Climate Policy Foundations: Science and Economics with Lessons from Monetary Regulation

ISBN: 9781107614727 出版年：2011 页码：255 William C Whitesell Cambridge University Press

Introduction Part I. Earth's Climate History and Outlook: 1. Salient events of climate history 2. Human and climate interactions 3. Greenhouse gases 4. Emitting economic sectors 5. Forecasts of GHG emissions and global temperatures 6. Potential impacts of climate change Part II. Climate Policy Choices: 7. Climate policy goals 8. Policy mandates and market-based approaches 9. The design of cap-and-trade programs 10. Prices, quantities and lessons from monetary policy 11. The outlook for climate policies Appendix: discount rates in climate analysis.