| Description |
xiii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Contents: Summary for the concerned citizen -- Background and description of the DICE model -- Derivation of the equations of the DICE-2007 model -- Alternative policies for global warming -- Results of the DICE-2007 model runs -- The economics of participation -- Dealing with uncertainity in climate-change policy -- The many advantage of carbon taxes -- An alternative perspective: the Stern review -- Summary and conclusions |
| Summary |
Summary: "In this important work, William Nordhaus integrates the entire spectrum of economic and scientific research to weigh the costs of reducing emissions against the benefits of reducing the long-run damages from global warming. The book offers one of the most extensive analyses of the economic and environmental dynamics of greenhouse-gas emissions and climate change and provides the tools to evaluate alternative approaches to slowing global warming. The author emphasizes the need to establish effective mechanisms, such as carbon taxes, to harness markets and harmonize the efforts of different countries. This book not only will shape discussion of one the worldʼs most pressing problems but will provide the rationales and methods for achieving widespread agreement on our next best move in alleviating global warming."--Publisher description |
| Analysis |
Climatic change |
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Global warming |
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Greenhouse gases |
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Environmental impact |
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Economic impact |
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Climate change (Anthropogenic) |
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Policy process |
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The economics of climate change: the Stern review |
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Carbon tax |
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Emissions trading |
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Kyoto Protocol |
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Mathematical models |
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Trends, Long term |
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Statistics |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Global warming -- Economic aspects.
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Climatic changes -- Economic aspects.
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Greenhouse gas mitigation -- Economic aspects.
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Environmental economics.
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| Author |
Nordhaus, William D.
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| LC no. |
2007942915 |
| ISBN |
9780300137484 hardback |
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0300137486 hardback |
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0300209398 |
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9780300209396 |
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