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Adaptation to Climate Change and Food Security: Micro-evidence from Malawi
Asfaw, Solomon; McCarty, Nancy; Lipper, Leslie; Arslan, … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
This paper assesses factors governing farmers’ decision to adopt adaptation/risk-mitigating strategies and evaluates the impact of adoption on crop productivity by utilizing household level data collected in 2011 from a nationally representative sample of 7842 households (11208 plots) in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207504
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Shocks, livestock assets and climate change adaptation in Kenya
Ngigi, Marther W.; Birner, Regina - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
The study assesses the impact of shocks on livestock and the role of adaptation to climate change in protecting assets from weather shocks. Data collection relied on a mixed-method approach, including household surveys and participatory rural appraisals (PRAs) in each site. The study uses panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207510
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Dark Clouds or Silver Linings? Knightian Uncertainty and Climate Change
Funke, Michael; Chen, Yu-Fu; Glanemann, Nicole - Institut für Makroökonomie und Wirtschaftspolitik, … - 2011
This paper examines the impact of Knightian uncertainty upon optimal climate policy through the prism of a continuous-time real option modelling framework. We analytically determine optimal intertemporal climate policies under ambiguity. Additionally, numerical simulations are provided to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010559460
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Public International Finance and Coal Fired Power: An Overview and Analysis 1994-2009, with a Spring, 2011 Update and Postscript
Rich, Bruce - In: RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA' 2011/2 (2011) 2, pp. 119-163
The World Bank and other international public financial institutions are continuing an eighteen year trend of … supporting coal-fired power plant construction throughout the developing world and economies in transition. By financing this new … against global warming and setting back longer term efforts to alleviate poverty in the world's poorest countries. From 1994 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010560587
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Economywide impacts of climate change on agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Calzadilla, Alvaro; Zhu, Tingju; Rehdanz, Katrin; Tol, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
livelihoods, but-unlike in other regions of the world-agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by very low yields due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561565
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Are soil and water conservation technologies a buffer against production risk in the face of climate change?:
Kato, Edward; Ringler, Claudia; Yesuf, Mahmud; Bryan, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
The agricultural sector in developing countries is particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. Given Ethiopia's dependence on agriculture and natural resources, any adverse agricultural effects will pose serious risks to economic growth and livelihoods across the country....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561566
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Climate Change Impacts on Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from Comprehensive Climate Change Modeling
Ringler, Claudia; Zhu, Tingju; Cai, Ximing; Koo, Jawoo; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
According to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, warming in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expected to be greater than the global average, and rainfall will decline in certain areas. Global circulation models (GCMs), which provide an understanding of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561568
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Assessing Household Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of Farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia
Deressa, Temesgen; Hassan, Rashid M.; Ringler, Claudia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
Ethiopia remains one of the least-developed countries in the world: 50 percent of the population lives in abject …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561569
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Institutional adaptability to redress electricity infrastructure vulnerability due to climate change
Foster, John; Bell, William Paul; Froome, Craig; Wild, Phil - Energy Economics and Management Group, School of Economics - 2012
The objectives of this project are to examine the adaptive capacity of existing institutional arrangements in the National Electricity Market (NEM) to existing and predicted climate change conditions. Specifically the project aims to: 1. identify climate change adaptation issues in the NEM; 1....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561843
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Institutional adaptability to redress electricity infrastructure vulnerability due to climate change: A non-technical summary for policy makers
Foster, John; Bell, William Paul; Froome, Craig; Wild, Phil - Energy Economics and Management Group, School of Economics - 2012
The objectives of this project are to examine the adaptive capacity of existing institutional arrangements in the National Electricity Market (NEM) to existing and predicted climate change conditions. Specifically the project aims to: 1. identify climate change adaptation issues in the NEM; 1....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561844