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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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It Is Time to Factor Natural Disasters into Macroeconomic Scenarios
Thomas, Vinod - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 52, pp. 1-4
Over the recent year, humanity has faced natural disasters of unprecedented magnitude and impact. However, governments and international aid organizations do not systematically plan for preventing and mitigating the effects of natural disasters, and macroeconomic scenarios seldom take into...
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LE COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL COMME STRATÉGIE D'ADAPTATION À LA RARETÉ DES RESSOURCES HYDRIQUES ? UTILITÉ ET APPLICATION DU CONCEPT DE « COMMERCE D'EAU VIRTUELLE » EN AFRIQUE DU NORD...
Rousset, Nathalie - In: Revue Tiers-Monde n° 199 (2009) 3, pp. 517-532
adaptation policies to tackle growing water scarcity. The sectoral reshaping of the allocation of resources that would enable the …
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