Climate adaptation
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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?
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Climate Adaptation
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Climate change and Indian agriculture
Climate change could reduce farm incomes by 15-18%, and by as much as 20-25% in un-irrigated areas