decision making – Francisco Alpízar

High discount rates by private actors undermine climate change adaptation policies

Climate Risk Management. (2023) Alpizar, F., M. Bernedo, R. Cremades and P. Ferraro. Abstract Adaptation requires investing now to avoid future damages, and thus adaptation is shaped by discount rates. Although the role of social discount rates in climate policy design has been well documented, the role of private discount rates has been ignored. We illustrate theContinueContinue reading “High discount rates by private actors undermine climate change adaptation policies”

Targeted Scenario Analysis: A new approach to capturing and presenting ecosystem service values for decision making

UNDP (2015) Francisco Alpizar and Andrew Bovarnick – Editor: Amy Sweeting Abstract This guidebook provides a step-by-step introduction to Targeted Scenario Analysis (TSA), an innovative analytical approach, developed by UNDP that captures and presents the value of ecosystem services within decision making, to help make the business case for sustainable policy and investment choices.Through TSA,ContinueContinue reading “Targeted Scenario Analysis: A new approach to capturing and presenting ecosystem service values for decision making”