The Garnaut Review 2011 : Australia in the Global Response to Climate Change.

Professor Ross Garnaut explains why Australia's contribution is vital to the national interest and matters to the global effort.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garnaut, Ross
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Climatic changes > Economic aspects > Australia.
Climatic changes > Australia.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric > Economic aspects > Australia.
Greenhouse gas mitigation > Australia.
Sustainable development > Australia.
Power resources > Economic aspects > Australia.
Climat > Changements > Aspect économique > Australie.
Climat > Changements > Australie.
Effet de serre (Météorologie) > Aspect économique > Australie.
Gaz à effet de serre > Réduction > Australie.
Développement durable > Australie.
Ressources énergétiques > Aspect économique > Australie.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects.
Climatic changes.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric > Economic aspects.
Greenhouse gas mitigation.
Power resources > Economic aspects.
Sustainable development.
Klimaschutz
Klimaänderung
Klimaschutz.
Klimaänderung.
Australia.
Australien
Australien.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; THE GARNAUT REVIEW 2011; About the author; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; New developments; Solutions; National versus vested interests; The independent centre; Transformations; PART I: THE GLOBAL SHIFT; 1: Beyond reasonable doubt; The carbon cycle; Temperature trends; New climate observations; Changes to oceans and sea levels; Changes to ecosystems; Tipping points; Correlation is not causation; Conclusion; 2: Carbon after the Great Crash; More energy; More emissions; Australia's emissions under existing policies; Budgeting carbon; Overshooting; Conclusion.
  • 3: What's a fair share?Kyoto revisited; The new regime; What next for the international climate change regime?; Assessing fair shares; Lost alternatives; Conclusion; 4: Pledging the future; The pledges; Countries making big pledges; Experience and experiments with carbon pricing; The three high-emissions developed countries; Australia's fair share; Conclusion; PART II: AUSTRALIA'S PATH; 5: Correcting the great failure; The carbon price; Floating the price and setting the target; Governing Australia's emissions trading scheme; Voluntary action; Conclusion; 6: Better climate, better tax.
  • Benefits of tax reformDividing the pie; Petrol prices; Protecting the vulnerable; Trade-exposed industries; The land sector; Innovation; Conclusion; 7: The best of times; Hard times for some; Hard times in resources?; Booming incomes and slumping productivity; Boom, bust and carbon; Restoring productivity growth; Conclusion; 8: Adapting efficiently; A resilient and flexible economy; Adapting through markets; Insurance and financial markets; Water markets; Food markets; An informed Australian people; Adaptation policy and the regulatory role of government in infrastructure.
  • Biodiversity and ecosystemsConclusion; PART III: AUSTRALIAN TRANSFORMATIONS; 9: Innovation nation; Pinpointing market failures; Learning by doing; Technology costs; Carbon capture and storage; Biofuels and biosequestration; Solar energy; Fast trains and electric cars; Conclusion; 10: Transforming the land sector; Recent food history; Australian consequences; Farming Cancun; Easing into a carbon price; Deforestation; Livestock; Soil; Rangelands; Fire management in northern Australia; Plantation forests; Native forests; Carbon forests; Bioenergy; Combining sequestration with biodiversity.
  • Land and waterConclusion; 11: Electricity transformation; Price rise drivers; Benefits of a national network; Privatising distribution; Enter the carbon price; Assessing risks; The role of households; Conclusion; 12: Choosing the future; Notes; Index.

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