4 Emission inequality across countries and the contribution of the energy mix and the sectoral 5 composition of a country’s energy use are of central importance to the climate debate. We 6 analyze the evolution of inequality in global CO2 per capita emissions using both historical 7 data on energy-related CO2 emissions and future emission scenarios generated with the 8 integrated assessment mod...

Adopting successful climate change mitigation policies requires the public to choose how to balance the sometimes competing goals of managing CO2 emissions and achieving economic growth. It follows that collective action on climate change depends on members of the public to be knowledgeable of the causes and economic ramifications of climate change. The existing literature, however, shows that ...

BACKGROUND A range of evidence suggests that the dominant culture associated with the economic systems of 'modern' societies has become a major source of pressure on global resources and may precipitate a third revolution in human history, with major implications for health and well-being. OBJECTIVE This paper aims to consider whether there are historical analogies with contemporary circumsta...

the present paper evaluates the effect of investment risk spillover on key economic indicators using a CGE model and the GTAP.9 database have been used for this purpose. Two scenarios of 10% and 3% increase in investment risk are considered in order to investigate the effect of these changes according to a recent trend analysis of economic indicators in Iran and the trend of the Iranian economy...

This paper provides an introduction to climate data sets, climate models, and the output they provide. We identify five major issues related to the use of gridded historical weather products and climate model output: Spatially specific prediction error due to the coarse resolution of climate model output; spatially varying correlations between different weather indicators; differences in cross ...

Energy and carbon intensities of aggregate economic activities, as measured by the gross domestic product, have generally been declining since the onset of industrialization two centuries ago (Grübler and Nakicenovic 1996). This historical tendency can be observed for most countries, and for some throughout the industrialization process during the past two centuries, as will be shown for the Un...

Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures Back Close Full Screen / Esc This discussion paper is/has been under review for the journal Earth System Dynamics (ESD). Please refer to the corresponding final paper in ESD if available. Abstract Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures Back Close Full Screen / Esc Abstract Various studies have shown the importance of Earth System fe...

Tourism can play a decisive role in addressing climate change, as it is one of the world’s largest economic sectors. Chumbe Island Coral Park in Zanzibar, Tanzania, is a leading example of a small eco-tourism enterprise with not-for-profit objectives that is managing and conserving the unique marine and terrestrial ecosystems of Chumbe Island, and both directly and indirectly responding to the ...