An introduction to climate change economics and policy
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Felix FitzRoy; Elissaios Papyrakis
- ناشر : London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
- شابک / ISBN : 9781849774383
Description
Introduction -- Basic science of climate change -- Prospects for agriculture -- Economic growth, well-being and happiness -- Development in a changing climate -- Ethics and climate change -- Kyoto and other international environmental agreements -- Incentives for mitigation : carbon taxes and emissions trading -- The costs of climate change and the benefits of mitigation -- From economic crisis to mobilization for mitigation.
Interest in climate change has generated a mountain of literature leaving many floundering in the sheer flood of information, commentary, claims and initiatives. This book explains the key economic and policy issues related to climate change in simple language and with a few statistics.
