Climate adaptation
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Climate Adaptation
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Financing climate adaptation: What works, what doesn’t, and can carbon credits help to bridge the gap?
The first episode of Development Dialogues, our new series with Yale's Economic Growth Center, explores how climate finance can reach those who need it most.
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Emergency loans promote climate change adaptation and can be profitable for microfinance institutions
Evidence from a large-scale trial in Bangladesh shows that improving credit access in rural areas helped farmers adapt to flood risks without negative spillovers, and was profitable for microfinance institutions.
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Adaptation on the frontline of climate change
How are communities adapting to climate change? What can policymakers do to help them?
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How do rural households in China adapt to extreme heat?
Cash savings and buffer stocks play a critical role in aiding rural households to cope with production losses caused by extreme heat
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Do ultra-poor graduation programmes build resilience against droughts? Evidence from rural Ethiopia
A relatively light-tough graduation model serves to buffer households - and women in particular - from the adverse effects of drought in Ethiopia
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Irrigation plays a pivotal role in agricultural adaptation to climate change
An irrigation expansion project in China serves as solid evidence for effective climate change adaptation
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Finance and climate resilience
Broadening access to finance can enable communities to adapt to large adverse climatic shocks and reduce emigration
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Environmental economics and policy in low- and middle-income countries
What can policymakers in low- and middle-income countries learn from environmental economics?