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Tackling Climate Change in the Black Sea Region: Case Studies
Pop, Iuliana - In: Knowledge Horizons - Economics 5 (2013) 3, pp. 69-75
The paper analyses the main aims of the EU policy of combating climate change in relation to the climate change effects and action to combat them in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania. Having in view the requirements of the EU climate- energy...
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Global and Regional Impacts of the Clean Development Mechanism
Wang, Shunli; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Nijkamp, Peter; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
Climate change is a serious concern worldwide. Policy research on climate change in the past decades has largely focused on applied modelling exercises. However, the implications of specific policy strategies such as the clean development mechanism (CDM) for global and regional economic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016267
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE, DEVELOPMENT, AND CLIMATE CHANGE: A SCENARIO ANALYSIS
Tol, Richard S.J.; Ebi, Kristie L.; Yohe, Gary W. - Forschungsstelle Nachhaltige Umweltentwicklung (ZMK), … - 2006
We study the effects of development and climate change on infectious disease in Sub-Saharan Africa. Infant mortality and infectious disease are close related, but there are better data for the former. In an international cross-section, per capita income, literacy, and absolute poverty...
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The Impact of Climate Change on the Profitability of Site Specific Technologies
Finger, Robert; Gerwig, Claude N. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Site Specific Technologies (SST) can reduce environmental pollution caused by common agricultural practice. Using a case study for corn yields, we investigate the impact of climate change (CC) on profitability of SSTs. We find CC to increase spatial variability of soils with respect to optimal...
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Carbon Sinks and Reservoirs: The Value of Permanence and Role of Discounting
van Kooten, Gerrit Cornelis; Benítez, Pablo - Department of Economics, University of Victoria - 2005
Scientists are enthusiastic about storing carbon in terrestrial sinks and geological reservoirs in order to obviate the need for lifestyle-changing reductions in fossil-fuel use. Estimating relative costs of various options depends on how permanence is assessed and whether physical carbon is...
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC STATUS. PRESENT AND PERSPECTIVES
Camelia, Scientific researcher III Ph.D Surugiu; … - In: Revista Tinerilor Economisti (The Young Economists Journal) 1 (2009) 13S, pp. 121-133
Climate change, currently affecting the entire planet, is considered by the specialists the result of the increase in anthropogenic GHG concentrations. Sectors such as agriculture, transport, energy, tourism and also food security, population health, water resources, and ecosystems become...
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Indian Agricultural Scenario and Food Security Concerns in the Context of Climate Change: a Review
Dasgupta, Purnamita; Sirohi, Smita - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper presents a brief review of the trends in foodgrain production in India, the determinants of its growth and … forecasts are examined in relation to the likely demand of foodgrains to answer whether India would have a situation of food …
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How Ambitious are China and India's Emissions Intensity Targets?
Stern, David I.; Jotzo, Frank - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
post-Kyoto climate policy regime. China and India¹s commitments are framed as reductions in the emissions intensity of the … intensity for China and India, and how do they compare with the targeted reductions in the US and the EU? In this paper, we use … residual technology variable. We use the model to produce emissions projections for China and India under a number of scenarios …
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Environmental Security and its Implications for China’s Foreign Relations
Mochizuki, Junko; Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
China’s emerging standing in the world demands a major rethinking of its diplomatic strategies. Given its population size, geographical scale, economic power and military presence, China is poised to play a larger political role in the twenty-first century, and is thus perceived by the...
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Waterfowl Harvest Benefits in Northern Aboriginal Communities and Potential Climate Change Impacts
van Kooten, Gerrit Cornelis; Krcmar, Emina; Chan-McLeod, Ann - Department of Economics, University of Victoria - 2010
Migratory waterfowl are important to the diets of residents in Canada’s northern communities. Contrary to recreational hunters, indigenous peoples have rights to harvest wildlife for subsistence needs without permits. As a result, migratory waterfowl are an important component of diets of...
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