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Policies to support sustainable long-term growth in New Zealand
Cheung, Calista - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
As its workforce ages and major economies shift towards producing higher value-added goods and services, New Zealand will face increasing challenges to remain globally competitive and maintain high living standards. Future growth will need to come increasingly from productivity gains, and...
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Better Harnessing Talent and Knowledge to Boost Sustainable Medium-term Growth in Spain
Haugh, David; Westmore, Ben - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
Structural transformation towards a more knowledge-based economy will strengthen Spain’s medium-term growth prospects. To deal with long standing impediments to higher growth the government has a substantial structural reform programme touching on education, the labour market and the business...
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Urban vulnerability and adaptation to heatwaves : a case study of Graz (Austria)
Reischl, Christiane; Rauter, Romana; Posch, Alfred - In: Climate policy 18 (2018) 1, pp. 63-75
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Fish farmers' welfare and climate change adaptation strategies in Southwest, Nigeria : application of multinomial endogenous switching regression model
Oparinde, Lawrence Olusola - In: Aquaculture economics & management : official journal … 25 (2021) 4, pp. 450-471
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Polar Bear Population Forecasts: A Public-Policy Forecasting Audit
Armstrong, J. Scott; Green, Kesten C.; Soon, Willie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The extinction of polar bears by the end of the 21st century has been predicted and calls have been made to list them as a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The decision on whether or not to list rests upon forecasts of what will happen to the bears over the 21st Century....
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Total Costs and Budgetary Effects of Adaptation to Climate Change: An Assessment for the European Union
Osberghaus, Daniel; Reif, Christiane - CESifo - 2010
Adaptation to climate change is gaining increasing relevance in the public debate of climate policy. However, detailed … adaptation in Europe, and in particular Germany, Finland and Italy. Furthermore, a systematic overview on fiscal aspects of … adaptation is provided, with focus on budgetary effects of adaptation in the different impact sectors. Combining cost estimates …
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The Climate and Development Challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean: Options for Climate-Resilient, Low-Carbon Development Title: El desafío climático y de desarrollo en Amér...
Vergara, Walter; Rios, Ana R.; Paliza, Luis Miguel Galindo - Inter-American Development Bank
This book is a joint effort lead by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in collaboration with the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) focused on the climate and development challenge for LAC. It deals with a matter that is bound...
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Conceptual Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Forest Fuel Reduction Treatments and Their Adaptation to Climate Change
Prato, Tony - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 3571-3591
<strong>Applying f</strong>uel reduction treatments (FRTs) to forested landscapes can alleviate undesirable changes in wildfire benefits and costs due to climate change. A conceptual framework was developed for determining the preferred FRTs across planning periods, adapting FRTs to future climate change,...
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Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts: Conceptual Frameworks, Modelling Approaches and Research Needs
Wing, Ian Sue; Lanzi, Elisa - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2014
la difficulté de distinguer les coûts de l'adaptation au changement climatique des dégâts dus à ce changement. Le …
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The Poverty Impacts of Climate Change
Skoufias, Emmanuel; Rabassa, Mariano; Olivieri, Sergio; … - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 51, pp. 1-5
Over the last century, the world has seen a sustained decline in the proportion of people living in poverty. However, there is an increasing concern that climate change could slow or possibly even reverse poverty reduction progress. Given the complexities involved in analyzing climate change...
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