| Description |
x, 448 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Summary for Policymakers -- 1. Introduction: Scope of the Assessment -- 2. Decision-Making Frameworks for Addressing Climate Change -- 3. Equity and Social Considerations -- 4. Intertemporal Equity, Discounting, and Economic Efficiency -- 5. Applicability of Techniques of Cost-Benefit Analysis to Climate Change -- 6. The Social Costs of Climate Change: Greenhouse Damage and the Benefits of Control -- 7. A Generic Assessment of Response Options -- 8. Estimating the Costs of Mitigating Greenhouse Gases -- 9. A Review of Mitigation Cost Studies -- 10. Integrated Assessment of Climate Change: An Overview and Comparison of Approaches and Results -- 11. An Economic Assessment of Policy Instruments for Combatting Climate Change -- Appendix 1 Contributors to the IPCC WG III Second Assessment Report -- Appendix 2 Reviewers of the IPCC WG III Report |
| Analysis |
Climatic shifts |
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Cost benefit analysis |
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Environmental economics |
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Greenhouse effect |
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International cooperation |
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Long range planning |
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Overseas item |
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Planning processes |
| Notes |
"Contribution of Working Group III to the second assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Evaluation.
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Evaluation.
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| Author |
Bruce, J. P. (James P.), 1928-
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Haites, Erik F.
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Yi, Hoe-sŏng, 1945-
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group III.
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| LC no. |
96025453 |
| ISBN |
0521560519 (hardback) |
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0521568544 (paperback) |
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