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Politics and Governance, 2021 External emergency assistance (EEA) provided in the aftermath of a disaster has costs and benefits to the donor and recipient countries. Donors benefit from quick recovery feedback effects from the trade and cultural links, and recipient countries have ...
Sivapuram Venkata Rama Krishna Prabhakar +3 more
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Adaptation strategies: ruminants [PDF]
Animal Frontiers, 2018 Growing populations and reduced access to arable land mean that animal production systems will either need to intensify and/or produce more from a reducing land and other resource base. Variable and unpredictable environmental conditions mean that animal production faces numerous challenges.
Gaughan, JB +3 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2023 Climate change presents a significant challenge to lagoon ecosystems, which are highly valued coastal environments known for their provision of unique ecosystem services.
F. Zennaro +7 more
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Hydrology, 2022 Rising land surface temperature (LST), urban heat island (UHI) effects, and stress on surface-, processed-, potable-, and ground-water resources are some undesirable ecological changes due to rapid urbanization.
Manish Ramaiah, Ram Avtar, Pankaj Kumar
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Partnerships for disaster risk insurance in the EU [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2016 With increasing costs inflicted by natural hazard perils, and amidst state budget cuts, concerns are mounting about the capacity of governments to design sustainable, equitable and affordable risk management schemes.
J. Mysiak +3 more
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Water Policy, 2022 Despite the growing emphasis and global initiatives to ensure safe drinking water and sanitation for all (Sustainable Development Goal 6), households in coastal areas are at risk of growing water stress across the globe.
Md. Nasif Ahsan +5 more
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Business models for climate services: An analysis
Climate Services, 2020 Climate services support mitigation and adaptation to climate change and encourage a science-based and climate-informed policy development. A performing market is vital for supporting uptake of climate services.
Francesca Larosa, Jaroslav Mysiak
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Sunsetting as an Adaptive Strategy [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020 Major financial legislation is invariably enacted in the wake of a financial crisis. However, legislating following a crisis is hazardous because information is scarce regarding causes of the crisis, let alone what would be an appropriate response.
Roberta Romano, Simon A. Levin
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Atmosphere, 2020 This study proposes a climate service named Smart Climate Hydropower Tool (SCHT) and designed as a hybrid forecast system for supporting decision-making in a context of hydropower production.
Arthur H. Essenfelder +8 more
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Flood loss modelling with FLF-IT: a new flood loss function for Italian residential structures [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2017 The damage triggered by different flood events costs the Italian economy millions of euros each year. This cost is likely to increase in the future due to climate variability and economic development.
R. Hasanzadeh Nafari +6 more
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