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Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

Verner, Dorte - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 61, pp. 1-5

Climate change is the defining development challenge of our time. More than a global environmental issue, climate change is also a threat to poverty reduction and economic growth and may unravel many of the development gains made in recent decades. Latin America and the Caribbean account for a...

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Agricultural management for climate change adaptation, greenhouse gas mitigation, and agricultural productivity: Insights from Kenya

Bryan, Elizabeth; Ringler, Claudia; Okoba, Barrack; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

smallholder producers in Kenya. Several practices emerge as triple wins in terms of climate adaptation, GHG mitigation, and …, rural development, and climate change mitigation for generations to come. …

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From foot-draggers to strategic counter-partners : the dynamics of U.S. and Chinese policies for tackling climate change

Cheng, Fang-Ting - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

As can been seen from the U.S.'s non-ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, together with the negotiations toward the post-Kyoto Protocol framework, the U.S. and China have been quarrelling over their responsibilities and have contradicted one another over the introduction of compulsory domestic...

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The Economics of Global Climate Change: A Historical Literature Review

Stern, David I.; Jotzo, Frank; Dobes, Leo - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013

greenhouse gas emissions, mitigation, and adaptation. …

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Making Grasslands Sustainable in Mongolia: International Experiences with Payments for Environmental Services in Grazing Lands and Other Rangelands

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014

Payments for environmental services (PES) are a potential mechanism to provide incentives for sustainable management of grasslands and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. PES is not widely practiced in Mongolia, but has been included in the Green Development Strategy of the government. This...

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Making Grasslands Sustainable in Mongolia: Herders' Livelihoods and Climate Change

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014

and provides information on adaptation practices. It also identifies sustainable management practices that can increase …

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Making Grasslands Sustainable in Mongolia: Assessment of Key Elements in Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions for Grassland and Livestock Management

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014

estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation potential, economic costs and benefits, GHG measurement options, adaptation … climate variability and change. Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) can provide a framework for the … identification and implementation of mitigation actions. This publication identifies and assesses technical, institutional, and …

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Climate change adaptation strategies within the framework of the German “Energiewende” – Is there a need for government interventions and legal obligations?

Groth, Markus; Cortekar, Jörg - 2014

climate change now involves both mitigation to address the cause and adaptation as a response to already ongoing or expected … here is, whether adaptation options will be implemented voluntarily by companies or not. The paper argues that this has to …

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Climate change adaptation and mitigation: next steps for cross-sectoral action to protect global health

Bowen, Kathryn; Ebi, Kristie; Friel, Sharon - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19 (2014) 7, pp. 1033-1040

iii) identifying organisations influential in the development of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and …

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Chinese food security and climate change: Agriculture futures

Ye, Liming; Tang, Huajun; Wu, Wenbin; Yang, Peng; … - In: Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 8 (2014), pp. 1-39

Climate change is now affecting agriculture and food production in every country of the world. Here the authors present the IMPACT model results on yield, production, and net trade of major crops in China, and on daily calorie availability as an overall indicator of food security under climate...

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