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A comparative analysis of initiatives and adaptation measures to climate change undertaken in Poland and Western Europe

Michalak, Dorota - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 19 (2016) 4, pp. 107-122

Climate change is one of the greatest contemporary threats to our planet's environmental, social and economic well-being, accompanied by major changes in life support systems on Earth, where the far-reaching effects will be felt in the coming decades. The Earth's climate is warming rapidly due...

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Climate change related risks, opportunities and adaptation actions in European cities : insights from responses to the CDP cities program

Groth, Markus; Brück, Maria; Oberascher, Teresa - 2016

Cities, home to more than half of the world's population and important economic hubs, are vulnerable to impacts of …

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Climate change and natural disasters : transforming economies and policies for a sustainable future

Thomas, Vinod - 2017

The start of the new millennium will be remembered for deadly climate-related disasters - the great floods in Thailand in 2011, Super Storm Sandy in the United States in 2012, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013, to name a few. In 2014, 17.5 million people were displaced by...

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Climate change and uneven development

Bretschger, Lucas; Valente, Simone - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 113 (2011) 4, pp. 825-845

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The role of economic policy in climate change adaptation

Konrad, Kai A.; Thum, Marcel - 2012

In diesem Arbeitspapier wird die Rolle des öffentlichen Sektors bei der Anpassung an den Klimawandel behandelt. Zuerst … werden die Möglichkeiten zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel definiert und kategorisiert. Dann werden die volkswirtschaftlichen … Hauptbereiche, in denen der öffentliche Sektor eine Rolle bei der Anpassung an den Klimawandel spielen kann, Folgende sind …

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Constructing a climate change logic : an institutional perspective on the "tragedy of the commons"

Ansari, Shahzad Shaz; Wijen, Frank; Gray, Barbara L. - In: Organization science : a journal of the Institute for … 24 (2013) 4, pp. 1014-1040

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Citizens' perceptions of justice in international climate policy : empirical insights from China, Germany and the US

Schleich, Joachim; Dütschke, Elisabeth; Schwirplies, … - 2014

Relying on a recent survey of more than 3300 participants from China, Germany and the US, this paper empirically analyzes citizens' perceptions of climate change and climate policy, focusing on key guiding principles for sharing mitigation costs across countries. The ranking of the main...

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The role of economic policy in climate change adaption

Konrad, Kai A.; Thum, Marcel - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 60 (2014) 1, pp. 32-61

This article assesses the role of the public sector in adaptation to climate change. We first offer a definition and categorization of climate change adaptation. We then consider the primary economic principles that can guide the assignment of adaptation tasks to either the private or the public...

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Taking responsibility : towards a fit-for-purpose loss and damage fund

UNCTAD - 2023

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Climate action, institutional investors, and just transition

Girón, Alicia; Ivanova, Antonina - In: Journal of economic issues 57 (2023) 2, pp. 575-585

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