CCRIF’s Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) Initiative Study
... total climate risk, i.e., the total future risk that could arise from adding the effects of climate change and economic growth to the current risk level An assessment of adaptation measures that could be taken, including an analysis of the expected costs and benefits of risk mitigation and transfer ...
... total climate risk, i.e., the total future risk that could arise from adding the effects of climate change and economic growth to the current risk level An assessment of adaptation measures that could be taken, including an analysis of the expected costs and benefits of risk mitigation and transfer ...
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... choosing the investments path, given a production function for the final good, a budget constrain and kinetic equations for capital accumulation. WITCH can simulate all degrees of cooperation among the 12 macro-regions in which world countries are aggregated. The model can run in a cooperative mode ...
... choosing the investments path, given a production function for the final good, a budget constrain and kinetic equations for capital accumulation. WITCH can simulate all degrees of cooperation among the 12 macro-regions in which world countries are aggregated. The model can run in a cooperative mode ...
Factors Affecting Climate Change Mitigation Policy
... factors in its outcome. Since there are hundreds of different theories about how elites affect the political opinions of citizens, I simply describe the general form by saying that some form of elite communication is hypothesized to affect a specific aspect of individual opinion. This hypothesis can ...
... factors in its outcome. Since there are hundreds of different theories about how elites affect the political opinions of citizens, I simply describe the general form by saying that some form of elite communication is hypothesized to affect a specific aspect of individual opinion. This hypothesis can ...
Slide 1
... Integration of climate change into poverty reduction strategies and programmes More resources of about €200 million under the intraACP programme in the area of climate change, the environment and disaster risk prevention, will be made available Territorial Approach to Climate Change - Phase 1 ...
... Integration of climate change into poverty reduction strategies and programmes More resources of about €200 million under the intraACP programme in the area of climate change, the environment and disaster risk prevention, will be made available Territorial Approach to Climate Change - Phase 1 ...
Carbon prices for the next thousand years
... The relevance of time-declining pure discounting for climate policy evaluations has been recognized before. Nordhaus (1999) and Mastrandrea and Schneider (2001) include hyperbolic discounting in an integrated-assessment model assuming that the current decision makers can choose also the future polic ...
... The relevance of time-declining pure discounting for climate policy evaluations has been recognized before. Nordhaus (1999) and Mastrandrea and Schneider (2001) include hyperbolic discounting in an integrated-assessment model assuming that the current decision makers can choose also the future polic ...
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... In a recent contribution, Dietz and Stern (2015) pointed out that ”it is important to stress that the science of climate change was running years ahead of the economics (something that arguably remains the case today in understanding the impacts of climate change).” A well-established fact in the sc ...
... In a recent contribution, Dietz and Stern (2015) pointed out that ”it is important to stress that the science of climate change was running years ahead of the economics (something that arguably remains the case today in understanding the impacts of climate change).” A well-established fact in the sc ...
... then the yields of each crop can be raised sufficiently to warrant investment in adaptation to climate change. The analysis of the health sector demonstrates the potential for climate change to add a substantial burden to the future health systems in Jamaica, something that that will only compound t ...
Public!Intellectuals
... The second group, Smart Growth Reformers, agree that limits to growth should be respected, but assume that environmental limits can be stretched if the right market-‐based mechanisms are implemented, enabling ...
... The second group, Smart Growth Reformers, agree that limits to growth should be respected, but assume that environmental limits can be stretched if the right market-‐based mechanisms are implemented, enabling ...
Coupled Climate–Economy–Biosphere (CoCEB) model – Part 1
... Various climate change mitigation measures have been considered heretofore. Still, many IAMs in the contribution of Working Group 3 to the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC (Clarke et al., 2014) treat abatement costs merely as an unproductive loss of income (Edenhofer et al., 2015; Stoknes, 2015, ...
... Various climate change mitigation measures have been considered heretofore. Still, many IAMs in the contribution of Working Group 3 to the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC (Clarke et al., 2014) treat abatement costs merely as an unproductive loss of income (Edenhofer et al., 2015; Stoknes, 2015, ...
The Economic Effects of Climate Change
... no more unknown unknowns, or at least no sizeable ones. But my belief here may suffer from overconfidence. In a survey article I co-authored more than a decade ago on the social costs of climate change, we suggested that all aspects of the problem were roughly known, and that research would be compl ...
... no more unknown unknowns, or at least no sizeable ones. But my belief here may suffer from overconfidence. In a survey article I co-authored more than a decade ago on the social costs of climate change, we suggested that all aspects of the problem were roughly known, and that research would be compl ...
Scientific uncertainty and climate change: Part I. Uncertainty
... Extant climate sensitivity distributions are asymmetric: they are thought to have a “fat” upper tail and a comparatively abruptly truncated lower tail. Thus, the area of the distribution below its mean is more sharply bounded than the area above: values of climate sensitivity far above the central l ...
... Extant climate sensitivity distributions are asymmetric: they are thought to have a “fat” upper tail and a comparatively abruptly truncated lower tail. Thus, the area of the distribution below its mean is more sharply bounded than the area above: values of climate sensitivity far above the central l ...
american meteorological society
... This is a preliminary PDF of the author-produced manuscript that has been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication. Since it is being posted so soon after acceptance, it has not yet been copyedited, formatted, or processed by AMS Publications. This preliminary version of the manuscript may be down ...
... This is a preliminary PDF of the author-produced manuscript that has been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication. Since it is being posted so soon after acceptance, it has not yet been copyedited, formatted, or processed by AMS Publications. This preliminary version of the manuscript may be down ...
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... impact for several of the largest categories of damages – and to critique the misleading economic models that offer a more complacent picture of climate costs for the United States. In this report, we begin by highlighting just a few categories of costs, which, if present trends continue, will add ...
... impact for several of the largest categories of damages – and to critique the misleading economic models that offer a more complacent picture of climate costs for the United States. In this report, we begin by highlighting just a few categories of costs, which, if present trends continue, will add ...
Rob Lawlor, The Absurdity of Economists` Sacrifice
... if we want to give people compensation that they will consider adequate, such that they do not feel that they have made a sacrifice, we will have to compensate them according to the WTA value, rather than the WTP value. In other words, we have to compensate them with gains that have a value greater ...
... if we want to give people compensation that they will consider adequate, such that they do not feel that they have made a sacrifice, we will have to compensate them according to the WTA value, rather than the WTP value. In other words, we have to compensate them with gains that have a value greater ...
The National Climate Change Response Policy
... govt, residential, commercial sectors incl: regulations, standards, codes of practice. The Waste Management Flagship Programme - investigating and implementing waste-to-energy opportunities available within the solid-, semi-solid- and liquid-waste management sectors, especially the generation, captu ...
... govt, residential, commercial sectors incl: regulations, standards, codes of practice. The Waste Management Flagship Programme - investigating and implementing waste-to-energy opportunities available within the solid-, semi-solid- and liquid-waste management sectors, especially the generation, captu ...
INCORPORATING CATASTROPHES INTO INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT: SCIENCE, IMPACTS, AND ADAPTATION
... 21st century. Peck and Teisberg (1992) found that the optimal emissions pathway in their Carbon Emissions Trajectory Assessment (CETA) model scarcely diverged from business as usual until the middle of this century, and then did so only if a nonlinear damage function was used. Similarly, Manne et al ...
... 21st century. Peck and Teisberg (1992) found that the optimal emissions pathway in their Carbon Emissions Trajectory Assessment (CETA) model scarcely diverged from business as usual until the middle of this century, and then did so only if a nonlinear damage function was used. Similarly, Manne et al ...
4 Climate change impacts in a context of full
... suited to measure important social phenomena like conflicts, mass migrations, disruption of knowledge, learning and social capital potentially triggered by climate change (Anthoff and Tol, 2013; Stern, 2013). IAMs emphasize impacts on GDP, which even disregarding its deficiency as a welfare measure, ...
... suited to measure important social phenomena like conflicts, mass migrations, disruption of knowledge, learning and social capital potentially triggered by climate change (Anthoff and Tol, 2013; Stern, 2013). IAMs emphasize impacts on GDP, which even disregarding its deficiency as a welfare measure, ...
CLIMAP builds on ongoing and recently completed adaptation
... Calculations show that over the next 50 years damage costs without and with climate change will be US$10 and 16 million, respectively, after applying a discount rate of 3 percent. While the area is already experiencing high damage costs as a result of extreme rainfall events, it is apparent that the ...
... Calculations show that over the next 50 years damage costs without and with climate change will be US$10 and 16 million, respectively, after applying a discount rate of 3 percent. While the area is already experiencing high damage costs as a result of extreme rainfall events, it is apparent that the ...
LWC4.3 - Pittwater Council
... We commit our Council from this date 18 February 2008 to Establish a baseline of Council’s greenhouse gas emissions, based on advice in the LGSA Climate Change Action Pack. Strive to meet or beat the Kyoto protocol targets in our own operations, activities and communities, through a range of act ...
... We commit our Council from this date 18 February 2008 to Establish a baseline of Council’s greenhouse gas emissions, based on advice in the LGSA Climate Change Action Pack. Strive to meet or beat the Kyoto protocol targets in our own operations, activities and communities, through a range of act ...
Request for Expression of Interest Firm - World Bank E
... biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants. Since 1991, the GEF has provided $14.5 billion in grants and mobilized $75.4 billion in additional financing for almost 4,000 projects. The GEF has become an international partne ...
... biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants. Since 1991, the GEF has provided $14.5 billion in grants and mobilized $75.4 billion in additional financing for almost 4,000 projects. The GEF has become an international partne ...
The Cost of Climate Change: What We`ll Pay if
... are responsible for much greater per person greenhouse gas emissions, many of the poorest countries around the world will experience damages that are much larger as a percentage of their national output. For countries that have fewer resources with which to fend off the consequences of climate chang ...
... are responsible for much greater per person greenhouse gas emissions, many of the poorest countries around the world will experience damages that are much larger as a percentage of their national output. For countries that have fewer resources with which to fend off the consequences of climate chang ...
A 2016 National Survey of American Meteorological Society
... Views on climate change: Nearly all AMS members (96%) think climate change – as defined by AMS – is happening, with almost 9 out of 10 (89%) stating that they are either ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ sure it is happening. Only 1% think climate change is not happening, and 3% say they don’t know. A large maj ...
... Views on climate change: Nearly all AMS members (96%) think climate change – as defined by AMS – is happening, with almost 9 out of 10 (89%) stating that they are either ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ sure it is happening. Only 1% think climate change is not happening, and 3% say they don’t know. A large maj ...
a 2016 survey of american meteorological society
... 2016, an invitation to participate was emailed to 2,033 broadcast meteorologists (Study #1), and a separate invitation was emailed to 6,738 AMS members (Study #2). (Note: In Study #2, we received 94 bounced emails for which no alternative email address could be located, resulting in a revised sampli ...
... 2016, an invitation to participate was emailed to 2,033 broadcast meteorologists (Study #1), and a separate invitation was emailed to 6,738 AMS members (Study #2). (Note: In Study #2, we received 94 bounced emails for which no alternative email address could be located, resulting in a revised sampli ...
The economic impact of climate change
... sharp contrast to the urgency of the public debate and the proposed expenditure on greenhouse gas emission reduction. These estimates show that climate change initially improves economic welfare. However, these benefits are sunk. Impacts would be predominantly negative later in the century. Global a ...
... sharp contrast to the urgency of the public debate and the proposed expenditure on greenhouse gas emission reduction. These estimates show that climate change initially improves economic welfare. However, these benefits are sunk. Impacts would be predominantly negative later in the century. Global a ...
Assessing the Social Costs and Benefits of Regulating Carbon
... The temperature of the atmosphere has also increased over the past century. Some of that increase is likely the result of the increase in concentration of GHGs.1 Such an increase in temperatures has various consequences, some of which are likely to be beneficial, others harmful. In the late 1970s, e ...
... The temperature of the atmosphere has also increased over the past century. Some of that increase is likely the result of the increase in concentration of GHGs.1 Such an increase in temperatures has various consequences, some of which are likely to be beneficial, others harmful. In the late 1970s, e ...