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Adaptation to climate change and policy interactions in Brazil's semiarid region [Panel T14-P10 Session 2] [PDF]
, 2019 This paper analyzes the emergence of Brazil's climate adaptation agenda and discusses its divergences regarding the climate mitigation program and the missed goal of the National Adaptation Plan to promote the integration of sectoral agendas ...
Le Coq, Jean-François +3 more
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A global dataset of the cost of capital for renewable energy projects
Scientific DataThe cost of capital (CoC) critically influences the levelized cost of renewable energy and, by extension, the global low-carbon transition. However, reliable and consistent CoC data remain scarce, limiting an appropriate reflection of CoC differences in ...
Bjarne Steffen +4 more
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Climate change as a motivating factor for farm-adjustments: Rethinking the link
Climate Risk Management, 2019 In order to design effective adaptation policies for the agricultural sector, it is important to understand what adjustments farmers actually make in order to cope with climate change.
Yibekal Abebe Tessema +2 more
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Do We Need Gas as a Bridging Fuel? A Case Study of the Electricity System of Switzerland
Energies, 2017 Many future electricity scenarios, including those from the International Energy Agency, use natural gas to bridge the transition to renewables, in particular as a means of balancing intermittent generation from new renewables. Given that such strategies
Paula Díaz +2 more
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Some aspects of European climate policy [PDF]
, 2011 Being heavily energy dependent, it is not much of a surprise that Europe pays special attention to reducing the use of fossil fuels. Each one of the ten new member states is characterized by relatively low per capita energy consumption and relatively low
Kerekes, Sándor, Luda, Szilvia
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Labor Leading on Climate: A Policy Platform to Address Rising Inequality and Rising Sea Levels in New York State [PDF]
, 2017 With the renewed need for state action, this paper presents a case study of a labor-led initiative in New York State that seeks to address both economic inequality and the climate crisis.
Cha, J. Mijin
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Is European climate policy the new CAP? [PDF]
In its third phase (2013-20) the European Union's emissions trading system (ETS) will issue allowances for around two billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent each year. The emission rights are valued at around Â?30-35 billion at current prices, between one-half
Georg Zachmann
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EU climate policy: dividing up the commons [PDF]
Juan Delgado discusses the economic impact of climate change policies. The EU has committed to an ambitious climate change agenda. The challenge facing Europe now is how to meet the targets at a minimum cost and how to allocate the cost in such a way ...
Juan Delgado
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Having risen from relative obscurity as few as ten years ago, climate change now looms large among environmental policy issues. Its scope is global; the potential environmental and economic impacts are ubiquitous; the potential restrictions on human ...
Shogren, Jason, Toman, Michael
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