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The economics of climate change
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2009-11-30)
This paper focuses on several key economic issues relevant to climate change. Given the fact that changes in climate are projections using the best available data, it examines the economic principles of uncertainty and the ...
Climate change affects us in the tropics: local perspectives on ecosystem services and well-being sensitivity in Southeast Brazil
(Springer, 2022-09-01)
Inequalities in benefits from ecosystem services (ES) challenge the achievement of sustainability goals, because they increase the vulnerability of socio-ecological systems to climate hazards. Yet the unequal effects of ...
An assessment of the economic impact of Climate Change on the Macroeconomy in the Caribbean
(ECLAC, 2011-11)
Between 2008 and 2011, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) worked on a project to assess the economic impact of climate change in the Caribbean. The overall aim is to prepare ...
Climate change and One Health
(Oxford University Press, 2018)
The journal The Lancet recently published a countdown on health and climate change. Attention was focused solely on humans. However, animals, including wildlife, livestock and pets, may also be impacted by climate change. ...
Heterogeneous contributions of change inpopulation distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight
(2021)
From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. We investigated ...
Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight
(eLife Sciences Publications, 2021)
From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. We investigated ...
Enhancing adaptive capacity to climate change: The case of smallholder farmers in the Brazilian semi-arid region
(Elsevier B.V., 2010-12-01)
Climate change is one of the main challenges faced by mankind in this century. Although developing countries have little historical responsibility for climate change, they are likely to be most affected by it since they ...
Implications of climate change for semi-arid dualistic agriculture: a case study in Central Chile
(2019)
The nexus between climate change, agriculture, and poverty has become a major topic of concern, especially for dry regions, which represent a large share of the world’s population and ecosystems vulnerable to climate change. ...