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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Chambwera, Muyeye; Muller, Benito |
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Date:
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2008 |
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Agency:
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International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London |
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Series:
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IIED Briefing |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6123
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Sector:
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General & Multiple Resources |
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Subject(s):
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poverty
climate change
adaptation
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Abstract:
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"For the world’s poorest countries and communities, adaptation to climate change is urgently needed, but costly: estimates run into tens of billions of dollars a year. Given the shortfall in current international adaptation funding, how can resources for the developing world be raised? An adaptation levy on international air travel could help fill the gap. A small per-trip payment by passengers could contribute US$8 billion to US$10 billion a year towards adaptation. Similar schemes in France and elsewhere show that this kind of ethical solidarity and 'polluter pays' approach would be simple to implement in practical and institutional terms."
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