LEADER 03167nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910809532103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-87470-8 010 $a9786613716019 010 $a1-136-54055-5 010 $a1-136-54054-7 010 $a1-84977-523-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9781849775236 035 $a(CKB)2550000000107267 035 $a(EBL)981815 035 $a(OCoLC)804665920 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000686911 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11421636 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000686911 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10733344 035 $a(PQKB)10607591 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC981815 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL981815 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10578139 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL371601 035 $a(OCoLC)801405163 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB138768 035 $a(OCoLC)666573554 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000107267 100 $a20100917d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerica's climate problem $ethe way forward /$fRobert Repetto 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aWashington, DC $cEarthscan$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84971-214-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAMERICA'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; Index 330 $aWhat 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 to 606 $aEnergy policy$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aRenewable energy sources 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xGovernment policy 606 $aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy 615 0$aEnergy policy$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aRenewable energy sources. 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xGovernment policy. 615 0$aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy. 676 $a363.738/745610973 700 $aRepetto$b Robert C$0244486 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809532103321 996 $aAmerica's climate problem$93932158 997 $aUNINA