William C. Whitesell

Climate Policy Foundations

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Whitesell discusses the efforts of scientists to understand earth's climate history and possible risk management policies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9781107002289
• ISBN-10: 1107002281
• Artikelnr.: 32811693

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Earth's Climate History and Outlook: 1. Salient events of climate history
2. Human and climate interactions
3. Greenhouse gases
4. Emitting economic sectors
5. Forecasts of GHG emissions and global temperatures
6. Potential impacts of climate change
Part II. Climate Policy Choices: 7. Climate policy goals
8. Policy mandates and market-based approaches
9. The design of cap-and-trade programs
10. Prices, quantities and lessons from monetary policy
11. The outlook for climate policies
Appendix: discount rates in climate analysis.