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Economics of policy options to address climate change /
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| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
[2009]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ECONOMICS OF POLICY OPTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; CORRESPONDENCE; RESULTS IN BRIEF; BACKGROUND; MITIGATING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; ADAPTATION POLICIES TO REDUCEVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATING THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS ANDCOSTS OF ACTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES CURRENTLY UNDERCONSIDERATION BY THE CONGRESS; DESPITE SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDINGTHE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT, ALL OF THE PANELISTS SUPPORTEDESTABLISHING A PRICE ON GREENHOUSEGAS EMISSIONS.
- ALL OF THE PANELISTS AGREED THAT THE CONGRESSSHOULD CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A PRICE ONGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AND THE MAJORITYRECOMMENDED COMPLEMENTARY POLICIESPANELISTS DESCRIBED THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS ANDCOSTS OF ACTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE; PANELISTS RATED ESTIMATES OF COSTS OF ACTIONS TOADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AS MORE USEFUL THANESTIMATES OF BENEFITS, CITING UNCERTAINTIESASSOCIATED WITH FUTURE IMPACTS; THE MAJORITY OF PANELISTS SAID THAT THE UNITEDSTATES SHOULD BEGIN TO CONTROL EMISSIONS SOON, REGARDLESS OF INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION.
- THE PANELISTS' VIEWS ON THE STRENGTHSAND LIMITATIONS OF POLICY OPTIONSFOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THEENVIRONMENTAL CERTAINTY OFA CAP-AND-TRADE SYSTEM VERSUSTHE EFFICIENCY OF A TAX ON EMISSIONSPANELISTS RATED THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITERIA FOREVALUATING POLICY OPTIONS; THE MOST IMPORTANT TRADE-OFFS ARE BETWEENTHE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF CAP-AND-TRADESYSTEMS AND THE RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF TAXES; THE PANELISTS VIEWED OTHER POLICY OPTIONS LESSFAVORABLY BUT CITED THEIR POTENTIALAS A COMPLEMENT TO A MARKET-BASED MECHANISM; APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY.
- APPENDIX II: SELECTED CHARACTERISTICSOF PANELISTS' PREFERRED POLICY OPTIONSFOR ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGEAPPENDIX III: SELECTED QUESTIONS ANDEXPERT RESPONSES; APPENDIX IV: PANEL OF EXPERTS; APPENDIX V: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTEDLITERATURE REVIEWED BY GAO; ENDNOTES; INDEX.