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Saving Africa's tropical forests through energy transition : a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania
Alem, Yonas; Ruhinduka, Remidius D. - 2020
The production of charcoal to meet cooking needs of urban households is one of the main causes of deforestation and … reduction in deforestation. We also investigate the impact of the stoves on cooking time of women, who are the default cooks of … deforestation of 0.04 ha/household/year. However, providing subsidies for stove purchases resulted in a larger reduction in charcoal …
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Why maintaining tropical forests is essential and urgent for a stable climate
Goodman, Rosa C.; Herold, Martin - 2014
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Two global challenges, one solution : international cooperation to combat climate change and tropical deforestation
La Viña, Antonio G. M; Leon, Alaya de - 2014
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Valuing the climate change impacts of tropical deforestation
Hope, Chris W. (contributor) - 2008
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Public attention and environmental action : evidence from fires in the Amazon
Araujo, Rafael; Costa, Francisco; Garg, Teevrat - 2022
International agreements to reduce anthropogenic environmental disasters rely on public pressure driving local action. We study whether focused media and increased public outcry can drive local environmental action, reducing environmental damage. Although an annual affair, forest fires in the...
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Permanence of avoided deforestation in a Transamazon REDD+ initiative
Carrilho, Cauê D.; Demarchi, Gabriela; Duchelle, Amy E.; … - 2022
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A more sustainable energy strategy for India
Ahluwalia, Montek S.; Gupta, Himanshu; Stern, Nicholas H. - 2016
The COP-21 meeting in Paris produced an important result. For the first time all countries developed and developing agreed to take some mitigation action. However even if all countries deliver on what they have promised by 2030 and progress thereafter continues only at the same rate global...
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Climate impacts of Bitcoin mining in the U.S.
Stoll, Christian; Klaaßen, Lena; Gallersdörfer, Ulrich; … - 2023
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Fighting climate change with disclosure? : the real effects of mandatory greenhouse gas emission disclosure
Downar, Benedikt; Ernstberger, Jürgen; Rettenbacher, Hannes - 2019
We examine how mandatory disclosure of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions influences companies' emission levels. We identify the effect of full transparency by exploiting a mandate requiring UK-incorporated listed companies to disclose information on GHG emissions in their annual reports. Comparing...
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