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When considering adoption of a domestic climate change policy, politicians and the public frequently refer to concerns about competitiveness. Competitiveness in this context does not have a precise economic definition. In this article, we discuss possible ways to anchor the concept of...
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and welfare, but this phenomenon will also induce a change in the productive structure, with a decline in agriculture and … agriculture entails a lower demand for water, counteracting the additional demand for water coming from tourists and bringing …
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and welfare, but this phenomenon will also induce a change in the productive structure, with a decline in agriculture and … agriculture entails a lower demand for water, counteracting the additional demand for water coming from tourists and bringing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552340
This paper proposes a new tool to assess sustainability and make the concept of sustainable development operational. It considers its multi-dimensional structure combining the information deriving from a selection of relevant sustainability indicators belonging to economic, social and...
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In the light of climate change, transport systems become increasingly stressed by extreme weather and gradual climatic changes, resulting in direct costs which arise in the affected sector as well as indirect costs due to economic spill-over effects. To attenuate these costs, sector specific...
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The aim of the study is to analyse the short run impact of the EU climate and energy package on the Polish economy. We employ a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model and focus on the short-run reaction of the economy to the shock, before the persistent structural changes takes place,...
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specifically on the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) sectors. To do so, we apply the Integrated Economic …
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-adapted agriculture, and improving fire management, would generate approximately US$339.3 billion in additional wealth. From a public …
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agricultural and non-agricultural production: (i) agricultural yields; (ii) labor productivity in agriculture, and; (iii) economy …In this paper, we assess the economy-wide impact of Climate Change (CC) on agriculture and food security in 20 Latin …-wide labor productivity. We implement the analysis using the Integrated Economic-Environmental Model (IEEM) and databases for 20 …
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Asia is home to 60% of the world's population, 52% of global agricultural production, and 43% of agriculture …-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. While a large portion of the Asian population depends on agriculture for their livelihood and … food security, the agriculture sector is one of the main sources of GHG emissions in the region. In some Asian economies …
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