Economic choices in a warming world /
"Since the publication of the Stern Review, economists have started to ask more normative questions about climate change. Should we act now or tomorrow? What is the best theoretical carbon price to reach long-term abatement targets? How do we discount the long-term costs and benefits of climate...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English French |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Edition: | English ed. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Manaus opera house
- Climate risk
- Some like it hot: adaptation to climate change
- Building a low-carbon energy future
- Pricing carbon: the economics of cap-and-trade
- Intensifying agricultural to safeguard forests
- The price of carbon: the economics of projects
- Macroeconomic impacts: sharing carbon rent
- International climate change negotiations
- Conclusion: both action and inaction entail risks
- Appendix 1. Thirty key readings
- Appendix 2. Thirty key sets of figures
- Appendix 3. Greenhouse gas emissions in the world.
