The Climate casino : risk, uncertainty, and economics for a warming world / William Nordhaus.
2013
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Title
The Climate casino : risk, uncertainty, and economics for a warming world / William Nordhaus.
Imprint
New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013.
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 378 pages)
Formatted Contents Note
First encounters in the climate casino
A tale of two lakes
The economic origins of climate change
Future climate change
Tipping points in the climate casino
From climate change to impacts
The fate of farming
The impact on human health
Perils for the oceans
Intensification of hurricanes
Wildlife and species loss
Adding up the damages from climate change
Dealing with climate change: adaptation and geoengineering
Slowing climate change by reducing emissions: mitigation
The costs of slowing climate change
Discounting and the value of time
Historical perspectives on climate policy
Climate policy by balancing costs and benefits
The central role of carbon prices
Climate-change policies at the national level
From national to harmonized international policies
Second best and beyond
New technologies for a low-carbon economy
Climate science and its critics
Public opinion on climate change
Obstacles to climate-change policies.
A tale of two lakes
The economic origins of climate change
Future climate change
Tipping points in the climate casino
From climate change to impacts
The fate of farming
The impact on human health
Perils for the oceans
Intensification of hurricanes
Wildlife and species loss
Adding up the damages from climate change
Dealing with climate change: adaptation and geoengineering
Slowing climate change by reducing emissions: mitigation
The costs of slowing climate change
Discounting and the value of time
Historical perspectives on climate policy
Climate policy by balancing costs and benefits
The central role of carbon prices
Climate-change policies at the national level
From national to harmonized international policies
Second best and beyond
New technologies for a low-carbon economy
Climate science and its critics
Public opinion on climate change
Obstacles to climate-change policies.
Summary
Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the Climate Casino and are rolling the global-warming dice, warns economist William Nordhaus. But there is still time to turn around and walk back out of the casino, and in this essential book the author explains how. Bringing together all the important issues surrounding the climate debate, Nordhaus describes the science, economics, and politics involved--and the steps necessary to reduce the perils of global warming. Using language accessible to any concerned citizen and taking care to present different points of view fairly, he discusses the problem from start to finish: from the beginning, where warming originates in our personal energy use, to the end, where societies employ regulations or taxes or subsidies to slow the emissions of gases responsible for climate change. Nordhaus offers a new analysis of why earlier policies, such as the Kyoto Protocol, failed to slow carbon dioxide emissions, how new approaches can succeed, and which policy tools will most effectively reduce emissions. In short, he clarifies a defining problem of our times and lays out the next critical steps for slowing the trajectory of global warming.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-363) and index.
Source of Description
Print version record.
Location
WWW
Available in Other Form
Print version: Nordhaus, William D. Climate casino. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
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Language
English
ISBN
9780300203813 (electronic book)
0300203810 (electronic book)
1306074010 (electronic book)
9781306074018 (electronic book)
9780300189773 (cloth : alkaline paper)
030018977X (cloth : alkaline paper)
0300203810 (electronic book)
1306074010 (electronic book)
9781306074018 (electronic book)
9780300189773 (cloth : alkaline paper)
030018977X (cloth : alkaline paper)
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