LEADER 03659nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910792084403321 005 20230802012905.0 010 $a1-283-59368-8 010 $a9786613906137 010 $a981-4355-65-8 035 $a(CKB)2560000000093357 035 $a(EBL)1019614 035 $a(OCoLC)809762005 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000682437 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12294763 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000682437 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10678891 035 $a(PQKB)10874946 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1019614 035 $a(WSP)00002759 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1019614 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10596929 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL390613 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000093357 100 $a20110929d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aClimate change policy failures$b[electronic resource] $ewhy conventional mitigation approaches cannot succeed /$fHoward A. Latin 210 $aHackensack, NJ ;$aSingapore $cWorld Scientific$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-4355-64-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Chapter I Introduction: Challenging the Consensus; Chapter II "Reducing the Increases" in the Atmospheric GHG Concentration; Persistent GHG Discharges; Natural and Human-Made "Sinks"; Reducing the Growth Rate of GHGs in the Atmosphere; The Two Degrees Celsius Non-Solution; Chapter III Economic Incentive Programs; Cap-and-Trade Systems; Carbon Offset Programs; Voluntary Offset Programs; Offsets as Part of National Emissions-Reduction Programs; International Offsets and the Clean Development Mechanism; Carbon Taxes, Fees, or Charges 327 $aChapter IV The Stalemate in International NegotiationsArguments Supporting the South's Positions; Arguments Supporting the North's Positions; The Durban Platform for Enhanced Action; Identifying a Potential Solution; Chapter V Overlapping Institutional Responsibilities; Adopting Initial or Interim Mitigation Measures; The Clean Technology Commission and Development Fund; A Progressively Increasing Carbon Tax; "Technology-Based" Regulations in High-Pollution Sectors; Mandatory GHG-Pollution Disclosure Programs; Chapter VI Conclusion; Endnotes; Index 330 $aAt the recent UN Climate Change Conferences in Copenhagen, Cancun and Durban, the developed nations promised hundreds of billions of dollars in financial aid to help developing countries overcome global climate change dangers. The developed nations will need to spend many more billions to limit their own greenhouse gas pollution, the main cause of global warming and climate change. Will all this money and effort be wasted? This book argues that nearly all of the world's climate policy makers and expert advisors have been making tragic mistakes that ensure the failures of climate change mitigat 606 $aClimatic changes$xEconomic aspects 606 $aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy 606 $aGreenhouse gases 606 $aClimate change mitigation 615 0$aClimatic changes$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy. 615 0$aGreenhouse gases. 615 0$aClimate change mitigation. 676 $a363.738/74561 700 $aLatin$b Howard A$01519986 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792084403321 996 $aClimate change policy failures$93758401 997 $aUNINA