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Record Nr.

UNINA9911018883503321

Autore

Labatt Sonia

Titolo

Carbon finance : the financial implications of climate change / / Sonia Labatt, Rodney R. White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2007

ISBN

9786610826902

9781118161159

1118161157

9781119202134

1119202132

9781280826900

1280826908

9780470129944

0470129948

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Collana

[Wiley finance]

Altri autori (Persone)

WhiteRodney R

Disciplina

338.6041

363.738/746

Soggetti

Emissions trading

Greenhouse gases - Economic aspects

Environmental economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Series from jacket.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms -- Introduction -- The energy chain -- Regulated and energy-intensive sectors -- The physical impacts of climate change on the evolution of carbon finance -- Institutional investors and climate change -- Emissions trading in theory and practice -- Climate change and environmental security: individuals, communities, nations -- Adapting to adverse and severe weather -- Key players in the carbon markets / by Martin Whittaker -- Carbon finance: present status and future prospects -- Endnotes -- Web sites -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Praise for Carbon Finance ""A timely, objective, and informative analysis of the financial opportunities and challenges presented by climate



change, including a thorough description of adaptive measures and insurance products for managing risk in a carbon constrained economy.""-James R. Evans, M. Eng. P. Geo., Senior Manager, Environmental Risk Management, RBC Financial Group ""Climate change will have enormous financial implications in the years to come. How businesses and investors respond to the risks and opportunities from this issue will have an enormous rippling eff