Moving to Greenland in the face of global warming

Moving to Greenland in the face of global warming / Klaus Desmet & Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Vox, 16 January 2013 http://www.voxeu.org/article/moving-greenland-face-global-warming There are two ways to deal with climate change: mitigation and adaptation. This column argues that in order to adapt,...

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Main Author: Danièle Revel
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Published: Veille énergie climat 2013
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Online Access:http://energieclimat.hypotheses.org/13418
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Summary:Moving to Greenland in the face of global warming / Klaus Desmet & Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Vox, 16 January 2013 http://www.voxeu.org/article/moving-greenland-face-global-warming There are two ways to deal with climate change: mitigation and adaptation. This column argues that in order to adapt, we need to take another look at an age-old coping mechanism: migration. Indeed, if overall hotter temperatures lower productivity in hot regions but raise productivity in what are currently cooler reg.