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The focus of the green paradox literature has been either on demand-side climate policies or on effects of … no green paradox if supply-side climate policies are aimed at high-cost carbon reserves. If instead low-cost reserves are … removed, the possibility that both early and total emissions increase cannot be ruled out. Hence, wrong supply-side climate …
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agricultural technology and infrastructure, as well as to climate and edaphic endowments. We incorporate explicit climate …-technology interactions in the model, in order to identify climate effects on the diffusion of HYVs, irrigation and multiple- cropping, and on … Net Revenue to agriculture. We find that climate affects technology development and diffusion, and that technology …
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national and international climate politics. As a consequence of these shortcomings, the measures taken so far, although quite …
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We analyse the influence of climate on average life satisfaction in 87 countries using data from the World Values … Survey. Climate is described in terms of 'degree-months' calculated using an optimally-selected base temperature of 65°F (18 … to analyse a particular climate change scenario associated with the IPCC A2 emissions scenario points to major losses for …
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pay for changes in climate is revealed using European data on reported life satisfaction. Individuals located in areas … according to the preferred climates households appear strongly to favour the Mediterranean climate over the climate of Northern …
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impacts. Values consistently incorporate health and agricultural impacts of air quality along with climate damages. The latter … include damages associated with aerosol-induced hydrologic cycle changes that lead to net climate benefits when reducing …
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Die Abholzung der weltweiten Wälder ist nach der Verbrennung fossiler Brennstoffe die zweitgrößte anthropogene CO2-Quelle. Maßnahmen der UN, die unter dem Namen »REDD« zusammengefasst werden, sollen der Abholzung entgegenwirken. Der Beitrag beschreibt die Funktionsweise von REDD und gibt...
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Im Juni 2013 hat die Regierung von US-Präsident Barack Obama mit dem sogenannten »Climate Action Plan«, einen neuen …
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Die Landnutzung kann sowohl als Quelle als auch als Senke für Treibhausgase fungieren. Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über Emissionen bzw. Reduktion von Emissionen aus dem Landnutzungssektor in Annex-I-Ländern.
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