The negotiations for a global climate agreement recognize that substantial and additional funds need to be generated for assisting adaptation in developing countries. Currently, the 2% adaptation levy (AL) on the clean development mechanism (CDM) is intended to serve this purpose under the Kyoto...

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...

We explore the extent to which macroeconomic policies, structural policies, and institutions can mitigate the negative relationship between temperature shocks and output in countries with warm climates. Empirical evidence and simulations of a dynamic general equilibrium model reveal that good...

Climate change is one of the greatest contemporary threats to our planet’s environmental, social and economic condition. It is accompanied by massive changes in life support systems on Earth, where its far-reaching effects will be felt in the upcoming decades. The development of a national...