This open access book analyzes and seeks to consolidate the use of robust quantitative tools and qualitative methods for the design and assessment of energy and climate policies. In particular, it examines energy and climate policy performance and associated risks, as well as public acceptance...

Foreword -- Part I Theoretical Framework of Climate Change Economics -- Chapter 1. Complexity of Climate Change as a Subject in Economics -- Chapter 2. A Critique of Conventional Economic Approaches to Climate Change -- Chapter 3. Climate as a Factor of Productivity -- Chapter 4. A Welfare...

Chapter 1. The Impact of Tourism and Renewable Energy Use over Economic Growth in Top 10 Tourism Destinations -- Chapter 2. The Possible Influence of the Tourism Sector on Climate Change in The US. Chapter 3. Tourism Sector and Environmental Quality: Evidence from Top 20 Tourist Destinations --...

1. CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Activities and Impact on Firm Value: The Case of Technology Company Group -- 2. Financial determinants of development in the process of gmina management in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland -- 3. Objective assumptions for the Monte Carlo simulation when...

Introduction -- A Market Approach -- Global Development and Climate Change: A Game Theory Approach -- On the Edge of Climate Change: In a Search of an Adequate Agent-Based Methodology to Model Environmental Dynamics -- Greenhouse Gas, Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Economic Growth: Empirical...

Part 1. Background to the Climate Problem -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Climate Challenge and its Consequences -- 3. Climate Protection Problems and Options for Action -- 4. Global Warming Perspectives -- 5. Perspectives on the Climate Debate and International Economic Aspects -- 6. The Wrong...

Expectations for Carbon Pricing in Japan in the Global Climate Policy Context -- Climate policy in the commercial sector: A survey of commercial buildings in Japan -- Climate Policy in Household Sector -- Climate Policy in Transportation Sector: Role of Carbon Pricing.

Chapter 1. All Value Chains Begin Upstream -- Chapter 2. The Gas-Power Nexus -- Chapter 3. Petrochemicals: An Industrial Renaissance? -- Chapter 4. LNG in the Global Context -- Chapter 5.Natural Gas Worldwide: Where Are the Markets, Where Are They Heading? -- Chapter 6. Building Sustainable...

Part I: Global Perspectives -- Chapter 1. Sustainability and a Planetary Diet -- Chapter 2. Climate and Food -- Chapter 3. Food and Environmental Emergency -- Chapter 4. Reducing Food Waste and Packaging -- Part II: Industry and Marketing Perspectives -- Chapter 5. Circular Agriculture --...