LEADER 04602nam 22007451 450 001 9910954888603321 005 20251116193229.0 010 $a9780300203813 010 $a0300203810 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300203813 035 $a(CKB)2550000001138982 035 $a(EBL)3421326 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001037908 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12433626 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001037908 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11045314 035 $a(PQKB)11549476 035 $a(DE-B1597)486284 035 $a(OCoLC)862373432 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300203813 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3421326 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10793689 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL538652 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421326 035 $a(Perlego)1088926 035 $z(OCoLC)1100519286 035 $z(OCoLC)862373432 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001138982 100 $a20131111h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe climate casino $erisk, uncertainty, and economics for a warming world /$fWilliam Nordhaus 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew Haven :$cYale University Press,$d[2013] 210 4$d©2013 215 $a1 online resource (393 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780300189773 311 08$a030018977X 311 08$a9781306074018 311 08$a1306074010 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tNote to Readers --$t1. First Encounters in the Climate Casino --$t2. A Tale of Two Lakes --$t3. The Economic Origins of Climate Change --$t4. Future Climate Change --$t5. Tipping Points in the Climate Casino --$t6. From Climate Change to Impacts --$t7. The Fate of Farming --$t8. The Impact on Human Health --$t9. Perils for the Oceans --$t10. Intensification of Hurricanes --$t11. Wildlife and Species Loss --$t12. Adding Up the Damages from Climate Change --$t13. Dealing with Climate Change: Adaptation and Geoengineering --$t15. The Costs of Slowing Climate Change --$t16. Discounting and the Value of Time --$t17. Historical Perspectives on Climate Policy --$t18. Climate Policy by Balancing Costs and Benefits --$t19. The Central Role of Carbon Prices --$t20. Climate-Change Policies at the National Level --$t21. From National to Harmonized International Policies --$t22. Second Best and Beyond --$t23. New Technologies for a Low-Carbon Economy --$t24. Climate Science and Its Critics --$t25. Public Opinion on Climate Change --$t26. Obstacles to Climate-Change Policies --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aClimate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the Climate Casino and are rolling the global-warming dice, warns economist William Nordhaus. But there is still time to turn around and walk back out of the casino, and in this essential book the author explains how. Bringing together all the important issues surrounding the climate debate, Nordhaus describes the science, economics, and politics involved-and the steps necessary to reduce the perils of global warming. Using language accessible to any concerned citizen and taking care to present different points of view fairly, he discusses the problem from start to finish: from the beginning, where warming originates in our personal energy use, to the end, where societies employ regulations or taxes or subsidies to slow the emissions of gases responsible for climate change. Nordhaus offers a new analysis of why earlier policies, such as the Kyoto Protocol, failed to slow carbon dioxide emissions, how new approaches can succeed, and which policy tools will most effectively reduce emissions. In short, he clarifies a defining problem of our times and lays out the next critical steps for slowing the trajectory of global warming. 606 $aClimatic changes$xEffect of human beings on 606 $aClimatic changes 606 $aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects 606 $aEnvironmental policy 615 0$aClimatic changes$xEffect of human beings on. 615 0$aClimatic changes. 615 0$aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aEnvironmental policy. 676 $a363.738/74 686 $aQT 000$2rvk 700 $aNordhaus$b William D$0106474 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954888603321 996 $aThe climate casino$94369142 997 $aUNINA