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Also of note is the problematic fact that many targets aim for absolute goals

Property rights or redistribution schemes can be cleverly designed to realize a system of incentives which could dramatically lower the costs of mitigation and adaptation policies, especially when these are linked to technological improvements, knowledge,

Three key features shape these chapters and the resulting rankings sufficiently to warrant some general observations for nonspecialist readers. The first is the curse of diminishing returns.

reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

The ultimate question that interests policy makers is how to reduce the climate change vulnerability of socioeconomic systems in the most cost-effective way. This objective can be achieved with both mitigation and adaptation.

we will consider the impacts of CE in three different emission controls environments: no controls (a lack of emissions controls), optimal controls, and limiting temperature change to 2°C.

or almost twice the entire global annual development budget.

Saving the very last person from poverty or hunger is much more expensive than saving each of the first 30, 50, or 80 percent.

These covered the eight key areas of poverty, education, gender equality, child mortality, maternal health, disease, the environment, and global partnership.