Global Climate Change The Economic Costs of Mitigation and Adaptation

Bacteria in a test tube and humans on our planet follow the same population curve as time elapses. We on this earth, largely through control of disease, are rapidly ap­ proaching maximum population, and through energy demands are using up our resour­ ces and accumulating wastes. We have come to real...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: White, James C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1991, 1991
Edition:1st ed. 1991
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Managing Planet Earth
  • How Should We Address the Economic Costs of Climate Change?
  • Some Economics of Global Climate Change: The View from the Developing Countries
  • Why Climate Change is Not a Cost/Benefit Problem
  • CO2 and SO2: Consistent Policy Making in a Greenhouse
  • How Should We Address Economic Costs of Climate Change?
  • Dealing with the Economic Costs of Climate Change Mitigation: A Perspective from the Automotive Industry
  • Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Policies
  • Benefits of Mitigation and Adaptation
  • Methods of Analysis
  • Current Analysis of Economic Costs
  • The Cost of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United States
  • Saving Money and Reducing the Risk of Climate Change Through Greater Energy Efficiency
  • Global CO2 Emission Reductions: The Impacts of Rising Energy Costs
  • Carbon Sequestration Versus Fossil Fuel Substitution: Alternative Roles for Biomass in Coping With Greenhouse Warming
  • to Respondents Panel on Current Analyses of Economic Costs
  • A Critical Analysis of Climate Change Policy Research
  • Benefit-Cost Analysis
  • Economic Modeling of Global Climate: Comparing Approaches
  • Opening Remarks: International Panel
  • Global Funding for the Environment: Perspectives of Developing Countries and Relevance of Economic Costing
  • The Prospects and Economic Costs of the Reduction of CO2 Emissions in the People’s Republic of China (PRC)
  • Sustainable Energy-Environmental Policy Options for the Developing World
  • Climate Policy in the European Community and Its Economic Aspects
  • Japan’s Policy on Global Warming
  • Summation
  • Conference Participants
  • Conference Program