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India and Global Climate Change : Perspectives on Economics and Policy from a Developing Country.

Though the impact of climate change will most likely be greatest with the already poor and vulnerable populations in the developing world, much of the writing about the costs and benefits of different policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is by Western scholars, working in advanced indus...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Toman, Michael A.
Otros Autores: Chakravorty, Ujjayant, Gupta, Shreekant
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Earthscan, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Climate Change; Economic Drivers of Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Options for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation; International Climate Policy; Conclusions; References; PART 1 Economic Drivers of Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Chapter 2 Future Energy Trends and Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Chapter 3 Developmental Sustainability Implications of the Economic Reforms in the Energy Sector; Chapter 4 Economic Policy Reforms: Implications for Energy Consumption; Chapter 5 Some Issues in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Informal Energy-Using Sector.
  • Chapter 6 Endogenous Substitution of Energy Resources: Theory and Application to the Energy SectorPART II Options for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation; Chapter 7 Policies for Carbon Abatement in the Presence of Regulatory Distortions: The Electricity-Generating Sector; Chapter 8 Carbon Sequestration in Forests: Potential and Incremental Costs; Chapter 9 Evaluating Greenhouse Gas Control Strategies Using Multicriteria A.