Economic analysis of climate-proofing investment projects / / Asian Development Bank

• Autore: Laplante Benoît <1960->
• Pubblicazione: Manila, Philippines : , : Asian Development Bank, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (93 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.73874
• Soggetto topico: Climatic changes; Power resources
• Persona (resp. second.): LosennoCinzia G. R (Cinzia Giuseppina Rosa); RufoLoreta S.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Tables, Figures, and Boxes; TABLES; 1 Economic Impact of Climate Change, Climate Proofing, and Residual Damage; 2 Assessment Criteria and Decision Rule; 3 Estimated Costs of Climate Proofing Investment Projects in the Transport Sector; FIGURES; 1 Flowchart for Assessing Climate Risk of Projects; 2 Steps for Climate Risk Management of Investment Projects; 3 How Will Climate Change Impact the Project?; 4 Economic Impact of Climate Change; 5 Impact of Climate Change and of Climate Proofing; 6 Decision Rule; 7 Cost-Benefit Analysis versus Least-Cost Analysis ; 8 From Climate Projections to Net Present Value9 Projected Changes in Temperature and Precipitation; BOXES; 1 On the Use of Economic Analysis in World Bank Projects; 2 Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: A Combined Cycle Power Plant in Viet Nam; 3 Examples of Climate Proofing Investment Projects; 4 Example 1: Computing the Economic Cost of Climate Change; 5 Example 2: Computing the Economic Impact of Climate Proofing; 6 Adaptation and Residual Damage; 7 Example 3: Residual Damage; 8 Cost of Climate Change, Benefits of Climate Proofing, and Residual Damages in Europe ; 9 Example 4: Accounting for Ancillary Benefits of Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Climate Proofing10 Example 5: Ancillary Benefits and Project Lifetime; 11 Net Present Value versus Benefit-Cost Ratio; 12 Central Mekong Delta Connectivity Project; 13 Investing in a Hydropower Project: Climate Change and Monte Carlo Simulation; 14 Example 6: Optimal Timing of Implementation of a Climate-Proofing Measure; 15 Real Option; 16 Robust Adaptation to Climate Change; Abbreviations; Foreword; Executive Summary; Introduction; A Commitment to Climate Change; Asian Development Bank Response ; Scope of the ReportDefining "Climate Proofing"; Target Audience; Structure of the Report; Part A: Setting the Stage: The Role of Economic Analysis and the Impacts of Climate Change; The Role of Economic Analysis; What Economic Analysis Is; What Economic Analysis Is Not; Conducting a Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment of Investment Projects; Climate Proofing Investment Projects; Part B: Economic Analysis of Climate Proofing Investment Projects: Overall Concepts and Principles; Cost of Climate Change versus Benefits of Climate Proofing; Cost of Climate Change at Project Level ; Benefits of Climate ProofingResidual Damage; Ancillary Benefits and Ecosystem-Based Climate-Proofing Measures; Maladaptation; Time Horizon; Economic (Social) Discount Rate; Decision Rule; Least-Cost Analysis; Part C: Economic Analysis and Decision Making with Uncertain Climate Change; Sensitivity Analysis; Probabilistic (or Quantitative) Risk Analysis; Scenario Analysis; Real Option Analysis; Robust Adaptation to Climate Change; Economic Analysis Guiding Decision Making; Conclusions; References; Appendix 1 Time Horizons in Economic Analysis of ADB-Financed Projects ; Appendix 2 On the Discount Rate
• Titolo autorizzato: Economic analysis of climate-proofing investment projects
• ISBN: 92-9257-078-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826733803321
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