03167nam 2200697Ia 450 991080953210332120200520144314.01-280-87470-897866137160191-136-54055-51-136-54054-71-84977-523-010.4324/9781849775236(CKB)2550000000107267(EBL)981815(OCoLC)804665920(SSID)ssj0000686911(PQKBManifestationID)11421636(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000686911(PQKBWorkID)10733344(PQKB)10607591(MiAaPQ)EBC981815(Au-PeEL)EBL981815(CaPaEBR)ebr10578139(CaONFJC)MIL371601(OCoLC)801405163(FINmELB)ELB138768(OCoLC)666573554(EXLCZ)99255000000010726720100917d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerica's climate problem the way forward /Robert Repetto1st ed.London ;Washington, DC Earthscan20111 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84971-214-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexWhat 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 toEnergy policyEnvironmental aspectsRenewable energy sourcesPetroleum industry and tradeGovernment policyClimatic changesGovernment policyEnergy policyEnvironmental aspects.Renewable energy sources.Petroleum industry and tradeGovernment policy.Climatic changesGovernment policy.363.738/745610973Repetto Robert C244486MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809532103321America's climate problem3932158UNINA