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In this chapter both theory and empirics are used to show that our picture of the processes of economic development changes radically when nature is introduced as a capital asset. Particular features of institutions that fashion societies' use of the natural-resource base are identified and...
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financial markets. It also applies to one of the world's largest trading regions. This article examines select investor …
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The climate change impacts on sea level rise and coastal disasters, and the possible adaptation responses have been studied using very different approaches, such as very detailed site-specific engineering studies and global macroeconomic assessments of costal zones vulnerability. This paper...
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Green growth entails several different kinds of processes: conversion to low-carbon energy, climate resilience, and … climate change impacts, as well as of projected needs for green growth programs. The diversity of estimates and present … evidence on the apparent gulf between available public financing and green growth needs are highlighted; and considerations of …
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In order to assess climate mitigation agreements, we propose an iterative procedure linking TIAM-WORLD, a global …
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estimations of potential climate change impacts, as well as of projected needs for green growth programs. The diversity of … estimates and present evidence on the apparent gulf between available public financing and green growth needs are highlighted …; and considerations of implementing green growth, focusing on building climate resilience and responding to climate shocks …
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The present study has two objectives. The first is a review of studies that estimate the global economic impacts of climate change using a systematic research synthesis (SRS). In this review, we attempt to replicate the impact estimates provided by Tol (2009, 2014) and find a large number of...
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Climate change remains one of the major international environmental challenges facing nations. Yet nations have to date taken minimal policies to slow climate change. Moreover, there has been no major improvement in emissions trends as of the latest data. The current study uses the updated DICE...
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Concerns about the impact on large-scale earth systems have taken center stage in the scientific and economic analysis of climate change. The present study analyzes the economic impact of a potential disintegration of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS). The method is to combine a small geophysical...
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is broadly viewed as the world's most legitimate scientific …
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