The economics of climate change : the Stern review /

Other Authors: Stern, N. H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007
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245 0 4 |a The economics of climate change :   |b the Stern review /   |c [study conducted by] Nicholas Stern 
246 1 0 |a Logo on t.p.: Stern review on the economics of climate change 
260 |a Cambridge, UK ;   |b Cambridge University Press,   |c 2007  |a New York :  
300 |a xix, 692 p. :   |b ill. (some col.), col. maps ;   |c 25 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Climate change-- our approach: The science of climate change : scale of the environment challenge ; Economics, ethics and climate change ; Ethical frameworks and intertemporal equity -- Impacts of climate change on growth and development: How climate change will affect people around the world ; Implications of climate change for development ; Costs of climate change in developed countries ; Economic modelling of climate-change impacts -- The economics of stabilisation: Projecting the growth of greenhouse-gas emissions ; Climate change and the Kuznets curve ; The challenge of stabilisation ; Identifying the costs of mitigation ; Macroeconomic models of costs ; Structural change and competitiveness ; Key statistics for 123 UK production sectors ; Opportunities and wider benefits from climate policies ; Towards a goal for climate-change policy -- Policy responses for mitigation: Harnessing markets for mitigation : the role of taxation and trading ; Carbon pricing and emission markets in practice ; Accelerating technological innovation ; Beyond carbon markets and technology -- Policy responses for adaptation: Understanding the economics of adaptation ; Adaptation in the developed world ; Adaptation in the developing world -- International collective action: Framework for understanding international collective action for climate change -- Creating a global price for carbon -- Supporting the transition to a low-carbon global economy -- Promoting effective international technology co-operation -- Reversing emissions from land use change -- International support for adaptation -- Conclusions : building and sustaining international co-operation on climate change 
650 0 |a Environmental policy   |z Great Britain 
650 0 |a Climatic changes   |x Economic aspects 
650 0 |a Climatic changes   |x Government policy  |z Great Britain  |x Government policy 
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