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Using a case study approach, this research explores the various potential limiting factors of climate change adaptation, based on the experience of four low-lying islands in central Philippines. In the aftermath of the 2013 7.2-magnitude Bohol earthquake, the islands now become flooded even...
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The issue of climate change has at long last made its way into mainstream policy discussions in the United States. However, the focus both in the United States and internationally has been on reducing energy production and transportation emissions. This has led the media, policy makers and the...
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Climate change has the potential to be the most significant challenge to human development in the near future, it is not only an environmental issue but also one that affect our very existence because of its direct links with agriculture and food security. The most painful reality of climate...
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Migration is one of the channels West African populations can use to adjust to the negative impacts of climate change … drive international migration decisions within the region and toward Europe. The findings show that drier soil conditions …Migration ist eine der Möglichkeiten, welche die westafrikanische Bevölkerung nutzen kann, um sich an die negativen …
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variability. Smallholders can adjust by diversifying income sources, including through migration. Most existing studies … investigate whether households send a migrant after experiencing weather shocks, but the literature lacks evidence on migration as … effect of changing weather patterns over a few years on migration as a diversification strategy. Using a novel household …
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West Africa is vulnerable to negative impacts of climate change and a potential channel of adjustment is migration … impact on international migration within the region and directed to Europe. Our findings show that drier soil conditions …. This effect is concentrated during the crop-growing season, suggesting that the decrease in migration is mainly driven by …
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We analyse whether migration is an adaptation that households employ to cope with climate in Ghana and Nigeria. If … migration is part of the present adaptation portfolio of households in developing countries, it is reasonable to expect that it … generated by General Circulation model reveal that, ceteris paribus, migration may decline in Ghana and in Nigeria. …
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Quantifying the economic effects of climate change is a crucial step for planning adaptation in developing countries. This study assesses the economy-wide and regional effects of climate change induced productivity and labor supply shocks in agriculture in Ethiopia. The study shows, in worst...
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