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Wenzel, Daniela; Dewenter, Ralf - 2018

Natural disasters are a challenge for good governance - this is the result of recent research investigating the effects of natural disasters on one important antagonistic force to good governance, public corruption. However, a specific analysis of droughts is so far neglected in this young...

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Heat, Humidity, and Infant Mortality in the Developing World

Geruso, Michael; Spears, Dean - 2018

We study how extreme weather exposure impacts infant survival in the developing world. Our analysis overcomes the absence of vital registration systems in many poor countries by extracting birth histories from household surveys. Studying 53 developing countries that span five continents, we find...

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Precipitation and Economic Growth

Berlemann, Michael; Wenzel, Daniela - 2018

As the ongoing process of global warming goes along with changes in both mean precipitation and precipitation extremes, the scientific interest in the effects of rainfall on economic prosperity has recently grown significantly. However, the few existing empirical studies of short-run growth...

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Swiss Climate Change and Nuclear Policy: A Comparative Analysis Using an Energy System Approach and a Sectoral Electricity Model

Weidmann, Nicolas; Kannan, Ramachandran; Turton, Hal - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 148 (2012) 2, pp. 275-316

Decisions on climate change and nuclear policies are likely to have major influences on the future evolution of the Swiss energy system. To understand the implications of selected future policy decisions, we analyse the development of the Swiss energy system with a bottom-up technology-rich...

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Nachhaltiges Landmanagement vor dem Hintergrund des Klimawandels als Aufgabe der räumlichen Planung: Eine Evaluation im planerischen Mehrebenensystem an den Beispielen der Altmark...

Hellmich, Meike - 2018

Die Ressource Fläche ist weltweit begrenzt. Ein nachhaltiges Landmanagement ist, nicht nur vor dem Hintergrund des Klimawandels, erforderlich, um den verschiedenen Interessen an der Fläche gerecht zu werden. Bestehende Funktionen auf der Fläche, beispielsweise die Produktion von...

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The role of fintech in unlocking green finance: Policy insights for developing countries

Nassiry, Darius - 2018

The achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and implementation of the Paris Agreement will require significant new investment. New financial technologies ("fintech") offer the potential to unlock green finance technologies, such as blockchain, the Internet of Things and big data,...

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Climate change, ethics and sustainability: An innovative approach

Sánchez García, José Luis; Díez Sanz, Juan María - In: Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (JIK) 3 (2018) 2, pp. 70-75

Our goal in this article is the analysis of the state of affairs, regarding the phenomenon of climate change and its impact in different areas. We synthesize the various approaches available in the scientific debate on this subject, mainly the one that affirms the existence of global warming and...

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Do Global Financial Markets Capitalise Sustainability? Evidence of a Quick Reversal

Moliterni, Fabio - 2018

This study investigates the growing importance of sustainability in equity markets by estimating whether company commitment to sustainability matters in corporate valuation. The spreading concern for social and environmental issues, and especially for the material risks of climate change,...

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The effects of natural disasters and weather variations on international trade: A review of the empirical literature

Osberghaus, Daniel - 2019

This review summarizes the empirical literature on the effects of natural disasters and weather variations on international trade flows. A first result is that the body of literature is actually not as small as previously suggested. In total, I summarize 19 studies of 18 independent research...

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Does the Clean Development Mechanism have a viable future?

Hagem, Cathrine; Holtsmark, Bjart - 2009

developing countries (the Clean Development Mechanism, CDM). Since the developing countries have so far not been willing to … accept binding emission commitments, the CDM has been the only mechanism available for ensuring emission-abatement measures … in developing countries. We argue that the CDM is not an efficient tool for achieving deep cuts in global emissions and …

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