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      Local air pollution and global climate change taxes: a distributional analysis 

      García-Muros, Xaquín; Burguillo, Mercedes; González-Eguino, Mikel; Romero-Jordán, Desiderio (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2014-02-17)
      Local air pollution and global climate change are two significant environmental problems which are interrelated. Some recent papers examine them together, but most of the relevant literature has focused either on climate ...
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      Decarbonising urban transportation 

      Spadaro, Joseph V.; Markandya, Anil (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2013-12-13)
      The transportation sector is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for around one-quarter of current annual emissions. Surface transportation (passenger vehicles, buses, rail, and freight ...
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      Modelling the Effect of Climate Change on Environmental Pollution Losses from Dairy Systems in the UK 

      Prado, Agustin del; Shepherd, Anita; Wu, Lianhai; Topp, Cairistiona; Moran, Dominic; Tolkamp, Bert; Chadwick, David (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2009-10-20)
      So far, there has been strong emphasis on studying the impacts of climate change on agriculture in terms of changes in food production; however, there is increasing evidence that agricultural ecosystems (e.g. livestock) ...
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      The economics of hydro-meteorological disasters: approaching the estimation of the total costs 

      Balbi, Stefano; Giupponi, Carlo; Mojtahed, Vahid; Olschewski, Roland (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2013-08-28)
      Hydro-meteorological disasters have caused increasing losses in recent years. Efficient risk reduction policies require accurate assessment approaches, with careful consideration of costs, beyond direct tangible costs, ...