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Feb 2013
Economic Impacts of Climate Change in the Southern Mediterranean
Author: Francesco Bosello, Fabio Eboli
Publisher:
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
This report analyzes the potential economic impacts of climate change on 11 southern and eastern Mediterranean countries, in terms of the effects of changes on the coastal ecosystem and on agriculture.
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Feb 2013
Reduced Work Hours as a Means of Slowing Climate Change
Author: David Rosnick
Publisher:
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
This article analyzes how a gradual reduction in working hours in the United States could reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Feb 2013
The Rich, the Clean, and the Kind
Author: Jonas Dovern, Martin Quaas, Wilfried Rickels
Publisher:
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
This paper develops a comprehensive wealth index for cities that measures their endowment with environmental, energy, social, human, and economic capital stocks.
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Feb 2013
Adaptation to Climate Change in the Southern Mediterranean
Author: Daniel Osberghaus, Claudio Baccianti
Publisher:
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Adaptation to climate change in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries is particularly relevant because of the strong expected effects on the region and the sensitivity of important sectors like agriculture and tourism to climate change.
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Feb 2013
Germany’s Private Climate Finance Support
Author: Shelagh Whitley, Rohan Mohanty
Publisher:
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
During the 2009 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen developed nations committed to the mobilization of long term climate finance from public and private sources.
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Feb 2013
The Reform of China's Energy Policies
Author: Joachim Betz
Publisher:
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
This paper analyzes the factors behind China's energy reforms, which focus on saving and conserving energy, developing renewable sources and nuclear power.
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