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Climate economics : the state of the art /

Climate science paints a bleak picture: The continued growth of greenhouse gas emissions is increasingly likely to cause irreversible and catastrophic effects. Urgent action is needed to prepare for the initial rounds of climatic change, which are already unstoppable. While the opportunity to avert...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ackerman, Frank
Otros Autores: Stanton, Elizabeth A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Colección:Routledge studies in ecological economics ; 27.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Climate science for economists
  • Damage functions and climate impacts
  • Climate change impacts on natural systems
  • Climate change impacts on human systems
  • Climate economics before and after the stern review
  • Uncertainty
  • Public goods and public policy
  • Economics and the climate policy debate
  • Technologies for mitigation
  • Economics of mitigation
  • Adaptation
  • Conclusion.