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The major greenhouse gases, CO2 and CH4, are uniformly mixing, but spatial inequalities in emissions do matter in terms of both efficiency and equity of environmental policy formation and implementation. As the recent evidence has mainly focused on convergence issues between countries, this...
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reduction in rainfall and snowfall, as well as a substantial drop in water resources. Climate change is, without a doubt, one of … Iraq’s most pressing issues, with considerable negative consequences for the environment, water resources, and the economy …, particularly in the agricultural sector. With a growing global population and other factors, the effects of climate change, water …
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Groundwater plays a major, if often unrecognized, role in both hydrologic and human systems. The majority of the world …'s drinking water probably comes from groundwater, and in the last half century, there has been an amazing, if largely ignored …
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This paper shows that greater global spatial correlation of productivities can increase cross-country welfare dispersion by increasing the correlation between a country's productivity and its gains from trade. We causally validate this general-equilibrium prediction using a global climatic...
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Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are a global public good, which makes it efficient to act globally when addressing this challenge. We lay out several reasons that high-income countries seeking to mitigate climate change might have greater impact if they invest their resources in...
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