Efforts to control atmospheric accumulations of greenhouse gases that threaten to heat up the planet are in their infancy. Although the IMF is not an environmental organization, environmental issues matter for the organization's mission when they have major implications for macroeconomic...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and a Road Map -- Scope and Focus -- Motivation and Audience -- Structure -- 1 Climate Change -- The Science -- The International Policy Response -- References -- 2 The Role of Benefit Cost in Climate Policy...

Cents and Sustainability is a clear-sighted response to the 1987 call by Dr Gro Brundtland in Our Common Future to achieve a new era of economic growth that is 'forceful and at the same time socially and environmentally sustainable'. The Brundtland Report argued that not only was it achievable,...

This unique book provides a comprehensive assessment of the management of climate change adaptation in the corporate sector. It provides a formal overview of the range of approaches available along with a series of practical case studies and examples that can be used by organizations to...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Lists of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: stranded assets and the environment -- 2 Stranded assets: then and now -- 3 The 'decarbonisation...

Cities are green is becoming a common refrain. But Calthorpe argues that a more comprehensive understanding of urbanism at the regional scale provides a better platform to address climate change. In this groundbreaking new work, he shows how such regionally scaled urbanism can be combined with...

The shortage of energy in rural areas and the pollution of the environment from animal wastes due to lack of appropriate technology in Africa motivated the author to conduct research and write this book. In this research book an economically feasible, technically acceptable and environmentally...

Barrett provides a thought provoking introduction to the issues surrounding the provision of global public goods. Using a variety of examples to illustrate past successes and failures, he shows how international cooperation, institutional design and the clever use of incentives can work together...