerability of socio-economic systems in the most cost-effective manner. Extended literature has investigated the different dimensions of mitigation strategies, whereas much less can be found on...
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various world regions at the macroeconomic and sectoral level. This is complemented with an assessment of very long …
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Southeast Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions of the world to the impacts of climate change. At the same time …
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shown that in a world where the probability of climate-related catastrophic events is small and where decision makers have a …
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shown that in a world where the probability of climate-related catastrophic events is small and where decision makers have a …
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shown that in a world where the probability of climate-related catastrophic events is small and where decision makers have a …
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This paper examines the determinants of climate related disasters and attempts to estimate the presence of adaptive capacity in terms of per capita income and population density elasticities. We find evidence of adaptive capacity in a “weak” form both in terms of income and population...
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