Climate Change Policies

Global Challenges and Future Prospects

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

Written by leading international experts in the field, this book reveals the various economic effects from climate change policies introduced at national and international levels. They describe actual applications of climate change policies in the main emitting countries. After the Copenhagen climate change summit, it was clear that there was a requirement for a comprehensive analysis of climate change policies - costs and benefits. Climate Change Policies is an eloquent insight into the foundations, design and effects of climate change policies. It includes chapters on public policies and climate change impacts, adaptation, mitigation, effects on competitiveness, new technologies, distributional concerns and the international dimension.With an emphasis on the economic aspects associated with climate change policies, this book will be invaluable for academics and researchers of environment economics and climate change policy. Policymakers, journalists and scientists will also find much to interest them in this enlightening resource.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-11-30
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781849808286

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Edited by Emilio Cerdá Tena, Professor of Economics, Complutense University, Spain and Xavier Labandeira, Professor of Economics, University of Vigo, Spain

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‘. . . this rigorous but accessible book offers valuable lessons from scholars with a wide range of expertise related to the economics of climate change and should be of interest to both researchers and practitioners in search for an overarching compendium about current views on climate change policies.’

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:PreambleTeresa Ribera1. Introduction and Main MessagesEmilio Cerdá and Xavier Labandeira2. The Impact of Climate Change: An Economic PerspectiveMichael HanemannDiscussion: María L. Loureiro3. Issues on the Economics of Adaptation to Climate ChangeJuan C. Ciscar, Daniele Paci and Lucia VerganoDiscussion: Noemi Padrón4. From Utopia to Common Sense: The Climate Mitigation ChallengeOttmar Edenhofer, Brigitte Knopf and Gunnar LudererDiscussion: Xavier Labandeira5. Climate Change Policies and New TechnologiesPablo Del RíoDiscussion: Gregory C. Unruh6. Competitiveness and LeakagePhilippe QuirionDiscussion: Pedro Linares7. Distribution and Climate Change PoliciesCorbett A. Grainger and Charles D. KolstadDiscussion: Alberto Ansuategi8. International Climate Change Negotiations: Lessons from TheoryCarlo Carraro and Emanuele MassettiDiscussion: Emilio Cerdá9. Involving Developing Countries in Global Climate PoliciesAnil MarkandyaDiscussion: Ibon Galarraga10. The Future of the Clean Development MechanismAxel MichaelowaDiscussion: Francisco J. André11A. Copenhagen and Beyond: Reflections on China’s Stance andResponsesZhongXiang Zhang11B. Present and Future of Applied Climate Mitigation Policies: The European Union Antonio Soria and Bert Saveyn11C. Climate Change and US PolicyVicki ArroyoIndex