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In many instances, climate impacts magnify the existing needs of businesses and local populations, and multiply their vulnerabilities. Strategies to reduce vulnerability are therefore increasingly placed within the broader context of social, economic and environmental policies. Within the narrower context of climate policy, co-benefits and co-costs of mitigation and adaptation have begun to inform investment and policy decisions. This paper explores mitigation and adaptation co-benefits and co-costs for a range of investment and policy cases for the coastal state of Maryland, USA.
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Ruth, M. (2011). Managing Regional Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Co-benefits and Co-costs. In: Otto-Zimmermann, K. (eds) Resilient Cities. Local Sustainability, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0785-6_21
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