Growing green : the economic benefits of climate action /

Pollution from fossil fuels and degraded natural lands are raising the earth's temperature. The evidence of the causes of global warming is clear, as are its consequences. The economic impacts of climate change are already apparent and they threaten development gains. Extreme weather events hav...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Deichmann, Uwe (Autor), Zhang, Fan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank, [2013]
Colección:Eastern Europe and central Asia reports.
Temas:
Environmental policy > Economic aspects > Europe.
Environmental policy > Economic aspects > Asia, Central.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects.
Climatic changes > Government policy.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Aspect économique > Europe.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Aspect économique > Asie centrale.
Climat > Changements > Aspect économique.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects
Climatic changes > Government policy
Environmental policy > Economic aspects
Miljöpolitik > ekonomiska aspekter.
Klimatförändringar > ekonomiska aspekter.
Central Asia
Europe
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Key Country Groups (45 European Countries)
  • 1. Introduction
  • A Third Transition
  • Costs of Climate Action
  • The Elements of a Climate Action Strategy
  • Outline of the Report
  • Spotlights
  • Notes
  • References
  • Spotlight 1. The Climate Challenge
  • Notes
  • References
  • 1. Priorities for a Low-Carbon Transformation
  • 2. Energy Efficiency
  • Energy Intensities Still High but Converging With Growth after Transition, Improvements in Energy Intensity
  • Lower Energy Intensity Insufficient to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Why Promoting Energy Efficiency Is Often Difficult
  • Policies that Have Worked
  • Environmental Taxes
  • Financing the Energy Transition
  • Notes
  • References
  • 3. Cleaner Energy
  • Supplying Reliable, Sustainable, and Affordable Power
  • Uncertainties: Regulation, Technology, and Climate
  • Notes
  • References
  • Spotlight 2. Emission Trends in the Europe and Central Asia Region
  • Notes
  • References
  • II. Promoting Growth and Ensuring Social Inclusion
  • 4. Economic Growth
  • Foreign Investment and Trade
  • Innovation
  • Notes
  • References
  • 5. Social Inclusion
  • Labor Markets
  • Distributional Impacts of Energy Price Reform
  • Health Impacts
  • Notes
  • References
  • Spotlight 3. Why Climate Action Is a Harder Sell in ECA
  • Notes
  • References
  • III. Sectoral Priorities
  • 6. Power
  • Natural Gas
  • Carbon Capture and Storage
  • Nuclear Power
  • Renewable Energy
  • Notes
  • References
  • 7. Production
  • ECA's Industrial Energy Intensities
  • A Region Catching Up
  • Structural or Efficiency Change
  • Industrial Energy Efficiency: Where Are the Low-Hanging Fruits?
  • Closing the Efficiency Gap
  • Notes
  • References
  • 8. Mobility
  • Emissions from the Transport Sector
  • The Broader Benefits of Sustainable Mobility
  • Climate-Smart Mobility Policies
  • Multimodal Mobility
  • Notes
  • References
  • 9. Cities
  • Buildings
  • Public Services
  • Urban Form
  • Notes
  • References
  • 10. Farms and Forests
  • Agriculture
  • Forests
  • The Way Forward
  • Notes
  • References.

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