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Ruth, Matthias (ed.); Ibarrarán, María Eugenia (ed.) - 2009

Climate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk. Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back development, destroy livelihoods, and increase disparity...

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Economic modelling of climate change and energy policies

Miguel, Carlos de (ed.); Labandeira Villot, Xavier (ed.); … - Atlantic Workshop on Energy and Environmental Economics - 2006

Climate change and energy consumption are at the forefront of current environmental debate. Whilst energy is essential to the functioning and survival of our societies, the environmental impact that energy consumption is having, particularly on climate change, is a growing concern and the design...

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International handbook on the economics of energy

Evans, Joanne (contributor); Hunt, Lester C. (contributor) - 2009

, empirical modelling of energy demand, holistic energy models, an analysis of coal, gas, electricity, oil and the 'markets …. Natural gas and electricity markets / W.D. Walls -- 21. Incentive regulation of energy networks / Thomas Weyman-Jones -- 22 … Getachew -- 24. Mechanisms for the optimal expansion of electricity transmission networks / Juan Rosellón -- 25. Efficiency …

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Carbon sinks and climate change : forests in the fight against global warming

Hunt, Colin - 2009

"Reforestation and avoiding deforestation are methods of harnessing nature to tackle global warming - the greatest challenge facing humankind. In this book, Colin Hunt deals comprehensively with the present and future role of forests in climate change policy and practice. The author provides...

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Climate and trade policy : bottom-up approaches towards global agreement

Carraro, Carlo (ed.); Egenhofer, Christian (ed.) - 2007

Bottom-up approaches towards a global climate agreement : an overview -- Carlo Carraro, Christian Egenhofer and Noriko Fujiwara -- Regional and subglobal climate blocs : a cost-benefit analysis of bottom-up climate regimes / Barbara Buchner and Carlo Carraro -- Do regional integration approaches...

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Global warming and the American economy : a regional assessment of climate change impacts

Mendelsohn, Robert O. (ed.) - 2001

The impact of climate change on seven regions of the United States is studied in this new and accessible collection. The study examines how the different regions of the United States may be affected by climate change. In particular, the study explores whether warming would be beneficial to the...

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Controlling global warming : perspectives from economics, game theory and public choice

Böhringer, Christoph (ed.); Vogt, Carsten (ed.); … - 2002

In this exhaustive study, the authors break new ground by integrating cutting edge insights on global warming from three different perspectives: game theory, cost-effectiveness analysis and public choice. For each perspective the authors provide an overview of important results, discuss the...

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Environmental taxation in China and Asia-Pacific : achieving environmental sustainability through fiscal policy

Kreiser, Lawrence A. (contributor) - 2011

Environmental Taxation in China and Asia-Pacific contains an integrated set of detailed chapters providing insights and analysis on how fiscal policy can be used to achieve environmental sustainability. Highly topical chapters include energy tax policy in China, environmental fiscal reform,...

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Climate change and sustainable development : new challenges for poverty reduction

Opschoor, Johannes Baptist (contributor); … - 2009

This unique book provides cutting-edge knowledge and analyses of the consequences that climate change will have for sustainable development and poverty reduction within the context of global development

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Modelling sustainable development : transitions to a sustainable future

Gerlagh, Reyer (contributor); Schleicher, Stefan (contributor) - 2009

This insightful book explores the issue of sustainable development in its more operative and applied sense. Although a great deal of research has addressed potential interpretations and definitions of sustainable development, much of this work is too abstract to offer policy-makers and...

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