Perspectives on climate change: science, economics, politics, ethics
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Elsevier JAI c2005
Schriftenreihe:Advances in the economics of environmental resources v. 5
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Cover -- Perspectives on Climate Change: Science, Economics, Politics, Ethics -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1: Science -- Part 2: Economics -- Part 3: Politics -- Part 4: Ethics -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: Scientific Perspectives -- The Long Timescales of Human-Caused Climate Warming: Further Challenges for the Global Policy Process -- Introduction to Human Caused Climate Warming and the ''Global Warming Dilemma'' -- Basics of the Atmospheric ''Greenhouse Warming'' Phenomenon -- The Climate-Regulating Role of the Global Ocean -- Natural Reservoirs for Atmospheric CO2 -- The Inertia of the Ice Sheets of Greenland and Antarctica -- Implications for Millennial-Scale Trends in Sea Level -- Implications of the ''Global Warming Dilemma'' for Climate Change Policy -- Personal Comments -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- The Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change -- Introduction -- The Natural Carbon Cycle --
- Past Variations in Atmospheric CO2 -- Human Perturbations of the Global Carbon Cycle -- Prospects for the Future -- Managing the Carbon Cycle -- Climate Change -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Watching the Canary: Climate Change in the Arctic -- The Arctic and the Global Climate System -- Rapid Climate Changes and the ''Flickering Switch'' -- Recent Observations of Changes in the Polar Regions -- Thinning and Shrinking of the Arctic Sea Ice -- Collapse of Ice Shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula -- What are Global Climate Models? -- Are Recent Trends in the Arctic Climate and Sea Ice Caused by Increasing Greenhouse Gases? -- Arctic Sea Ice in the Next 100 Years -- The Impact of Disappearing Ice on Ecosystems and People -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- Part 2: Economic Perspectives -- Climate Change Mitigation: Passing Through the Eye of the Needle? -- Introduction -- Identifying Goals for Climate Change Mitigation Policy: An Economic Framework --
- Identifying Goals for Climate Policy: A Pluralistic Approach -- Designing Climate Policy Instruments -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Against High Discount Rates -- Introduction -- The Argument from Utilitarianism -- The Argument from Stewardship -- The Argument from Risk -- Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix: Model Description1 -- Notes -- References -- Aligning Justice and Efficiency in the Global Climate Change Regime: A Developing Country Perspective -- Minimizing and Sharing the Burden -- Efficiency in the Climate Context -- Justice in the Climate Context -- Equity Principles and Perspectives -- Equity in the UNFCCC -- Equity -- Procedural and Consequential -- ''Unkind'' History -- Asymmetry of Emissions and Impacts -- Efficiency Alone -- The Neoclassical Perspective -- Equity for Efficiency -- The Developing Country Perspective -- Emissions Status -- Future Emissions -- Emissions Mit
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ISBN:0080462227
0762312718
9780080462226
9780762312719

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