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Carbon Accounting by Public and Private Financial Institutions : Can We Be Sure Climate Finance Is Leading to Emissions Reductions?
Spittle, Emily; Dietrich Brauch, Martin - 2021
As reporting GHG emissions becomes mandatory in the financial sector, the methods by which emissions are calculated will grow in importance for their impact on the resulting metric. Progress is underway in both the public and private financial sectors to embed emissions accounting standards, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013213971
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Is energy planning consistent with climate goals? : assessing future emissions from power plants in Latin America and the Caribbean
Marinkovic, Catalina; Vogt-Schilb, Adrien - 2023
At least ten Latin American and Caribbean countries have pledged to achieve carbon neutrality. Has electricity planning …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014546316
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Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the NOx Budget Program and Ozone Reductions
Deschenes, Olivier; Greenstone, Michael; Shapiro, Joseph S. - 2013
, pharmaceutical expenditures, and mortality rates. Reductions in pharmaceutical purchases and mortality are each valued at $900 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329040
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Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the NOx Budget Program and Ozone Reductions
Deschenes, Olivier; Greenstone, Michael; Shapiro, Joseph S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
, pharmaceutical expenditures, and mortality rates. Reductions in pharmaceutical purchases and mortality are each valued at $900 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207670
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Is Western European agriculture resilient to high temperatures?
Massetti, Emanuele; Van Passel, Steven; Apablaza, Camila - 2018
. The results are robust to alternative model specifications. Adaptation explains why a smooth aggregate response function … is compatible with sharply non-linear crop yield functions. With adaptation, the effect of warming on Western European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011922161
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Does extreme temperature exposure take a toll on mental health? : evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
Chen, Yanran; Sun, Ruochen; Chen, Xi; Qin, Xuezheng - 2023
Long-term exposure to extreme temperatures could threaten individuals' mental health and psychological wellbeing. This study aims to investigate the long-term impact of cumulative exposure to extreme temperature. Differently from existing literature, we define extreme temperature exposure in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250550
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Does extreme temperature exposure take a toll on mental health? : evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
Chen, Yanran; Sun, Ruochen; Chen, Xi; Qin, Xuezheng - 2023
Long-term exposure to extreme temperatures could threaten individuals' mental health and psychological wellbeing. This study aims to investigate the long-term impact of cumulative exposure to extreme temperature. Differently from existing literature, we define extreme temperature exposure in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014285555
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Heat, Humidity, and Infant Mortality in the Developing World
Geruso, Michael - 2018
absence of vital registration systems in many poor countries, which has been a limiting factor in the temperature-mortality … impacts of hot days on infant mortality that are an order of magnitude larger than estimates from rich country studies, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914359
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Looking ahead to COP27 - from climate pledges to action : the Global Methane Pledge - opportunities and risks
Romsom, Etienne; McPhail, Kathryn - 2022
The global energy transition is happening, but too slowly to limit climate change to acceptable levels, for diverse reasons. Carbon emissions policies and measures focus too little on absolute emission targets and too much on relative measures such as carbon intensity. Focus is needed on early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013441637
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Looking ahead to COP27 - from climate pledges to action: The Global Methane Pledge - opportunities and risks
Romsom, Etienne; McPhail, Kathryn - 2022
The global energy transition is happening, but too slowly to limit climate change to acceptable levels, for diverse reasons. Carbon emissions policies and measures focus too little on absolute emission targets and too much on relative measures such as carbon intensity. Focus is needed on early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322618