Plan or React? Analysis of Adaptation Costs and Benefits Using Integrated Assessment Models

Financing for adaptation is a core element in the ongoing international negotiations on climate change. This has motivated a number of recent global estimates of adaptation costs. While important from an agenda setting perspective, many of these estimates nevertheless have a number of limitations. T...

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Main Author: Agrawala, Shardul
Other Authors: Bosello, Francesco, Carraro, Carlo, de Bruin, Kelly
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2010
Series:OECD Environment Working Papers
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