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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.