TY - BOOK AU - Helm,Dieter Robin TI - Climate-change policy SN - 0199281459 AV - QC 981.8 C639 2005 U1 - 363.738/747 PY - 2005/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Climatic changes KW - Government policy KW - Cambios climáticos KW - Política gubernamental KW - Environmental economics KW - Economía ambiental KW - Natural resources KW - Law and legislation KW - Recursos naturales KW - Legislación KW - Legislación sobre recursos naturales KW - Greenhouse gas mitigation KW - Mitigación de gases de efecto invernadero KW - Carbon taxes KW - Impuesto sobre el carbono N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0636/2005299880-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0636/2005299880-t.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/2005299880-b.html ER -