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The economics of climate-resilient development
Fankhauser, Samuel (contributor);  … - 2016
options / P. Watkiss and A. Hunt -- Part II actions -- 7. Adaptation experience and prioritisation / P. Watkiss -- 8. Climate … integrated look at the twin challenges of climate change and development. The book treats adaptation to climate change as an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419875
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The globalization of industry and innovation in Eastern Europe : from post-socialist restructuring to international competitiveness
Hirschhausen, Christian von (ed.); Bitzer, Jürgen (ed.) - 2000
In this important book, industrial and enterprise reform over the last decade in Eastern Europe is critically reviewed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473894
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The Elgar companion to the Asian development bank
Quibria, Muhammad G. (ed.); Akanda, Albab (ed.) - 2024
"Providing an authoritative yet accessible introduction to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), this comprehensive Companion offers a detailed examination of the ADB's objectives, policies, development outcomes, strengths and weaknesses, areas for reform, and challenges going forward. M.G. Quibria...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512168
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Trends in climate change legislation
Averchenkova, Alina (contributor);  … - 2017
Contents: 1. Introduction / A. Averchenkova, S. Fankhauser and M. Nachmany -- Part I -- How climate change legislation comes about -- 2. The national and international drivers of climate change legislation / A. Clare, S. Fankhauser and C. Gennaioli -- 3. Climate change legislation and policy in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419960
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Climate and trade policy : bottom-up approaches towards global agreement
Carraro, Carlo (ed.); Egenhofer, Christian (ed.) - 2007
differentiated integration in Europe / Noriko Fujiwara and Christian Egenhofer -- Trade, the environment and climate change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420021
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850591
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Sustainable development indicators in ecological economics
Lawn, Philip A. (contributor) - 2006
Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, national governments have introduced a range of policy measures designed to steer their economies along a more sustainable path. Yet how are we to know how successful these have been? This significant new book discusses the ways in which sustainable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850668
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Climate change and agriculture : an economic analysis of global impacts, adaptation and distributional effects
Mendelsohn, Robert O.; Dinar, Ariel - 2009
policy debate concerning income distributional effects such as abatement, adaptation, and equity … climate change on agriculture -- 4. The Ricardian method -- 5. Modeling adaptation to climate change -- 6. Structural … Ricardian models -- 7. Ricardian analyses of aggregate data -- 8. Ricardian models of individual farms -- 9. Adaptation studies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850683
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Sustainable forest management and global climate change : selected case studies from the Americas
Dore, M. H. I. (contributor); Guevara, Rubén (contributor) - 2000
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change recognises that, in the formulation of a global strategy for reducing global emissions of carbon (the main factor in global warming) forests could play an important role. This book highlights that role and demonstrates how the forests of the world...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850766
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850790