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Market approaches to limit CO2e emissions such as carbon taxes and emissions trading schemes (ETSs) aim to avoid dangerous anthropogenic climate change by ascribing a financial cost to emissions. Yet such approaches have failed to establish either emissions limits or carbon prices equal to the...
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environment and the economy in the context of climate change. Although it has also long been recognized that adaptation is a … of adaptation in combating climate change. This paper adds to the IAM and climate change literature by explicitly … including adaptation in an IAM, thereby making the trade-offs between adaptation and mitigation visible. Specifically, a …
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. Current management and adaptation approaches typically focus on economic factors of competition, such as technology and … drastic changes in the natural environment. This article argues that discussions on organizational adaptation need to be …
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adaptation option, but also to constraints in form of availability of suitable properties, ties to local communities, and adverse … impacts on biodiversity. Implications for adaptation research and practice are outlined. Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd All …
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approaches in China 3.7 Conclusion – Is Chinese CZM constrained by structural impacts?Chapter 4: adaptation to sea-level rise in ….1 Introduction4.2 Adaptation – defining conceptual and organisational frameworks4.3 Potential organisational frameworks supporting … adaptation4.4 Conclusion: short-term and long-term targets in competition – climate change management as an alternative framework …
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development of mitigation and adaptation policies. The paper summarizes and reviews the most important risks and vulnerabilities … continue at even higher pace, adaptation measures based on sound scientific research should be stepped up. …
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Behind pessimistic expectations regarding the future of an international climate treaty, substantial changes can be observed in company positions. Multinationals in the oil and car industries are increasingly moving toward support for the Kyoto Protocol, and take measures to address climate...
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This paper develops a framework that analyzes how mergers and acquisitions in Alberta’s oil and gas industry affect stock prices. In this experiment, a multivariate regression is applied to several industry-specific variables to determine if they have impacts on the abnormal stock returns of...
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The oil sector and the choice of accounting system in Libya are very important factors that have the potential to affect Libya's economic development. Revenue from the oil sector forms the bedrock of Libya's economy and the accounting system used to report the performance of the oil sector...
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze climate change and ecological destruction through the prism of the core general principles of political economy. The paper starts with the principle of historical specificity, and the various waves of climate change through successive cooler and warmer...
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