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This report provides an analysis of how climate change damages may affect international trade in the coming decades and how international trade can help limit the costs of climate change. It analyses the impacts of climate change on trade considering both direct effects on infrastructure and...
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emissions are examined using the G-Cubed multi-country general equilibrium model of the world economy. Both the gains in …
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exporting regions, Tanzania may be able to export more maize at higher prices, even if it also experiences below … thus export grain to countries as climate change increases the likelihood of severe precipitation deficits in other … export bans, prevent Tanzania from taking advantage of these opportunities, foregoing significant economic benefits …
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We provide a survey of the micro and macro economics of climate change from a complexity science perspective and we discuss the challenges ahead for this line of research. We identify four areas of the literature where complex system models have already produced valuable insights: (i) coalition...
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Using patent data from 66 countries for the period 1990–2003, we characterize the factors which promote or hinder the international diffusion of climate-friendly technologies on a global scale. Regression results show that technology-specific capabilities of the recipient countries are...
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This paper uses the EPO/OECD World Patent Statistical Database (PATSTAT) to provide a quantitative description of the …% of total inventions. However, they export much less inventions than industrialized countries, suggesting their inventions …
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The tightening of climate policies may cause technologies based on fossil fuels to lose value compared to "green" technologies. For firms with significant fossil-based knowledge, this implies that their firm (market) value is at risk. This technological risk is also relevant for financial market...
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With the Paris Agreement of 2016, 189 nations signed a legally binding document to keep global warming below 2 C, and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 C. It was recognized that this would reduce climate change impacts substantially. All signatories submitted "Intended...
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Intellectual property rights have traditionally been the primary policy mechanism for encouraging private investments in innovation, including for the production of mitigation and adaptation technologies. Yet while global climate change negotiations have made some progress in the area of...
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Technology transfer plays a key role in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this paper, we characterize the factors that promote or hinder the international diffusion of climate-friendly technologies using detailed patent data from 96 countries for the period 1995-2007. The...
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