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Climate change and divorce behavior: Implication for family education

Innovation and Green Development
Extant literature has shown that climate change will affect people's mood and mental health, while the influence of climate change on marriage status is not analyzed. We estimate the effects of different types of climate change on the divorce rate around
Ya-Hui Huang, Yan Ma
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Feeling the heat: Financial crises and their impact on global climate change [PDF]

This interdisciplinary paper uses world-systems analysis as a theoretical framework to argue that both the 1870s, 1930’s economic depressions reduced mean global temperatures.
Giedraitis, Vincentas Rolandas, Girdenas, Sarunas, Rovas, Adomas   +2 more
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DISCOUNTING AND CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY [PDF]

A constant social discount rate cannot reflect both a reasonable opportunity cost of public funds and an ethically defensible concern for generations in the distant future. We use a model of hyperbolic discounting that achieves both goals.
Karp, Larry S., Tsur, Yacov
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Hurricanes and Possible Intensity Increases: Effects on and Reactions from U.S. Agriculture [PDF]

Hurricanes have caused substantial damage in parts of the U.S. Damages are increasing, perhaps as part of a natural cycle or perhaps in part related to global warming. This paper examines the economic damages that hurricanes cause to U.S.
Chen, Chi-Chung, McCarl, Bruce A.
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The effect of fire-induced forest-degradation on rainfall: A causal inference analysis of the case of the Brazilian Amazon

World Development Sustainability
Forest degradation by fires is growing in a fast pace in the Brazilian portion of the Amazonian rainforest, damaging the regional environment and economy.
Thiago F․ Morello R․ Silva
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Does governmental activism affect firm leverage? Evidence from India

Journal of Government and Economics
The study examines the impact of government environmental activism on firm leverage. To this end, we combine firm-level data for 2011–2020 with legislation that classifies firms by their pollution intensity.
Saibal Ghosh
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Was the Paris agreement a turning point? A worldwide stock market analysis

International Review of Economics & Finance
We investigate whether the Paris Agreement represents a turning point in investors’ perception of climate risks by studying the reaction of 47 stock markets to extreme climate events.
Karen Serrano, Ana M. Ibáñez, José E. Farinós   +2 more
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Effects of Forestland Ownership Conversion on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Case of South Korea [PDF]

This research analyzed the effects of forestland conversion from private to public ownership on greenhouse gas emissions by quantifying the relationship between forestland ownership conversion and deforestation, and then examining the effects of the ...
Cho, Seong-Hoon, Kim, Hee Ho, Kim, Seung Gyu, Lee, Daegoon, Roberts, Roland K.   +4 more
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The effects of climate extreme events on selected food crop yields in Sub-Saharan Africa

Heliyon
The agricultural sector is essential for economic growth. However, agricultural performance can be limited by factors such as climatic risks. This paper aims to analyse the effect of climate extreme events on selected food crop yield in sub-Saharan ...
Armand Fréjuis Akpa
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Carbon Markets and Methane Digesters: Potential Implications for the Dairy Sector [PDF]

Anaerobic digesters that capture and burn manure methane can provide a renewable source of energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Paying producers for these emission reductions—either directly or through a carbon offset market—could ...
Key, Nigel D., Sneeringer, Stacy E.
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