000			02755nam a2200361 a 4500
001			eep9781843767138
003			DLC
005			20210215104142.0
006			m o d
007			cr un|||||||||
008			020716s2003 enka ob 001 0 eng d
010			_a 2002029476
020			_a9781843767138 (e-book)
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aQC981.8.C65 _bG59 2003
082	0	0	_a363.738/745 _221
245	0	0	_aGlobal climate change _h[electronic resource] : _bthe science, economics and politics / _cedited by James M. Griffin.
260			_aCheltenham, U.K. ; _aNorthampton, Mass. : _bEdward Elgar, _cc2003.
300			_a1 online resource (xiv, 270 p.) : _bill.
490	1		_aNew horizons in environmental economics
490	1		_aBush School series in the economics of public policy ; _vv. 4
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_a1. Introduction : the many dimensions of the climate change issue -- 2. The carbon cycle : human perturbations and potential management options -- 3. Climate change over the next century -- 4. Benefit-cost analysis and climate-change policy -- 5. Assessing the market damages from climate change -- 6. The difficulties of estimating global non-market damages from climate change -- 7. What are the costs of limiting CO2 concentrations? -- 8. Energy, the environment and the economy : hedging our bets -- 9. International agreements and the struggle to tame carbon -- 10. Five letters to the president.
520			_aThis volume is written for policymakers and informed citizenry who want to understand at a general level the complexities of global climate change without becoming enmeshed in technical minutia. The introduction emphasizes the core fact that climate change issues cut across disciplines. William Schlesinger and Gerald North explain the carbon cycle and how increased greenhouse gases impact temperature. The economics papers deal with the applicability of benefit/cost analysis and then proceed to examine the benefits of avoiding temperature change versus the costs of the various CO2 abatement options. Finally, David Victor, a Stanford political scientist, asks which policies are feasible in a world where the incentives differ dramatically among countries. The book closes with open letters to the President of the United States.
650		0	_aClimatic changes.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2lcsh
700	1		_aGriffin, James M., _d1944-
710	2		_aEdward Elgar Publishing.
776	1		_z9781843761907 (hardback) _z1843761904
830		0	_aBush School series in the economics of public policy ; _vv. 4.
830		0	_aNew horizons in environmental economics.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781843761907.xml
999			_c28750 _d28750