This book describes the principles of integrated assessment models (IAM) for climate change economics and introduces various computable models for different development mechanisms under climate change governance. The authors present several new models they have constructed based on the RICE...

This is the first book combining research on the Global Environment, Catastrophic Risks and Economic Theory and Policy. Modern economic theory originated in the middle of the twentieth century when industrial expansion coupled with population growth led to a voracious use of natural resources...

DICE-2013R and Other Integrated Assessment Models -- Consumer Sovereignty vs. Intergenerational Equity: An Overview of the Stern-Nordhaus Debate -- Intergenerational Discounting and Overlapping Generations Models -- Intergenerational Discounting in the DICE Model.

This book introduces innovative approaches to pursue climate change adaptation and to support the long-term implementation of climate change policies. Offering new case studies and data, as well as projects and initiatives implemented across the globe, the contributors present new tools,...

This book explores the opportunities and barriers within the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) framework of the Paris Agreement for low-carbon technology diffusion. Further, it proposes appropriate and feasible mechanisms required at local, national and regional levels to...

Introduction -- The Climate Change Negotiations - The Value of Context and Modeled Experience -- Understanding the Conflictual Relations in the Global Climate Talks -- Strategic Facilitation of Global Climate Negotiations - Opportunities and Intervention -- Conclusion.

Vulnerabilität des Tourismus gegenüber dem Klimawandel -- Aufbereitung von tourismusrelevanten Klimadaten -- Anpassungserfordernisse und –initiativen im Tourismus -- Beitrag des Tourismus zum Klimawandel -- Klimaschutz als vorausschauende Anpassungsstrategie. .

This book discusses climate change as a social issue, examining the incompatibility of capitalist development and Earth's physical limits and how these have been regulated in different ways. It addresses the links between modes of consumption, energy regimes and climate change during Fordism and...