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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779103203321

Autore

Repetto Robert C.

Titolo

America's climate problem : the way forward / / Robert Repetto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2011

ISBN

1-280-87470-8

9786613716019

1-136-54055-5

1-136-54054-7

1-84977-523-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

363.738/745610973

Soggetti

Energy policy - Environmental aspects

Renewable energy sources

Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy

Climatic changes - Government policy

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

AMERICA'S CLIMATE PROBLEM: THE WAY FORWARD; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1What We're Up Against; Chapter 2What We Must Do: Meeting the Energy Challenge; Chapter 3Choosing the Right Policy Architecture; Chapter 4The New Economics and Climate Policy; Chapter 5Next Steps in International Cooperation; Chapter 6Winning the Political Battle over Climate Policy; Chapter 7Overcoming Obstacles to Adaptation; Chapter 8Summary and Conclusions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What America does - or fails to do - in the next few years to solve the problem of climate change will largely determine the fate of the earth and humanity for centuries to come. Despite the efforts by some states, local governments and individual citizens to respond, controversy still embroils national efforts to come up with a solution. This book by Robert Repetto, a leading environmental economist, lets the reader cut through the confusion and political rhetoric and understand the way to resolve the climate problem. It explains in clear, accessible language



how a sensible national policy to