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Covid-19 and climate change : a tale of two global problems
Fuentes, Rolando; Galeotti, Marzio; Lanza, Alessandro; … - 2020
In this paper, we examine the similarities and the differences between two global problems, the Coronavirus pandemic and climate change, and the extent to which the experience with the Covid19 pandemic can be of use for tackling climate change. We show that both problems share the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012405778
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COVID-19 and Climate Change : A Tale of Two Global Problems
Fuentes, Rolando; Galeotti, Marzio; Lanza, Alessandro; … - 2020
In this paper, we examine the similarities and the differences between two global problems, the Coronavirus pandemic and climate change, and the extent to which the experience with the COVID-19 pandemic can be of use for tackling climate change. We show that both problems share the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014097434
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Mosquitoes and Potatoes : How Global Health Crises Impede Development
Malpede, Maurizio; Falchetta, Giacomo; Shayegh, Soheil - 2021
introducing the potato in the Old World. Our results highlight the interplay between technological change, public health, and …The historical diffusion of potatoes to the Old World is an excellent example of how technological innovation … contributes to the socioeconomic growth (Nunn and Qian, 2011). On the other hand poor health conditions might offset the benefits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222745
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Regional low-emission pathways from global models
Soest, Heleen van; Reis, Lara Aleluia; Vuuren, Detlef P. van - 2015
Governments worldwide have agreed that international climate policy should aim to limit the increase of global mean temperature to less than 2oC with respect to pre-industrial levels. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the emission reductions and related energy system changes in various...
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Global Carbon Divestment and Firms' Actions
Choi, Darwin - 2020
institutions around the world reduce their exposure to stocks of high-emission industries after 2015, especially for those located …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012835398
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Global futures of energy, climate, and policy : qualitative and quantitative foresight towards 2055
Ansari, Dawud; Holz, Franziska; Tosun, Hasan Basri - 2019
identify which of the paths the world might enter. Lessons learnt include the dangers from increased isolationism and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011963639
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Global Demographic Change and Climate Policies
Gerlagh, Reyer - 2017
Between 1950 and 2017, world average life expectancy increased from below-50 to above-70, while the fertility rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012947342
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Global Demographic Change and Climate Policies
Gerlagh, Reyer - 2017
Between 1950 and 2017, world average life expectancy increased from below-50 to above-70, while the fertility rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012947882
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A Move Towards a Cashless Society Accelerates With the Novel Coronavirus Induced Global Lockdown
Taskinsoy, John - 2020
reduce financial exclusion through web-enabled and mobile applications; this way, a majority of the world’s 2.5 billion …, and purchasing items in online stores that are open for business 24/7. The current acute health crisis has highlighted the …
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Climate policy, irreversibilities and global economic shocks
Banerjee, Anwesha; Barbieri, Stefano; Konrad, Kai A. - 2024
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