Economic Structural Change as an Option for Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change

Economic Structural Change as an Option for Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change

Improving the resilience of the economy in the face of uncertain climate change damages involves irreversible investments to scale up new technologies that are less vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The benefit of having such options inc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Golub, Alexander, Toman, Michael
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
TECHNOLOGY
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
GREENHOUSE
CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGES
UNCERTAINTIES
CONSUMPTION
CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS
LEAD
ECONOMIC GROWTH
COMPUTING
DOMESTIC CARBON
CLIMATE-CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COST OF PRODUCTION
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
SCIENCE
CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
BASIC
CARBON
VALUE
RESOURCE ECONOMICS
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
VARIABLE COST
CLIMATE
DISCOUNT FACTOR
DISCOUNT RATE
INFORMATION
UTILITY FUNCTION
IRREVERSIBLE CLIMATE CHANGE
EMISSIONS
INCENTIVES
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
CLIMATE RISKS
GHGS
GAS
PROJECTS
DAMAGES
MARKET
FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
PLANNING
CODES
POLICY
ENERGY PRODUCTION
GREENHOUSE GAS
COMPONENTS
ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE
EVOLUTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
KNOWLEDGE
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY
PRESENT VALUE
EARLIER INVESTMENT
EMISSIONS CONSTRAINTS
CLIMATE DAMAGE
SIMULATION
INVESTMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
ENERGY ECONOMICS
CAPACITY
GHG
CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE
GLOBAL WARMING
CLIMATE INVESTMENT
FUTURE CONSUMPTION
INVESTMENTS
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
SEA LEVEL RISE
NEW TECHNOLOGY
LEARNING
RESEARCH
CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGE
TECHNOLOGIES
PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH
GAS EMISSIONS
CAPITAL STOCKS
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSES
CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS
EXTREME CLIMATE CHANGE
BENEFITS
CARBON EMISSIONS
ENERGY
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26218888/economic-structural-change-option-mitigating-impacts-climate-change
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24211

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26218888/economic-structural-change-option-mitigating-impacts-climate-change
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24211

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