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Carbon farming training and welfare : evidence from Northern Ghana
Yaw Okyere, Charles; Kornher, Lukas - 2022
Carbon farming, particularly soil carbon climate strategies, has emerged as a popular tool in addressing climate change and variability in worldwide agriculture. Yet, there is a paucity of evidence on its application, and even more so, limited evidence exists on the welfare impacts in developing...
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Effects of the CDM on poverty eradication and global climate protection
Rübbelke, Dirk T. G.; Rive, Nathan - 2008
In an impure public good model we analyze the effects of CDM transfers on poverty as well as on the global climate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008799170
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Effects of the CDM on Poverty Eradication and Global Climate Protection
Rübbelke, Dirk T. G. - 2014
In an impure public good model we analyze the effects of CDM transfers on poverty as well as on the global climate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708599
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Distributional effects of carbon pricing by transport fuel taxation
Jacobs, Leif; Quack, Lara; Mechtel, Mario - 2021
We introduce a new microsimulation model built on household transport data to study the distributional effects of carbon-based fuel taxation of private road transport in Germany. Our data includes annual mileage at the car-level, the distinction between fuel types, as well as car-specific fuel...
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Cash transfers for pro-poor carbon taxes in Latin America and the Caribbean
Vogt-Schilb, Adrien; Walsh, Brian; Feng, Kuishuang; Di … - 2019
. One reason is that carbon taxes can aggravate poverty by increasing prices of basic goods and services such as food …, heating, and commuting. Meanwhile, cash transfer programs have been established as some of the most efficient poverty …
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Distributional impacts of climate mitigation policies : a meta-analysis
Ohlendorf, Nils; Jakob, Michael; Minx, Jan C.; … - 2018
Understanding the distributional impacts of market-based climate policies is crucial to design economically efficient climate change mitigation policies that are socially acceptable and avoid adverse impacts on the poor. Empirical studies that examine the distributional impacts of carbon pricing...
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Managing the distributional effects of energy taxes and subsidy removal in Latin America and the Caribbean
Feng, Kuishuang; Hubacek, Klaus; Liu, Yu; Marchán, … - 2018
Energy subsidies have been criticized due to their economic inefficiency and promotion of wasteful usage of energy and associated carbon emissions. Conversely, environmental taxes are advocated as efficient policy instruments. Nonetheless, removing subsidies and taxing energy can be politically...
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Reflections on the Prospects for Pro-Poor Low-Carbon Growth
Willenbockel, Dirk - 2016
Eradicating extreme poverty from the face of the earth once and for all is a central goal of the post-2015 development … impede future progress and roll back past achievements in poverty alleviation. Irrespective of the responsibility of the … low-carbon development strategy if such a strategy is perceived to be in conflict with domestic near-term poverty …
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Cash transfers in the context of carbon pricing reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean
Missbach, Leonard; Steckel, Jan Christoph; Vogt-Schilb, … - 2022
One reason carbon prices are difficult to implement is that they might imply high additional costs on poor and vulnerable households. In response, studies often highlight that recycling revenues through cash transfers can render carbon pricing reforms progressive. This neglects that existing...
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The Distribution of Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Households in the UK, and Some Implications for Social Policy
Gough, Ian - 2015
This paper maps the distribution of total direct and embodied emissions of greenhouse gases by households in the UK and goes on to analyse their main drivers. Previous research has studied the distribution of direct emissions by households, notably from domestic fuel and electricity, but this is...
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