The economics of climate change : the Stern Review / Nicholas Stern.
By: Great Britain. Treasury.
Contributor(s): Stern, N. H. (Nicholas Herbert).
Publisher: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2007Description: xix, 692 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780521700801; 0521700809 (pbk.).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 | Environmental policy -- Great BritainScope and content: 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.Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | QC 981.8 .C5 G738 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 696401 |
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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