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An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in the Caribbean

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  • Alleyne, Dillon
  • Gomes, Charmaine
  • Martín, Ramón
  • Phillips, Willard

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The present report assesses the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. In the study, the Artificial Neural Network methodology was employed to model the relationship between climate change and energy demand. The viability of the actions proposed were assessed using cost benefit analyses based on models from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the United States of America.

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  • Alleyne, Dillon & Gomes, Charmaine & Martín, Ramón & Phillips, Willard, 2013. "An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in the Caribbean," Sede Subregional de la CEPAL para el Caribe (Estudios e Investigaciones) 38280, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
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