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Conservation contracts and political regimes
Harstad, Bård; Mideksa, Torben - 2015
Motivated by tropical deforestation, we analyze (i) a novel theory of resource extraction, (ii) the optimal … conservation contract, (iii) when the donor prefers contracting with central rather than local governments, and (iv) how the donor …'s presence may induce institutional change. Deforestation can be legal or illegal in the model: each district decides how much to …
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Conservation contracts and political regimes
Harstad, Bård; Mideksa, Torben K. - In: The review of economic studies 84 (2017) 4, pp. 1708-1734
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Insuring peace : index-based livestock insurance, droughts, and conflict
Gehring, Kai; Schaudt, Paul - 2023
We provide novel evidence of how an innovative market-based solution using remote-sensing technology can mitigate conflict. Droughts are a major driver of conflict in Africa, particularly between nomadic pastoralists and sedentary farmers, and climate change is predicted to intensify this...
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Conflicts and political intervention : evidence from the anti-open grazing laws in Nigeria
Hufschmidt, Patrick; Ume, Chukwuma Otum - 2023
This paper empirically investigates the effects of Anti-Open Grazing Laws (AOGLs) on herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria. The laws, enacted as a response to escalating violent conflicts over fertile land resources between herders and farmers, aimed to reduce clashes by prohibiting livestock...
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Climate-induced international migration and conflicts
Cattaneo, Cristina; Bosetti, Valentina - 2016
Population movements will help people facing the impact of climate change. However, the resulting large scale displacements may also produce security risks for receiving areas. The objective of this paper is to empirically estimate if the inflows of climate-induced migrants increase the risk of...
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Global Climate Change Mitigation : Strategic Incentives
Perdana, Sigit - 2018
Central to global agreement on carbon emissions are strategic interactions amongst regions over carbon tax implementation and the benefits to be shared. These are re-examined in this paper, in which benefits from mitigation stem from a meta-analysis that links carbon concentration with...
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‘No Ordinary Lawsuit’ : Climate Change, Due Process, and the Public Trust Doctrine
Blumm, Michael C. - 2017
In November 2016, just two days after the election of President Donald Trump, the federal district court in Oregon handed down Juliana v. Obama, a remarkable decision that refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by youth plaintiffs who claimed that federal government's fossil fuel policies over the...
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Climate Violence = extreme climate conditions x social realities : Critical Focus on Women and Girls in Africa
Duho, King Carl Tornam; Akalibey, Scholastica - 2022
Climate Change and violence are threats to the livelihood and economic sustainability of women and girls in Africa. Despite the current efforts to address the problems, much is still expected to be done by governments, businesses and civil society organizations in Africa. We discuss the concept...
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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation : How to Build the Necessary Global Action in a Cost-Effective Manner
Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Chateau, Jean; Dellink, Rob; … - 2009
This paper examines the cost of a range of national, regional and global mitigation policies and the corresponding incentives for countries to participate in ambitious international mitigation actions. The paper illustrates the scope for available instruments to strengthen these incentives and...
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Winter is coming : the long-run effects of climate change on conflict, 1400-1900
Iyigun, Murat; Nunn, Nathan; Qian, Nancy - 2017
This paper investigates the long-run effects of climate change on conflict by examining cooling from 1400-1900 CE, a period that includes most of the Little Ice Age. We construct a geo-referenced and digitized database of conflicts in Europe, North Africa, and the Near East from 1400-1900, which...
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