1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910691018803321

Titolo

Defense acquisitons [[electronic resource] ] : space-based infrared system-low at risk of missing initial deployment date : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives / / United States General Accounting Office

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : The Office, , [2001]

Soggetti

Ballistic missile defenses

Infrared technology

Missile attack warning systems

Space surveillance

Space weapons

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"February 2001."

"GAO-01-6."

Paper version available from the General Accounting Office.

Title from title screen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910807161803321

Autore

Perthuis Christian de

Titolo

Economic choices in a warming world / / Christian de Perthuis [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-22056-4

1-139-20957-4

1-280-87903-3

1-139-22244-9

9786613720344

0-511-75361-6

1-139-21763-1

1-139-22415-8

1-139-21455-1

1-139-22072-1

Edizione

[English ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

BUS099000

Disciplina

363.738/74

Soggetti

Global warming - Economic aspects

Climatic changes - Economic aspects

Environmental policy - Economic aspects

Greenhouse gas mitigation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the opera house of Manaus; 1. Climate risk; 2. Some like it hot (climate change adaptation); 3. Building a low-carbon energy future; 4. Pricing carbon: the economics of cap-and-trade; 5. Agricultural intensification to preserve forests; 6. Pricing carbon: the economics of offsets; 7. Macroeconomic impacts: distributing the carbon rent; 8. International climate change negotiations; 9. Conclusion: risk of taking action, risk of inaction; Bibliography: thirty references; Thirty key facts; Greenhouse gas emissions in the world; Glossary of key terms.

Sommario/riassunto

Since the publication of the Stern Review, economists have started to



ask more normative questions about climate change. Should we act now or tomorrow? What is the best theoretical carbon price to reach long-term abatement targets? How do we discount the long-term costs and benefits of climate change? This provocative book argues that these are the wrong sorts of questions to ask because they don't take into account the policies that have already been implemented. Instead, it urges us to concentrate on existing policies and tools by showing how the development of carbon markets could dramatically reduce world greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, triggering policies to build a new low-carbon energy system while restructuring the way agriculture interacts with forests. This provides an innovative perspective on how a post-Kyoto international climate regime could emerge from agreements between the main GHG emitters capping their emissions and building an international carbon market.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910693430803321

Autore

Terrill W. Andrew

Titolo

Escalation and intrawar deterrence during limited wars in the Middle East

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Strategic Studies Institute U S Army War College, 2009

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 112 pages)

Disciplina

956.04/8

Soggetti

Escalation (Military science) - 1967-1973

Deterrence (Strategy)

Arab-Israeli conflict

Persian Gulf War, 1991

Military & Naval Science

Law, Politics & Government

Military Science - General

Middle East Strategic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-112).

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph analyzes military escalation and intrawar deterrence by examining two key wars where these concepts became especially relevant: the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq. A central conclusion of this monograph is that intrawar deterrence is an inherently fragile concept, and that the nonuse of weapons of mass destruction in both wars was the result of a number of positive factors that may not be repeated in future conflicts.