Foreword -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms -- Introduction -- The energy chain -- Regulated and energy-intensive sectors -- The physical impacts of climate change on the evolution of carbon finance -- Institutional investors and climate change -- Emissions trading in theory and practice -- Climate change and environmental security: individuals, communities, nations -- Adapting to adverse and severe weather -- Key players in the carbon markets / by Martin Whittaker -- Carbon finance: present status and future prospects -- Endnotes -- Web sites -- References -- Index
Summary
Praise for Carbon Finance. ''A timely, objective, and informative analysis of the financial opportunities and challenges presented by climate change, including a thorough description of adaptive measures and insurance products for managing risk in a carbon constrained economy
Notes
Series from jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index
