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Do Banks in the Middle East and North Africa Region Price Carbon Exposure?
ABSTRACT This study examines whether carbon exposure is incorporated into corporate borrowing costs within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Using a panel of 771 firm‐year observations from publicly listed non‐financial firms between 2016 and 2023, the analysis investigates the relationship between carbon intensity and firms' cost of debt
Yara Ibrahim +2 more
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Drought causes limited productivity of maize: drought tolerant corn hybrid
Due to drought stress, there is a significant amount of loss in corn yield\ud caused by weather changes such as rising temperatures and the decrease of rainfall.
Sidhu, Gaurav
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Renewable Energy, Climate Risk, and the Cost of External Assurance: International Evidence
ABSTRACT Corporate shifts from fossil fuels to renewable energy are central to climate‐transition strategies, but their effects on external assurance have not been well understood. This study examines whether, how and where corporate renewable energy consumption affects the cost of external assurance, proxied by statutory audit fees.
Rashid Zaman +2 more
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Understanding how soil moisture drought transitions into hydrological drought is essential for effective monitoring of water resources and assessing drought risk.
Jie Wang +7 more
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ABSTRACT Biodiversity underpins ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services, yet it continues to decline due to intensive agriculture, pollution, habitat loss and climate change. Although ecolabels are increasingly used to communicate sustainability attributes and influence consumer choices, their role in addressing biodiversity ...
Marzieh Aminravan +4 more
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Firm‐Level Climate Risk and Stock Price Crash: Does Investor Attention or Sentiment Matter?
ABSTRACT This study moves beyond traditional crash‐risk channels focused on managerial bad‐news hoarding to examine how firm‐level climate risk translates into stock price crashes through investor behaviour. Using a novel text‐based measure of climate exposure extracted from earnings call transcripts, we capture firm‐specific regulatory, physical and ...
Hoa Phan +4 more
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Developing context-specific drought regionalization is crucial for targeted risk management, as drought evolves as a cascading hazard driven by complex land–atmosphere interactions rather than isolated climatic anomalies.
Haofang Yan +7 more
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Impact of local drought adaptation measures on groundwater levels and drought propagation
This thesis was submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Master's degree in Hydrology at the Department of Climate Risk, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Van Noord, Marjolein +3 more
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ABSTRACT Rice production sustains food security and rural livelihoods across many low‐income countries but remains highly vulnerable to climate‐related hazards, including floods, droughts, salinity intrusion and heat stress, which reduce yields and threaten the long‐term sustainability of rice production.
Apurbo Sarkar +4 more
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Arizona drought preparedness plan [PDF]
: The Operational Drought Plan, contained herein, is the key component for responding to the current and future drought conditions in Arizona. The Operational Drought Plan recognizes that drought events are natural disasters that touch all sectors of ...
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