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Literature Review of Integrated Impact Assessment Models of Climate Change with Emphasis on Damage Functions
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2009-10-13)
We review the literature on the impact assessment models currently used in the climate change debate. From among these we select some relevant models, highlight their important features and identify how climate change ...
The Role of Regions in Climate Change Policy
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2009-10-13)
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing human kind. Urgent policy action is needed. Climate change policies are mainly being discussed at international level by means of the United Nations Conventions and ...
The Costs of Drought: the Exceptional 2007-2008 Case of Barcelona
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2009-11-18)
The drought affecting Catalonia between 2007 and 2008 was the most severe of the last century and serves as a case study for the assessment of the economic costs of such an event. The main focus is the drought affecting ...
Climate Change and Its Socioeconomic Importance
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2009-10-21)
Climate change has played an increasingly key role in recent years and is now one of the leading political priorities worldwide. This article illustrates the scope of the problem, its causes and its impacts, along with the ...
Which policy option can be more cost-effective in promoting the use of energy efficient appliances in Europe? A comparison of energy taxes, subsidies, tax credits and bans.
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2009-07-05)
BC3 Basque Centre for climate change – Klima aldaketa ikergai. The BC3 is a Research Centre based in the Basque Country, which aims at contributing to long term research on the causes and consequences of Climate Change.
What happened during the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen 2009?
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2009-06-05)
This policy briefing summarizes the results of the last United Nations Climate Change summit (COP 15) held in Copenhagen (Denmark) between 7-18 December. The postures taken by the main countries during the summit, the main ...
Linking Reduced Deforestation and a Global Carbon Market: Impacts on Costs, Financial Flows, and Technological Innovation
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2009-10-07)
Discussions of tropical deforestation are currently at the forefront of climate change policy negotiations at national, regional, and international levels. This paper analyzes the effects of linking Reduced Emissions from ...