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Adapting agriculture to climate change : a role for public policies
Ignaciuk, Adriana M. - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404272
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Modelling Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture
Ignaciuk, Ada - 2014
stresses the importance of planned adaptation measures and highlights possible strategies for reducing risk and improving … that are better suited to changed climate conditions) and ii) changes in irrigation technology. Last, the analysis in this …, and further develops estimates of the cost of improving irrigation technologies in OECD countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463471
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Power struggle : decarbonising the electricity sector : effects of climate policies, policy misalignments and political economy factors on decarbonisation
Röttgers, Dirk; Anderson, Brilé - 2018
This report investigates the effects of select climate policies, non-climate policies, as well as political economy factors on the decarbonisation of electricity in OECD countries from 2000 to 2015. Effects are analysed on the three phases of decarbonisation: (1) increasing the share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011990043
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Tracking finance flows towards assessing their consistency with climate objectives : proposed scope, knowns and unknowns
Jachnik, Raphaël; Mirabile, Mariana; Dobrinevski, Alexander - 2019
Achieving a low-greenhouse gas (GHG) development requires making finance flows consistent with this objective. In order to measure progress to date as well as inform future public action in this area, this paper calls for further efforts to track gross primary investments flows in new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011990129
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Sustainable management of water in agriculture : issues and policies ; the Athens Workshop [held on 3 - 6 November 1997]
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000988018
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Navigating pathways to reform water policies in agriculture
Gruère, Guillaume; Le Boëdec, Hélène - 2019
This report offers a guide on potential reform pathways towards sustainable agriculture water use, based on a thorough … review of selected past water and agriculture reforms and extensive consultation with policy experts. A theory of change is …: charging water use in agriculture; removing subsidies that negatively impact water resources, regulating groundwater use and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998944
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OECD Regional Outlook 2021 : Addressing COVID-19 and Moving to Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions
OECD - 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed the close relationship between environmental risks and those to the foundations of human well-being – and the cascading effects on the economy and society. It has also highlighted the importance of anticipation and early action. These are also key to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012627793
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Improving resource efficiency and the circularity of economies for a greener world
OECD - 2020
Global demand for materials has been growing over the past century, driven by a steady economic growth in OECD countries, the industrialisation of emerging economies and a growing world population. At the global level, materials use more than doubled between 1990 and 2017, and it is projected to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249101
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Towards green growth in Denmark : improving energy and climate change policies
Jamet, Stéphanie - 2012
Denmark’s green growth strategy focuses on moving the energy system away from fossil fuels and investing in green technologies, while limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. On the whole, current policies should allow Denmark to reach near-term climate change targets, but may not be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690980