Economic choices in a warming world / Christian de Perthuis.
Economic choices in a warming world / Christian de Perthuis.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Date
2011.
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N363.73874/195
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English
French
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Physical content
x, 250 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the opera house of Manaus; 1. Climate risk; 2. Some like it hot (climate change adaptation); 3. Building a low-carbon energy future; 4. Pricing carbon: the economics of cap-and-trade; 5. Agricultural intensification to preserve forests; 6. Pricing carbo...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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England
Date Published
2011.
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"Since the publication of the Stern Review, economists have started to ask more normative questions about climate change. Should we act now or tomorrow? What is the best theoretical carbon price to reach long-term abatement targets? How do we discount the long-term costs and benefits of climate change? This provocative book argues that these are th...
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Economic choices in a warming world / Christian de Perthuis.
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Includes index.
First published in French 2009....
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N363.73874/195
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1107002567
9780521175685 (pbk.)
0521175682 (pbk.)
9781107002562
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363.73874
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991005959789702626
