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Discussions over tropical deforestation are currently at the forefront of climate change policy negotiations at national, regional, and international levels. This paper analyzes the effects of linking Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) to a global market for...
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Discussions over tropical deforestation are currently at the forefront of climate change policy negotiations at national, regional, and international levels. This paper analyzes the effects of linking Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) to a global market for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039387
change protection and providing valuable policy flexibility. -- Carbon Market ; Climate Change ; Innovation ; Mitigation … ; Policy Costs ; Offsets ; Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) ; Technological Change ; Tropical …
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We study the political determination of a hypothetical land tax, which internalises a negative environmental externality from biofuels. The tax allocates land from biofuels towards forestry. Lobbying affects the tax rate, so that the sector with the lower elasticity of land demand determines the...
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This paper analyzes the role of afforestation-reforestation and timber management activities, and their major and secondary economic effects in stabilizing climate during the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. In particular, with a Computable General Equilibrium framework, the ICES...
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Man’s history and developmental endeavour have been advancing alongside a trail of ecological ramifications and climate change. Since prehistoric times, scientists have not recorded an accelerated shift in ecology during any other epoch beside that of modern man on the planet. The paper seeks...
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a Global Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) framework. Forestry mitigation is introduced into the model relying on …
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This paper analyzes the role of afforestation-reforestation and timber management activities, and their major and secondary economic effects in stabilizing climate during the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. In particular, with a Computable General Equilibrium framework, the ICES...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828377
The Sahel is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change in the world. Located in the central part, Niger is facing many complex and interconnected challenges which strongly hinder the achievement of the key sustainable development goals (SDGs). The high population growth rate (3.8% per...
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actions for sustainable land management and climate change adaptation and mitigation, 4) evaluation of existing major policies … witnessed in programme and policy implementation on climate change mitigation, land use, energy and sustainable development in … mitigation, land use, energy and sustainable development in Nigeria. Another important suggestion is the need for provision of …
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