The long-term economics of climate change beyond a doubling of greenhouse gas concentrations /

• Other Authors: Hall, Darwin C., Howarth, Richard B.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2001.
• Series: Advances in the economics of environmental resources ; v. 3.
• Subjects: Science > History.; Business & Economics > Economics > General.; Environmental economics.; Management of land & natural resources.; Natural resources.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 336 p.).
• ISBN: 9781849500210 (electronic bk.) :
• ISSN: 1569-3740 ;

This volume will include scenarios of geophysical and economic impacts from global warming beyond a doubling of greenhouse gases. Analyses will examine geophysical, ecological, and economic impacts, physical and institutional lags, alternative scenarios with and without policy intervention, institutional change, political-economic barriers to effective policy, and prescriptions for change. Perspectives will include those from physical and biological sciences, as well as economics.