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9780415287241

The Economics of Climate Change

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415287241

  • ISBN10:

    0415287243

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-07-06
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

It is a truth almost universally acknowledged that the impact of climate change is one of the most significant challenges facing the world today. Mitigating this impact will require profound changes in many economic, business, political and industrial spheres. This book provides a sound analytical assessment of the key issues at the heart of the economics of climate change such as: * The economics of the Kyoto Protocol *Cost-Benefit Analysis and Climate Change * Developing Countries and Climate Change With contributions from recognized authorities in their disciplines, this readable salient book will be appreciated by academics with an interest in environmental economics, climate change and energy economics. The book will also appeal to environmental consultants as well as policy-makers.

Table of Contents

List of figures vii
List of tables ix
List of boxes xi
Acknowledgements xii
List of contributors xiii
List of abbreviations xvii
1 Introduction
1(5)
ANTHONY D. OWEN AND NICK HANLEY
2 Global warming: scientific modelling and its relationship to the economic dimensions of policy
6(29)
IAN MOFFATT
3 From negotiation to implementation: the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol
35(22)
JOANNA DEPLEDGE
4 Climate protection: what insight can economics offer?
57(15)
JASON SHOGREN
5 The economics of the Kyoto Protocol
72(43)
MICHAEL. GRUBB
6 The role of economic instruments
115(32)
FANNY MISSFELDT AND JOCHEN FIAUFF
7 Cost-Benefit Analysis and climate change
147(19)
NICK HANLEY AND DUGALD TINCH
8 Economic modelling of global climate change
166(27)
WARWICK J. McKIBBIN AND PETER J. WILCOXEN
9 The role of energy prices in global climate change
193(21)
BRIAN S. FISHER AND MIKE D. HINCHY
10 Project-based mechanisms: baselines, additionality and monitoring 214(25)
JANE ELLIS
11 Developing countries and climate change 239(20)
ANIL MARKANDYA AND KIRSTEN HALSNAES
12 The transition to renewable energy 259(31)
ANTHONY D. OWEN
Index 290

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