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Economic Choices in a Warming World.
A provocative work that urges governments and policymakers to concentrate on existing policies and tools for combating climate change.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Francés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a De Perthuis, Christian. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Economic Choices in a Warming World. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; ECONOMIC CHOICES IN A WARMING WORLD; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION: Manaus opera house; ONE: Climate risk; The Earth and its climate moods; On the track of past climates; The components of the climate system; Trapped heat; Small, but powerful; The tap and bath problem; Climates of the future; What climate do we need to adapt to?; Can geoengineering change the situation?; Taking account of uncertainty; Should we believe the IPCC (or the climate sceptics)?; Our responsibility in the face of climate risk. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a TWO: Some like it hot: adaptation to climate changeWinners and losers; How can the global impacts be assessed?; Spontaneous adaptations in the face of climate risk; The role of adaptation policies; Disseminating information at a regional level; Infrastructure choices: beware of Maginot Lines!; Cities and climate risk; The issue of agricultural adaptation in the global South; Strengthening and rethinking development aid; Choosing to adapt in advance; THREE: Building a low-carbon energy future; The human sources of greenhouse gas emissions; Changes in the energy sector; Energy insecurity. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The oil price and CO2 emissionsInvesting today to emit less in 2070?; The introduction of a carbon price; Investment in energy efficiency; The contribution of renewable energy; Good use of biomass; The contribution of nuclear energy; When coal cleans its waste; Carbon prices and oil rents; Accelerating the energy transition; FOUR: Pricing carbon: the economics of cap-and-trade; How to price CO2; Tax or emissions trading?; The overall architecture of the market; Looking for 22 million tonnes in CO2 allowances; Disposing of excess allowances; Buying and selling CO2 allowances. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Speculation, misappropriation, regulationPrice formation; Emissions reductions; Diffuse emissions: the market plus a carbon tax?; Carbon leakage and border adjustment; Geographical widening; The European cap-and-trade scheme: a prototype for a global system; FIVE: Intensifying agriculture to safeguard forests; Emissions from agriculture and forestry; Agricultural and forestry carbon sinks; Economic crisis and food insecurity; The spread of new dietary models; Reorientating our dietary choices; New food-energy competition; The impact of climate change on agricultural yields. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Reducing agricultural emissions: an obstacle raceReplenishing agricultural carbon sinks; The dangers of deforestation; Can putting a price on carbon save the tropical forests?; Tropical forests in international negotiations; A long-term undertaking; SIX: The price of carbon: the economics of projects; What is carbon offsetting?; The rules of the Clean Development Mechanism; The impact of large industrial projects; China, India and other countries; The lessons of Joint Implementation; How can project-based mechanisms be improved?; The return to agricultural and forestry projects. | |
| 500 | |a Project-based mechanisms and carbon markets. | ||
| 520 | |a A provocative work that urges governments and policymakers to concentrate on existing policies and tools for combating climate change. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Climatic changes |x Economic aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Environmental policy |x Economic aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Global warming |x Economic aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Greenhouse gas mitigation. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Climat |x Changements |x Aspect économique. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Environnement |x Politique gouvernementale |x Aspect économique. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Réchauffement de la Terre |x Aspect économique. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Gaz à effet de serre |x Réduction. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Climatic changes |x Economic aspects |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Environmental policy |x Economic aspects |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Global warming |x Economic aspects |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Greenhouse gas mitigation |2 fast | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Westlake, Michael. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a De Perthuis, Christian. |t Economic Choices in a Warming World. |d Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2011 |z 9781107002562 |
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