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Do government ideology and fragmentation matter for reducing CO2-emissions? Empirical evidence from OECD countries
Garmann, Sebastian - In: Ecological Economics 105 (2014) C, pp. 1-10
This paper empirically examines whether government ideology and government fragmentation have influenced the process of CO2-emission reductions in the time period 1992–2008. Using data from 19 OECD countries, I find that (1) right-wing governments are associated with emission reduction to a...
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Policies to support sustainable long-term growth in New Zealand
Cheung, Calista - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
As its workforce ages and major economies shift towards producing higher value-added goods and services, New Zealand will face increasing challenges to remain globally competitive and maintain high living standards. Future growth will need to come increasingly from productivity gains, and...
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A Preliminary Review of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Clean Energy Package
Aldy, Joseph E. - 2012
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included more than $90 billion in strategic clean energy investments intended to promote job creation and promote deployment of low-carbon technologies. In terms of spending, the clean energy package has been described as the nation’s “biggest...
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To what extent are African Countries Vulnerable to climate change? Lessons from a new indicator of Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change
GUILLAUMONT, Patrick; SIMONET, Catherine - Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le … - 2011
This paper examines the vulnerability of African countries to climate change, for which they are not responsible. It is based on an index of structural or physical vulnerability to climate change at the country level, denominated below by the acronym PVCCI. This index has been created recently...
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To what extent are African Countries Vulnerable to climate change? Lessons from a new indicator of Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change
GUILLAUMONT, Patrick; SIMONET, Catherine - Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le … - 2011
This paper examines the vulnerability of African countries to climate change, for which they are not responsible. It is based on an index of structural or physical vulnerability to climate change at the country level, denominated below by the acronym PVCCI. This index has been created recently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747756
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Climate Change Adaptation, Development, and International Financial Support: Lessons from EU Pre-Accession and Solidarity Funds
Przyluski, Valentin; Hallegatte, Stéphane - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
Funding adaptation requires adequate governance and there are different ways to organise and channel the funds to where it is most efficient and most necessary. This paper investigates this issue and studies the practical implementation of a development under conditionality, namely...
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Environmental pressures and rural-urban migration: The case of Bangladesh
Herrmann, Michael; Svarin, David - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Bangladesh, like other least developed countries (LDC), has a large rural population and agricultural labor force. At … countries, are largely attributable to LDC's in Asia, and in particular Bangladesh. The very large rural-urban migration in … Bangladesh, in comparison with other least developed countries, is attributable to relatively strong push factors on the one hand …
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Assessing the Role of Microfinance in Fostering Adaptation to Climate Change
Agrawala, Shardul; Carraro, Maëlis - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
the 22 leading microfinance institutions in two climate vulnerable countries – Bangladesh and Nepal - are analysed to …
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Erfassung, Bewertung und Minderung von Treibhausgasemissionen des deutschen Agrar- und Ernährungssektors: Studie im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und...
Osterburg, Bernhard; Nieberg, Hiltrud; Röder, Norbert; … - Bundesforschungsinstitut für Lädliche Räume, Wald … - 2009
In dieser Studie werden Treibhausgasemissionen (THG) aus der deutschen Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft analysiert und Möglichkeiten zu ihrer Reduzierung erörtert. Darüber hinaus wird die Eignung von Ökobilanzen für die Bewertung von Produktionsverfahren und Produkten untersucht. In Kapitel...
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Politische Klimaanpassungsentscheidungen in Deutschland - Defizite und Ansatzpunkte für Entscheidungsunterstützungssysteme
Trela, Karl - Wirtschaftswissenschafltiche Fakultät, Universität Leipzig - 2014
Klimaanpassungspolitik wird in Deutschland auf verschiedenen politischen Ebenen betrieben. Dieses Papier untersucht auf Grundlage der ökonomischen Theorie der Anpassungspolitik Defizite dieser Politikansätze. Diese liegen in erster Linie in den folgenden Bereichen: unklare Abgrenzung von...
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