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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420021
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Climate change policies : global challenges and future prospects
Cerdá Tena, Emilio (ed.); Labandeira, Xavier (ed.) - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850695
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850833
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851646
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850957
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The politics of climate change negotiations : strategies and variables in prolonged international negotiations
Downie, Christian - 2014
most powerful states in the world. This book will be invaluable to academics and students working in the fields of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851307
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Climate Change and the World Economy
2014
) Real Options: Managing Strategic Investments in an Uncertain World, Harvard Business School Press, Boston MA -- Anda, J., A … indices of climate change exposure, adaptive capacity, sensitivity, and impacts, Background Note to World Development Report … Economics of Discounting in an Uncertain World, Princeton University Press -- Goulder, L. H. and R. C. Williams (2012) The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419770
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Building a climate resilient economy and society : challenges and opportunities
Ninan, Karachepone N. (ed.); Inoue, Makoto (ed.) - 2017
Contents: Foreword / Sir Robert T. Watson -- 1. Introduction -- K.N. Ninan and Makoto Inoue -- Part I: Vulnerability, adaptation and resilience -- 2. The environmental impact of climate change adaptation on land use and water quality / Carlo Fezzi, Amii R. Harwood, Andrew A. Lovett and Ian J....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251809
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Instruments for climate policy : limited versus unlimited flexibility
Albrecht, Johan (contributor) - 2002
Instruments for Climate Policy focuses on economic and political aspects related to the recent proposals and the debate on limits in flexibility, and discusses EU and US perspectives on climate policy instruments and strategies. This is followed by chapters on economic efficiency and the use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851952
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Distributional impacts of climate change and disasters : concepts and cases
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851340