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Climate-change policy / edited by Dieter Helm.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: xii, 399 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0199281459
  • 0199281467 (pbk.)
  • 9780199281459
  • 9780199281466
Other title:
  • Climate change policy
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.738/747
LOC classification:
  • QC 981.8 C639 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction ; 2. Climate change policy: a survey ; 3. Uncertainty and climate change policy ; THE SOCIAL COST OF CARBON ; 4. The social cost of carbon ; 5. Climate change policy ; 6. Climate change costs ; TRADABLE PERMITS AND CARBON TAXES ; 7. The tradable permits approach to protecting the commons ; 8. Carbon trading in the policy mix ; 9. Fiscal interactions and the case for carbon taxes over grandfathered carbon permits ; INTERVENTIONS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL ; 10. Renewables, technical progress and innovation ; 11. Energy efficiency: the evidence ; KYOTO AND AFTER ; 12. Will Kyoto work? ; 13. Alternatives to Kyoto ; 14. After Kyoto: what to do next ; INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN ; 15. Credible carbon taxes ; 16. The IPCC: its role and influence ; 17. Whither climate-change policy? ; 18. Integrated assessment models
Summary: The threat posed by climate change has not yet been matched by international agreements and economic policies that can deliver sharp reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. This volume provides an overview of the economics of climate change, the policy options, and the scope for making significant carbon reductions.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) QC 981.8 C639 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000029393

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-380) and index.

1. Introduction ; 2. Climate change policy: a survey ; 3. Uncertainty and climate change policy ; THE SOCIAL COST OF CARBON ; 4. The social cost of carbon ; 5. Climate change policy ; 6. Climate change costs ; TRADABLE PERMITS AND CARBON TAXES ; 7. The tradable permits approach to protecting the commons ; 8. Carbon trading in the policy mix ; 9. Fiscal interactions and the case for carbon taxes over grandfathered carbon permits ; INTERVENTIONS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL ; 10. Renewables, technical progress and innovation ; 11. Energy efficiency: the evidence ; KYOTO AND AFTER ; 12. Will Kyoto work? ; 13. Alternatives to Kyoto ; 14. After Kyoto: what to do next ; INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN ; 15. Credible carbon taxes ; 16. The IPCC: its role and influence ; 17. Whither climate-change policy? ; 18. Integrated assessment models

The threat posed by climate change has not yet been matched by international agreements and economic policies that can deliver sharp reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. This volume provides an overview of the economics of climate change, the policy options, and the scope for making significant carbon reductions.

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