Perspectives on climate change science, economics, politics, ethics /

• Other Authors: Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter, 1955-, Howarth, Richard B.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2005.
• Series: Advances in the economics of environmental resources ; v. 5.
• Subjects: Business & Economics > Economics > General.; Science > General.; Meteorology & climatology.; Environmental economics.; Natural resources.

This book explores the interplay between science, economics, politics, and ethics in understanding the challenge that climate change poses to the international community. A central theme is that climate change involves core issues of scientific uncertainty and intergenerational fairness that must be...

Table of Contents:

• Aligning justice and efficiency in the global climate change regime : a developing country perspective / P.R. Shukla
• The international climate change regime / Daniel Bodansky
• Tackling climate change : five keys to success / Eileen Claussen
• Cities protecting the climate : the local dimension of global environmental governance / Michele M. Betsill, Harriet Bulkeley
• Adaptation, mitigation, and justice / Dale Jamieson
• Ideal decision making and green virtues / Julia Driver
• Responsibility to future generations and the technological transition / Henry Shue
• It's not my / Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
• The long timescales of human-caused climate warming : further challenges for the global policy process / Jerry D. Mahlman
• The global carbon cycle and climate change / William H. Schlesinger
• Watching the canary : climate change in the arctic / John Weatherly
• Climate change mitigation : passing through the eye of the needle? / Michael A. Toman
• Against high discount rates / Richard B. Howarth
• Introduction / Richard B. Howarth, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong.