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above a certain sea level. The accommodation strategy allows usage of vulnerable areas or land and limits damage by flood …
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This paper assesses the low-carbon economy in Asia: how large it is today and how well it will fare in the future …, overall, Asia has an innovation specialization and revealed comparative advantage in climate change mitigation technologies … nuclear and smart grids. However, within Asia, there are regional disparities, with countries such as the People’s Republic of …
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The purpose of this article is twofold: First to discuss three misconceptions in the debate on climate policies: i) that de-growth is necessary, ii) that the market economy is part of the problem rather than part of the solution to climate change, and iii) that the only policy tool needed is to...
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temperature significantly affects overall economic productivity. We find the overall economic productivity of developing Asia to …
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The three main financial inflows to developing countries have largely increased during the last two decades, despite the large debate in the literature regarding their effects on economic growth which is not yet clear-cut. An emerging literature investigates the dependence of their effects on...
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Developing Asia is the driver of today's emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future … mitigation and green growth in Asia's major emerging economies. Although recent targets and commitments will involve a … even further in developing Asia. An additional transformation will be required for the trajectory of emissions and energy …
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Developing Asia is the driver of today's emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future … mitigation and green growth in Asia's major emerging economies …
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decades. Using the typhoon landfalls and damage in Asia, we analyze the wind-damage relationship and find damages to gross …
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growth. Using patent, trade and output data, we measure the current size of Asia’s low-carbon economy and assess its … specialize in and can potentially scale up. The analysis shows that Asia’s top low-carbon economies are Japan, South Korea and … China. The sectors in which Asia is particularly well placed to be globally competitive include efficient lighting …
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