To Mitigate or to Adapt : Is that the Question? Observations on an Appropriate Response to the Climate Change Challenge to Development Strategies

To Mitigate or to Adapt : Is that the Question? Observations on an Appropriate Response to the Climate Change Challenge to Development Strategies

Climate change is a new and important challenge to development strategies. In light of the current literature a framework for assessing responses to this challenge is provided. The presence of climate change makes it necessary to at least review development strategies—even in apparently nonclimate-s...

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Main Authors: Shalizi, Zmarak, Lecocq, Franck
Format: Journal Article
Published: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
allocation
climate
climate change
climate change impacts
climate damages
climate-change
coal
damages
economic behavior
economic costs
economic growth
emission reduction
emissions
emissions targets
impacts of climate change
lower costs
monetary fund
portfolio
power plants
uncertainties
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4442

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4442

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