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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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The economics of climate resilience and adaptation
Fankhauser, Samuel (ed.) - 2019
Gusmão, Jochen Hinkel and Richard S.J. Tol (2011), 'Sea-Level Rise and its Possible Impacts Given a "Beyond 4°C World" in the … (2013), 'International Climate Finance and Its Influence on Fairness and Policy', World Economy, 36 (4), April, 419-36. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251860
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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
Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, including both developed and developing economies. It provides...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850683
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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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Handbook on climate change and human security
Redclift, Michael R. (ed.); Grasso, Marco (ed.) - 2013
The Handbook on Climate Change and Human Security is a landmark publication which links the complexities of climate change to the wellbeing and resilience of human populations. It is written in an engaging and accessible way but also conveys the state of the art on both climate change research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850825
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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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Climate law and developing countries : legal and policy challenges for the world economy
Richardson, Benjamin J. (contributor) - 2009
pt. I. Climate justice -- pt. II. Expanding the scope of the climate change legal regimes -- pt. III. The clean development mechanism and mitigation strategies -- pt. IV. Climate policy bridging the north and south
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850875
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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