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REVIEW OF CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS AND VULNERABILITIES
Boiangiu, Marius Cosmin - 2018
as assessed by the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015335952
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REVIEW OF CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS AND VULNERABILITIES
Boiangiu, Marius Cosmin - 2018
as assessed by the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011899335
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Anticipating Vulnerability to Climate Change in Dryland Pastoral Systems: Using Dynamic Systems Models for the Kalahari
Dougill, Andrew J.; Fraser, Evan D.G.; Reed, Mark - 2010
analyzing how a range of external pressuresaffect the vulnerability of dryland pastoral systems in the Kalahari. This is … managers can provide ‘win-win-win’ benefits of reducing system vulnerability, increasing economic income, and building social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468468
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Vulnerability, Income Growth and Climate Change
Shively, Gerald E.; Ward, Patrick S.; Diffenbaugh, Noah S. - 2009
Cross-country data on energy consumption, GDP and vulnerability are used to measure percentage changes in vulnerability … effects on per capita income, have the effect of reducing a country’s overall vulnerability to climate change by a greater … globe, are unlikely to reduce vulnerability to climate change, especially at very low incomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446304
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The UK Electricity Markets: Its Evolution, Wholesale Prices and Challenge of Wind Energy
Cui, Xin - 2010
This thesis addresses the problems associated with security of the electricity supply in the UK. The British electricity supply industry has experienced a significant structural change. Competition has been brought into the electricity industry and a single wholesale electricity market of Great...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465842
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An Evaluation of the Sensitivity of U.S. Economic Sectors to Weather
Larsen, Peter - 2006
economic impacts of future and historical climate/weather regimes for the contiguous United States. Individuals (or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466143
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An Economic Approach to Climate Change
Bogard, Matt - 2008
Economics is the study of choices, and how they are made compatible. The issue of global warming can be viewed in the context of a set of choices that lead to climate change. In a free society choices are made compatible via the price system. If prices do not reflect the true cost of carbon,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466946
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An EU Sky Trust: Distributional Analysis for Hungary
Ferjentsik, Viola; Ash, Michael - 2007
structure that would significantly increase the likelihood of the EU meeting Stern Review and IPCC greenhouse gas reduction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467753
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Impacts on Canadian Competitiveness of International Climate Change Mitigation
Holling, Christopher; Somerville, Robin - 1998
"This article summarizes and provides additional perspective on a study that contributes to the growing body of analyses of the costs of limiting greenhouse gas emissions. The study estimates the economic costs to Canada of six planning scenarios. Four of these scenarios involve the use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468388
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Enhancing the Resilience of the Australian National Electricity Market: Taking a Systems Approach in Policy Development
Newell, Barry; Marsh, Debborah M.; Sharma, Deepak - 2011
impacts of global change by encouraging innovation and diversity, supporting modularity and redundancy, and embracing the need …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468451