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UNINA9910811251203321 |
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Titolo |
Climate-change policy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Dieter Helm |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-383-04270-5 |
1-281-34596-2 |
9786611345969 |
0-19-153587-7 |
1-4356-1010-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (424 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Climatic changes - Government policy |
Environmental economics |
Natural resources - Law and legislation |
Greenhouse gas mitigation |
Carbon taxes |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-380) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part One: Principles; Part Two: The Social Cost of Carbon; Part Three: Tradable Permits and Carbon Taxes; Part Four: Kyoto and After; Part Five: Institutional Design and Energy Policy; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The threat posed by climate change has not yet been matched by international agreements and economic policies that can deliver sharp reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. Although the Kyoto Protocol has now been ratified by Russia and hence come into legal effect, the USA, China, and India are all outside its emissions caps. Few European countries are on course to meet their own national targets, and even if fully implemented, it is widely acknowledged that the Kyoto Protocol. would make little difference to the carbon concentrations in the atmosphere. In consequence, there is a search for a |
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