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    Online Resource
    Climate Change Economics and Policy : An RFF Anthology. (2001)
    Washington :Taylor & Francis Group,
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    Keywords: Climatic changes -- Economic aspects. ; Climatic changes -- Social aspects. ; Climatic changes -- Government policy. ; Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects. ; Climatic changes -- International cooperation. ; Environmental policy. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: What are the potential adverse impacts of climate change? How can society determine the amount of protection against climate change that is warranted, given the benefits and costs of various policies? In concise, informative chapters, Climate Economics and Policy considers the key issues involved in one of the most important policy debates of our time. Beginning with an overview and policy history, it explores the potential impact of climate change on a variety of domains, including water resources, agriculture, and forests. The contributors then provide assessments of policies that will affect greenhouse gas emissions, including electricity restructuring, carbon sequestration in forests, and early reduction programs. In considering both domestic and international policy options, the authors examine command and control strategies, energy efficiency opportunities, taxes, emissions trading, subsidy reform, and inducements for technological progress. Both policymakers and the general public will find this volume to be a convenient and authoritative guide to climate change risk and policy. It is a useful resource for professional education programs, and an important addition for college courses in environmental economics and environmental studies. Climate Economics and Policy is a collection of Issue Briefs, prepared by the staff of Resources for the Future (RFF) and outside experts. Many are adapted from pieces originally disseminated on Weathervane, RFF�s acclaimed web site on global climate change.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (289 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781936331437
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=592564
    DDC: 363.738/747
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About Resources for the Future and RFF Press -- Resources for the Future -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1: Climate Change Economics and Policies: An Overview -- Part 1: Introduction -- 2: How the Kyoto Protocol Developed: A Brief History -- 3: The Energy-CO2 Connection: A Review of Trends and Challenges -- 4: How Much Climate Change Is Too Much? An Economics Perspective -- Appendix A: The Costs of the Kyoto Protocol -- Part 2: Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 5: Agriculture and Climate Change -- 6: Water Resources and Climate Change -- 7: Forests and Climate Change -- 8: "Ancillary Benefits" of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies -- Appendix B: Climate Change, Health Risks, and Economics -- Part 3: Policy Design and Implementation Issues -- 9: Choosing Price or Quantity Controls for Greenhouse Gases -- 10: Using Emissions Trading to Regulate National Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 11: Revenue Recycling and the Costs of Reducing Carbon Emissions -- 12: Confronting the Adverse Industry Impacts of CO2 Abatement Policies: What Does It Cost? -- 13: Carbon Sinks in the Post-Kyoto World -- 14: Environmentally and Economically Damaging Subsidies: Concepts and Illustrations -- 15: Electricity Restructuring: Shortcut or Detour on the Road to Achieving Greenhouse Gas Reductions? -- 16: The Role of Renewable Resources in U.S. Electricity Generation: Experience and Prospects -- 17: Energy-Efficient Technologies and Climate Change Policies: Issues and Evidence -- 18: Climate Change Policy Choices and Technical Innovation -- 19: Greenhouse Gas "Early Reduction" Programs: A Critical Appraisal -- Appendix C: Climate Policy and the Economics of Technical Advance: Drawing on Inventive Activity -- Part 4: International Considerations -- 20: Policy Design for International Greenhouse Gas Control. , 21: Establishing and Operating the Clean Development Mechanism -- 22: Allocating Liability in International Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading and the Clean Development Mechanism -- 23: International Equity and Climate Change Policy -- 24: The Economics of Climate-Friendly Technology Diffusion in Developing Countries -- 25: Including Developing Countries in Global Efforts for Greenhouse Gas Reduction -- 26: Moving Ahead with Climate Policy -- Glossary -- Index.
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    Electronic Resource
    THE ECONOMICS OF "WHEN" FLEXIBILITY IN THE DESIGN OF GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT POLICIES (1999)
    Palo Alto, Calif. : Annual Reviews
    Annual Review of Environment and Resources 24 (1999), S. 431-460 
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    ISSN: 1056-3466
    Source: Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection 1932-2001ff
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
    Notes: Abstract This paper focuses on the desirability, from an economic perspective, of setting fixed and relatively short-term targets and timetables, such as those contained in the Kyoto Protocol, as a means of achieving longer-term climate change mitigation goals. The paper argues that whatever long-term policy goals are adopted, greater flexibility lowers implementation costs. Lower implementation costs, in turn, increases the likelihood that the policies will actually be followed and the goals achieved. Importantly, the Kyoto Protocol incorporates key elements of both "what" and "where" flexibility. That is, the "Kyoto basket" includes all six of the major greenhouse gases plus sinks, and the Protocol incorporates several mechanisms that allow emission reductions to take place at the least-cost geographic location, regardless of nation-state boundaries. The Protocol also provides substantial "how" flexibility in the sense that countries can use a variety of means to achieve domestic policy goals. However, the Protocol does not allow emission reductions to take place at a point in time when they can be achieved at lowest cost as long as they are consistent with the long-term environmental goals ("when" flexibility). Additionally, it does not allow the use of efficient price-based policy instruments to define targets and, thereby, balance environmental goals and compliance costs (which could be thought of as a broader version of "when" flexibility). Instead, the Protocol relies exclusively on strict, short term quantity targets. The relative inflexibility of the Protocol with respect to the timing of reductions and definitions of the targets may derive, in part, from a misplaced analogy between the global warming issue and the highly successful effort to phase out CFCs under the Montreal Protocol. The lack of when flexibility may be a key barrier to achieving the broader goals of the Kyoto Protocol, particularly if where flexibility is constrained in the implementation process.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.energy.24.1.431
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