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.