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Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Conservation: An Economic Perspective

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Implementing Adaptation Strategies by Legal, Economic and Planning Instruments on Climate Change

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Abstract

Even in the unlikely case that the world soon adopts an ambitious policy to mitigate emissions from gases that cause climate change, it is highly likely that there will still be a substantial increase in global temperature (IPCC 2007). This increase will lead to significant changes in climatic conditions which are expected to become a major threat for biodiversity (Sala et al. 2000). According to a study by Thomas et al. (2004) who estimated extinction risks for sample regions that cover some 20 % of the Earth’s terrestrial surface, 15–37 % of species will be committed to extinction by 2050.

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  1. Department of Environmental Economics, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 101344, 03013, Cottbus, Germany

    Frank Wätzold

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  1. Civil and Public Law with Ref. to the Law of Europe and the Environment, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany

    Eike Albrecht

  2. Environmental Planning, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany

    Michael Schmidt

  3. Planning and Innovation Management, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus Senftenberg, Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany

    Magdalena Mißler-Behr

  4. Civil and Publis Law, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany

    Simon P. N. Spyra

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Wätzold, F. (2014). Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Conservation: An Economic Perspective. In: Albrecht, E., Schmidt, M., Mißler-Behr, M., Spyra, S. (eds) Implementing Adaptation Strategies by Legal, Economic and Planning Instruments on Climate Change. Environmental Protection in the European Union, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77614-7_11

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