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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450295403321

Titolo

Climate change policy [[electronic resource] ] : a survey / / edited by Stephen H. Schneider, Armin Rosencranz, John O. Niles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2002

ISBN

1-59726-842-9

1-4175-3949-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (580 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchneiderStephen Henry

RosencranzArmin

NilesJohn O

Disciplina

363.738/745

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Government policy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""About Island Press""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: Science and Impacts""; ""Ch 1: Understanding Climate Science""; ""Ch 2: Uncertainty and Climate Change Policy""; ""Ch 3: Regional Impact Assessments: A Case Study of California""; ""Part II: Economic Analysis""; ""Ch 4: International Approached to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions""; ""Ch 5: Designing Global Climate Regulation""; ""Ch 6: Carbon Abatement with Economic Growth: A National Strategy""; ""Part III: Policy Context""; ""Ch 7: U.S. Climate Change Policy""

""Ch 8: The Climate Policy Debate in the U.S. Congress""""Ch 9: Population and Climate Change Policy""; ""Ch 10: Global Climate Change: A Business Perspective""; ""Ch 11: Activities Implemented Jointly""; ""Part IV: Forests and Agriculture""; ""Ch 12: Climate Change and Agriculture: Mitigation Options and Potential""; ""Ch 13: Tropical Forests and Climate Change""; ""Part V: Development and Equity""; ""Ch 14: A Southern Perspective on Curbing Global Climate Change""; ""Ch 15: Equity, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Global Common Resources""; ""Part VI: Energy Choices""

""Ch 16: Renewable Energy Sources as a Response to Global Climate



Concerns""""Ch 17: Fuel Cells, Carbon Sequestration, Infrastructure, and the Transition to a Hydrogen Economy""; ""Ch 18: Energy R&D and Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities""; ""Ch 19: Business Capitalizing on Energy Transition Opportunities""; ""Ch 20: Earth Systems: Engineering and Management""; ""Appendix A: Climate Negotiation History""; ""Appendix B: ""Hot Air"" and ""Hot Air"" Policies""; ""Glossary""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Island Press Board of Directors 2002""