America's climate problem : the way forward / / Robert Repetto

• Autore: Repetto Robert C.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.738/745610973
• Soggetto topico: Energy policy - Environmental aspects; Renewable energy sources; Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy; Climatic changes - Government policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: What 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
• Titolo autorizzato: America's climate problem
• ISBN: 1-280-87470-8; 9786613716019; 1-136-54055-5; 1-136-54054-7; 1-84977-523-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453029003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II