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020			_a9780511984648 (ebook)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC903 _b.P395 2011
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100	1		_aPearson, Charles S., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aEconomics and the challenge of global warming / _cCharles S. Pearson.
246	3		_aEconomics & the Challenge of Global Warming
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aIntroduction and a roadmap -- 1. Climate change: background information -- 2. The role of benefit cost in climate policy -- 3. Discounting and social weighting (aggregating over time and space) -- 4. Empirical estimates: a tasting menu -- 5. Strategic responses -- 6. Targets and tools -- 7. Trade and global warming -- 8. The challenge of international cooperation -- 9. Beyond Kyoto -- 10. A summing-up.
520			_aEconomics and the Challenge of Global Warming is a balanced and comprehensive analysis of the role of economics in confronting global warming, the central environmental issue of the twenty-first century. It avoids a technical exposition in order to reach a wide audience and is up to date in its theoretical and empirical underpinnings. It is addressed to all who have some knowledge of economic concepts and a serious interest in how economics can (and cannot) help in crafting climate policy. The book is organized around three central questions. First, can benefit-cost analysis guide us in setting warming targets? Second, what strategies and policies are cost-effective? Third, and most difficult, can a global agreement be forged between rich and poor, North and South? While economic concepts are foremost in the analysis, they are placed within an accessible ethical and political matrix. The book serves as a primer for the post-Kyoto era.
650		0	_aClimatic changes _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aGlobal warming _xEconomic aspects.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107011519
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511984648
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