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The economics of climate change : the Stern review / Nicholas Stern.

By: Great Britain. Treasury.
Contributor(s): Stern, N. H. (Nicholas Herbert).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2007Description: xix, 692 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780521700801.Other title: Stern review on the economics of climate change | Stern Review final report.Subject(s): Climatic changes -- Economic aspects | Climatic changes -- Government policy -- Great Britain | Environment and Ecology | Environmental policy -- Great Britain | The environment | Environmental economics | Meteorology & climatology | Climate changeDDC classification: 363.73874 GRE
Contents:
The science of climate change -- Economics, ethics and climate change -- Technical annex: Ethical frameworks and intertemporal equity -- How climate change will affect people around the world -- Implications of climate change development -- Costs of climate change in developed countries -- Economic modelling of climate change impacts -- Projecting the growth of greenhouse gas emissions -- The challenge of stabilisation -- Understanding the costs of mitigation -- Macroeconomic models of costs -- Structural change and competitiveness -- Opportunities and wider benefits from climate policies -- Defining a goal for climate change policy -- Harnessing markets to reduce emissions -- Carbon markets in action -- Accelerating technological innovation -- Beyond carbon markets and technology -- Understanding the economic adaptation -- Adaptation policies: key principles and applications in the development world -- The role of adaptation in sustainable development -- Framework for understanding international collective action for climate change -- Creating a global price for carbon -- Supporting the transition to a carbon economy in developing countries -- Promoting effective international cooperation on technology -- Reversing emissions from land use change -- International support for adaptation -- Building international co-operation on climate change.
Summary: 'The Economics of Climate Change' is a state-of-the-art, independent, rigorous and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of climate change.
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There is now clear scientific evidence that emissions from economic activity, particularly the burning of fossil fuels for energy, are causing changes to the Earth´s climate. A sound understanding of the economics of climate change is needed in order to underpin an effective global response to this challenge. The Stern Review is an independent, rigourous and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of this crucial issue. It has been conducted by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the UK Government Economic Service, and a former Chief Economist of the World Bank. The Economics of Climate Change will be invaluable for all students of the economics and policy implications of climate change, and economists, scientists and policy makers involved in all aspects of climate change.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The science of climate change -- Economics, ethics and climate change -- Technical annex: Ethical frameworks and intertemporal equity -- How climate change will affect people around the world -- Implications of climate change development -- Costs of climate change in developed countries -- Economic modelling of climate change impacts -- Projecting the growth of greenhouse gas emissions -- The challenge of stabilisation -- Understanding the costs of mitigation -- Macroeconomic models of costs -- Structural change and competitiveness -- Opportunities and wider benefits from climate policies -- Defining a goal for climate change policy -- Harnessing markets to reduce emissions -- Carbon markets in action -- Accelerating technological innovation -- Beyond carbon markets and technology -- Understanding the economic adaptation -- Adaptation policies: key principles and applications in the development world -- The role of adaptation in sustainable development -- Framework for understanding international collective action for climate change -- Creating a global price for carbon -- Supporting the transition to a carbon economy in developing countries -- Promoting effective international cooperation on technology -- Reversing emissions from land use change -- International support for adaptation -- Building international co-operation on climate change.

'The Economics of Climate Change' is a state-of-the-art, independent, rigorous and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of climate change.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. ix)
  • Acknowledgements (p. xi)
  • Introduction (p. xiii)
  • Summary of Conclusions (p. xv)
  • Part I Climate Change - Our Approach
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • 1 The Science of Climate Change: Scale of the Environment Challenge (p. 3)
  • 2 Economics, Ethics and Climate Change (p. 25)
  • 2A Ethical Frameworks and Intertemporal Equity (p. 46)
  • Part II Impacts of Climate Change on Growth and Development
  • Introduction (p. 63)
  • 3 How Climate Change will Affect People Around the World (p. 65)
  • 4 Implications of Climate Change for Development (p. 104)
  • 5 Costs of Climate Change in Developed Countries (p. 138)
  • 6 Economic Modelling of Climate-Change Impacts (p. 161)
  • Part III The Economics of Stabilisation
  • Introduction (p. 191)
  • 7 Projecting the Growth of Greenhouse-Gas Emissions (p. 193)
  • 7A Climate Change and the Environmental Kuznets Curve (p. 216)
  • 8 The Challenge of Stabilisation (p. 218)
  • 9 Identifying the Costs of Mitigation (p. 238)
  • 10 Macroeconomic Models of Costs (p. 267)
  • 11 Structural Change and Competitiveness (p. 282)
  • 11A Key Statistics for 123 UK Production Sectors (p. 297)
  • 12 Opportunities and Wider Benefits from Climate Policies (p. 302)
  • 13 Towards a Goal for Climate-Change Policy (p. 318)
  • Part IV Policy Responses for Mitigation
  • Introduction (p. 349)
  • 14 Harnessing Markets for Mitigation - The Role of Taxation and Trading (p. 351)
  • 15 Carbon Pricing and Emissions Markets in Practice (p. 368)
  • 16 Accelerating Technological Innovation (p. 393)
  • 17 Beyond Carbon Markets and Technology (p. 427)
  • Part V Policy Responses for Adaptation
  • Introduction (p. 455)
  • 18 Understanding the Economics of Adaptation (p. 457)
  • 19 Adaptation in the Developed World (p. 471)
  • 20 Adaptation in the Developing World (p. 486)
  • Part VI International Collective Action
  • Introduction (p. 507)
  • 21 Framework for Understanding International Collective Action for Climate Change (p. 509)
  • 22 Creating a Global Price for Carbon (p. 530)
  • 23 Supporting the Transition to a Low-Carbon Global Economy (p. 555)
  • 24 Promoting Effective International Technology Co-operation (p. 581)
  • 25 Reversing Emissions from Land Use Change (p. 603)
  • 26 International Support for Adaptation (p. 622)
  • 27 Conclusions: Building and Sustaining International Co-operation on Climate Change (p. 640)
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms (p. 645)
  • Postscript (p. 649)
  • Technical Annex to Postscript (p. 658)
  • Index (p. 673)