Economic choices in a warming world
A provocative work that urges governments and policymakers to concentrate on existing policies and tools for combating climate change.
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- Full title :Economic choices in a warming world / Christian de Perthuis.
Summary
A provocative work that urges governments and policymakers to concentrate on existing policies and tools for combating climate change.
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- Publication Date:2011.
- Edition:English ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
Notes
Description based upon print version of record.
Project-based mechanisms and carbon markets
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (262 p.)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1107220564, 9781107220560, 1139209574, 9781139209571, 1280879033, 9781280879036, 1139222449, 9781139222440, 9786613720344, 6613720348, 0511753616, 9780511753619, 1139217631, 9781139217637, 1139224158, 9781139224154, 1139214551, 9781139214551, 1139220721, 9781139220729
- oclc:on1162262016
- LC Classification:QC981.8.G56
- Dewey Decimal:363.738/74
Table of Contents
Cover; ECONOMIC CHOICES IN A WARMING WORLD; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION: Manaus opera house; ONE: Climate risk; The Earth and its climate moods; On the track of past climates; The components of the climate system; Trapped heat; Small, but powerful; The tap and bath problem; Climates of the future; What climate do we need to adapt to?; Can geoengineering change the situation?; Taking account of uncertainty; Should we believe the IPCC (or the climate sceptics)?; Our responsibility in the face of climate risk
TWO: Some like it hot: adaptation to climate changeWinners and losers; How can the global impacts be assessed?; Spontaneous adaptations in the face of climate risk; The role of adaptation policies; Disseminating information at a regional level; Infrastructure choices: beware of Maginot Lines!; Cities and climate risk; The issue of agricultural adaptation in the global South; Strengthening and rethinking development aid; Choosing to adapt in advance; THREE: Building a low-carbon energy future; The human sources of greenhouse gas emissions; Changes in the energy sector; Energy insecurity
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