Pollution from fossil fuels and degraded natural lands are raising the earth's temperature. The evidence of the causes of global warming is clear, as are its consequences. The economic impacts of climate change are already apparent and they threaten development gains. Extreme weather events have...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1. Clean Development Mechanism: Past, Present, and Future -- ABOUT THIS BOOK -- BOOK OUTLINE -- BOOK CHAPTERS -- An Updated Review of Carbon Markets, Institutions, Policies, and Research -- The Activities Implemented Jointly...

The innovation system theory has to deal with climate change as it generates the intellectual tools to promote development. A unified innovation system theory that integrates the eradication of threats to nature with the promotion of development is critically important to advance an original...

Intro -- EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ENERGY PRODUCTION AND USE IN THE U. S. -- EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ENERGY PRODUCTION AND USE IN THE U. S. -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Background -- 1.2. The Topic of This Synthesis and...

Intro -- GLOBAL MODEL SIMULATION: A FRONTIER OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE -- GLOBAL MODEL SIMULATION: A FRONTIER OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 OUTLINE OF FUGI GLOBAL MODELING SYSTEM -- 2.1. REGIONAL CLASSIFICATION -- 2.2. INTEGRATED MULTIDISCIPLINARY...

Analyses business practice and performance on climate change. This work examines how climate-change-related policy development and implementation have influenced corporate performance, with the objective of using this information to consider how the next stage of climate change policy may be...

On the eve of Kyoto policy implementation, this volume presents an analysis of corporate responses to the climate change issue. It describes and assesses a number of recent business approaches that will help to identify effective strategies and promote the dissemination of proactive corporate...

This is the first comprehensive book-level examination of the relationship between tourism and climate change, of interest not only to students of tourism but to policy makers and the industry who will have to respond to the challenges posed.