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Projecting Future Insured Coastal Flooding Damages with Climate Change
Major, David - 2014
Estimates of future damages from climate change in coastal areas are of growing interest for climate change research and policy-making. A newly-developed methodology is applied to estimate total insured coastal damages with climate change for the period 2025-2085 in New York State, USA. Total...
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Climate-related disasters in Asia and the Pacific
Thomas, Vinod; Albert, Jose Ramon G.; Perez, Rosa T. - 2013
Asia and the Pacific? This paper considers three main disaster risk factors - rising population exposure, greater … as well as droughts and heat waves. The Asia and the Pacific region has experienced some of the most damaging disasters …. In a regression analysis within a model of disaster risk determination, the most significant association is between the …
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The growth of carbon markets in Asia : the potential challenges for future development
Shi, Yukun; Paramati, Sudharshan Reddy; Ren, Xiaohang - 2019
This paper is designed to provide comprehensive details on the carbon markets across the major Asian economies and with specific attention to the Chinese carbon market. We particularly discuss the carbon markets across the major northeast (the People's Republic of China [PRC], Japan, and the...
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Urban climate adaptation and leadership : from conceptual understanding to practical action
Carmin, JoAnn; Dodman, David; Chu, Eric - 2013
The impacts of climate change are expected to create numerous challenges for cities. This report synthesizes key points raised in a series of discussions among “adaptation leaders” from fourteen cities around the world. Critical issues for urban adaptation that emerged from the discussions...
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Climate disasters, carbon dioxide, and financial fundamentals
Gregory, Richard P. - In: The quarterly review of economics and finance : journal … 79 (2021), pp. 45-58
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Does resilience yield dividends? : co-benefits of investing in increased resilience in Cedar Rapids
Fung, Juan F.; Helgeson, Jennifer F.; Webb, David H.; … - In: Economic systems research 33 (2021) 3, pp. 336-362
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The triple dividend of resilience : a new narrative for disaster risk management and development
Tanner, Thomas; Surminski, Swenja; Wilkinson, Emily; … - In: Realising the "triple dividend of resilience" : a new …, (pp. 1-29). 2016
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Projecting Future Coastal Flooding Damages with Climate Change
Major, David - 2013
A scoping method for projecting coastal zone flood damage with climate change is described. The method links current flood damage estimates from climate impacts with estimated changes in parameters (such as flood frequency) from climate scenarios to produce estimates of future damages from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076261
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Harmonising Climate Risk Management : Adaptation Screening and Assessment Tools for Development Co-operation
Hammill, Anne - 2011
Development planners and project managers have used a wide variety of tools to manage a broad range of environmental risks, including those posed by climate variability, for a long time. Some of these tools have also now been modified to take into account the risks posed by climate change. At...
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A climate-economy policy model for Barbados
Kemp-Benedict, Eric; Drakes, Crystal; Canales, Nella - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 1/16, pp. 1-20
Small island developing states (SIDS), such as Barbados, must continually adapt in the face of uncertain external drivers. These include demand for exports, tourism demand, and extreme weather events. Climate change introduces further uncertainty into the external drivers. To address the...
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