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The Paris Agreement recognizes the important role that local level actors play in ensuring climate change adaptation contributes to meeting global temperature goal. As a financial mechanism of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and largest dedicated fund, Green Fund (GCF) is critical achieving this How GCF allocates its resources therefore area research. This article...

Although many think campaign donations buy influence from legislators, scholars have difficulty determining whether and how much influence contributions have in the legislative process. Many studies seek to identify the influence of donors on roll call votes. After considerable debate most scholars have concluded that donors have little influence on these votes. What voting studies cannot detec...

In order to understand the implementation approach of PES, a study was conducted in Sardu Watershed in Sunsari district of Nepal. The ecosystem services considered are drinking water supply, recreational services and support services at the watershed level. The study found that the economic value of water, fodder/forage, pebbles/ boulders, and fuel wood available in the watershed was estimated ...

Matching and Challenge Gifts to Charity: Evidence from Laboratory and Natural Field Experiments This study designs a natural field experiment linked to a controlled laboratory experiment to examine the effectiveness of matching gifts and challenge gifts, two popular strategies used to secure a portion of the $200 billion annually given to charities. We find evidence that challenge gifts positiv...