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Jamaica remains committed to its contribution as the world continues to address the challenge of climate change. In … component of its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). This report presents the modelling results that can inform Jamaica …'s updated NDC submission, along with discussing the potential adaptation co-benefits available to Jamaica as a result of its …
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Climate change is likely to have adverse effects on the agriculture sector in Jamaica. Increase in the intensity and … ecosystems and coastal zones, and agriculture-dependent livelihoods all contribute to Jamaica's overall vulnerability to climate … change. Jamaica's Vision 2030 highlights these vulnerabilities as a threat to sustainable development, and provides the …
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impact of hurricanes and tropical storms on stock and foreign exchange markets in Jamaica. The study finds that in a majority … of cases, the passage of hurricanes and tropical storms lead to significant losses on Jamaica's stock and foreign … of natural disasters.The results reinforce the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States like Jamaica to natural …
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. The outputs from the study comprise of one synthesis report and three country studies for Jamaica, Mozambique, and Nepal … (ICDIMP) was selected as a case study project for Jamaica. As of December 2021, the project is still under implementation and … pathways to transform weather, water, and climate services in the three case study countries. In Jamaica, the analysis of the …
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This paper contributes to the economic literature on pure and impure public goods by considering two alternatives for contributing to the public good climate protection: compensating carbon emissions from conventional consumption or paying higher prices for climate-friendly products. We...
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This paper provides theoretical and empirical insights on the extent to which the availability of carbon offsetting may substitute the individual use of other carbon-reducing measures. Theoretically, we demonstrate an ambiguous impact of offsetting on the use of other measures and derive...
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