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Title Finance & sustainable development : opposition or partnership? / editors, Pierre-André Chiappori, Jean-Michel Lasry, Damien Fessler
Published London : Economica, 2009

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Description 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents Contents note continued: Closing Comments: The Role of International Instituuons / Francois Bourguignon -- Pt. II Enlightenment and Perspectives -- Innovation for Sustainable Development / Claude Henry -- Dealing with Environmental Externalities: The Economic Approach / Jan H. Keppler -- Market Failure and the Environmental Policies of Firms: Economic Rationales for "Beyond Compliance" Behavior / Forest L. Reinhardt -- Adaptation To Climate Change, Risk Assessment And Infrastructure Management / Yann Raineau / Morgan Herve-Mignucci / Alexia Leseur / Maria Mansanet-Bataller -- Economics and Finance to the Aid of Natural Capital / Serge Orru
Contents note continued: Saving the Whole by Saving the Parts: Nature, Biodiversity and the Market / Jan H. Keppler -- Current State of Global Fisheries: The Role of Economic Valuation / Rashid Sumaila -- Managing Fisheries Better / Geoffrey Heal -- Biodiversity Governance / Lucien Chabason -- Sustainable Use of Biodiversity: Examples and Recommendations / Marie-Christine Grillo-Van Klaveren -- Concluding Summary / Ivar Ekeland -- Workshop 3 Energy -- Policies That Impact The Energy Sector / Richard A. Bradley -- Nuclear Energy / Bruno Lescoeur -- Electricity Generation and Consumption / Yves Bamberger -- Obstacles to Proper International Energy Governance / Albert Bressand -- Concluding Summary / Pierre-Noel Giraud -- Round Table: Policy and Business Responses to Environmental Challenges -- The Evolution of Environmental Awareness / Denis Kessler -- The Implementation of Environment Policies / Jean-Pierre Landau -- Environmental Funds / Catherine Garreta --
Machine generated contents note: Pt. I Reports of the Symposium -- Plenary session I -- How Should Economists Model the Future? / Edmund Phelps -- Plenary session II -- The Economic Design of Climate Institutions and Policies / Roger Guesnerie -- The Economic Analysis of Environmental Risks / Nicholas Stern -- Economics, Policy and Climate Change / Geoffrey Heal -- Reflections on Climate Change / Jean-Pierre Landau -- Further Comments on Climate Change / Nicholas Stern -- Workshop 1 Climate Risk and Insurance -- Insurance and Sustainable Development / Denis Kessler -- Climate Change: Trends and Perspectives / Herve Le Treut -- Quantitative Approaches to Problems of Finance and Sustainable Development / Jean-Michel Lasry -- The Role of Insurers / Guillaume Gorge -- Climate Change: The Current Nature of the Threat / Philippe Trainar -- Risks Market and Value Creation / Christian Gollier -- Concluding Summary / Christian Gallier -- Workshop 2 Marine Biodiversity --
Notes Proceedings of a conference held in December 2007
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Environmental economics -- Congresses.
Sustainable development -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Chiappori, Pierre-André.
Fessler, Damien.
Lasry, J. M.
LC no. 2009456482
ISBN 2717855815
9782717855814
Other Titles Finance and sustainable development