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Niger - land, climate, energy, agriculture and development: A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for regional development, jobs, and food security
Adamou, Rabani; Ibrahim, Boubacar; Bonkaney, Abdou Latif; … - 2021
The Sahel is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change in the world. Located in the central part, Niger is facing many complex and interconnected challenges which strongly hinder the achievement of the key sustainable development goals (SDGs). The high population growth rate (3.8% per...
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Nigeria - land, climate, energy, agriculture and development: A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for regional development, jobs, and food security
Olayide, Olawale Emmanuel - 2021
This review report involves the analysis and synthesis of literatures on climate change, land use, energy, livelihoods and sustainable development in Nigeria. The methodology employed in the review involves searching keywords related to the study objectives on relevant literature search engines...
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Senegal - land, climate, energy, agriculture and development: A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for regional development, jobs, and food security
Faye, Amy; Dièye, Mohamadou; Diakhaté, Pape Bilal; … - 2021
Located in West Africa, Senegal is classified as a least-developed country that has historically had political stability and slow economic growth compared to the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, from 2012 onward, a new government has adopted new policies (infrastructure investments,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012662861
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Sudan - land, climate, energy, agriculture and development: A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for regional development, jobs, and food security
Osman, Abdelrahman Khidir; Ali, Adil M. - 2021
Sudan is situated in Sub-Saharan Africa, covering an area of about 1.9 million km2 and has a population of 43 million. It is regarded as one of the countries in the world where human development is least advanced with a poverty rate of about 46%. Sudan's economy is based on agriculture, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012662862
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The supply side of CO2 with country heterogeneity
Hoel, Michael - 2011
Several recent articles have analyzed climate policy giving explicit attention to the non-renewable character of carbon resources. In most of this literature the economy is treated as a single unit, which in the context of climate policy seems reasonable to interpret as the whole world. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274895
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Unilateral climate policies and green paradoxes: Extraction costs matter
Kollenbach, Gilbert - 2014
Under which conditions unilateral tightening of climate policy causes a weak or strong green paradox or even decreases social welfare has recently been studied by Hoel (2011). Hoel assumes that the costs of extracting fossil fuel are linear in output. We extend his model by allowing for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369286
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The supply side of CO2 with country heterogeneity
Hoel, Michael - 2011
Several recent articles have analyzed climate policy giving explicit attention to the non-renewable character of carbon resources. In most of this literature the economy is treated as a single unit, which in the context of climate policy seems reasonable to interpret as the whole world. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285584
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Innovation in concentrating solar power technologies: A study drawing on patent data
Braun, Frauke G.; Hooper, Elizabeth; Wand, Robert; … - 2010
. Though concentrating solar power is receiving growing interest, innovation studies so far have explored innovative activity … more activity - a pattern closely resembling the R&D support path. R&D and innovation are concentrated in few high …-tech countries - such as the U.S. or Germany. Large CSP potential is not a sufficient condition for innovation, only developed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271379
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Linking reduced deforestation and a global carbon market: Impacts on costs, financial flows, and technological innovation
Bosetti, Valentina; Lubowski, Ruben; Golub, Alexander; … - 2009
Discussions over tropical deforestation are currently at the forefront of climate change policy negotiations at national, regional, and international levels. This paper analyzes the effects of linking Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) to a global market for...
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Are EU regions ready to tackle climate change?
Cappellano, Francesco; Marques Santos, Anabela; Dotti, … - 2023
Technological Innovation and policy priorities to fight climate change. Using regression analysis, we assess the relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565210