Climate change Books

Book SynopsisReviewing over 50 years of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) policy-making and implementation around the world, this thought-provoking Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the current research surrounding EIA. Presenting new trends in law and policy-making, it highlights best practices in the application of technology to impact prediction and management, procedural efficiency, decision-making and public participation. In addition to explaining the practicalities of the EIA process, chapters delve deep into EIA’s decision-making stages and methods, revealing the causes of, and solutions to, recurrent issues. Contributions from leading scholars analyse case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and North and South America to provide a truly global picture of EIA implementation. Critically examining the laws, policies and procedures involved in these case studies, this Handbook concludes by highlighting new ideas, trends and methods in the field. With a global scope, the illustrative case studies and critical evaluations will prove a useful resource for students and scholars of environmental and management studies and law. Exploring how to implement best practices, it will prove invaluable to EIA practitioners, including consultants, developers and regulators, offering inspiration and guidance for policy reforms.Trade Review‘Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment provides the reader with an overview of EIA in many countries. The research is literature-based. As in many books which are multi-authored, the chapters vary in terms of the style of writing and readability. The various authors are non-lawyers. They provide a broad and non-legalistic approach to environmental assessment, over a wide range of areas. The book will prove a valuable research tool to those wishing to explore environmental assessment globally, beyond the confines of project regulation.’ -- Francis McManus, Scottish Planning and Environmental Law‘This Handbook marks 50 years of Environmental Impact Assessment practice, addressing contemporary issues in an innovative and engaging manner. It captures the state of the art provided by a diverse group of theorists and practitioners drawn from all around the world, before outlining possible directions for the next 50 years.’ -- Angus Morrison-Saunders, Edith Cowan University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: PART I CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS AND EVOLVING ROLES 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment 2 Alberto Fonseca 2 NEPA in the United States: death by extremism or redesign of a more useful tool? 28 Michael R. Greenberg and Stuart Shapiro 3 Impact assessment in the post-COVID-19 world: the growing role of health impact assessment 47 Mirko S. Winkler, Adithya Pradyumna, Francesca Viliani and Astrid M. Knoblauch 4 Integrated impact assessment: coming out of the shadows? 66 Richard K. Morgan PART II STAGES AND METHODS 5 Influence of EIA on project planning and design: exploring the gap between best and actual practice 86 Claire Gronow 6 The theory and practice of scoping: delivering proportionate EIA reports 111 Urmila Jha-Thakur, Fatemeh Khosravi and David Hoare 7 The benefits and perils of digital and automated technologies: impact assessment methods in the fourth industrial revolution 126 Alberto Fonseca 8 A new agenda for significance determination in EIA: promoting community-based determination processes to counterbalance technocratic approaches 146 Sara Bjørn Aaen, Ivar Lyhne and Helle Nedergaard Nielsen 9 Artificial intelligence solutions for environmental and social impact assessments 163 Atiyah Curmally, Blaise W. Sandwidi and Aditi Jagtiani 10 Mitigating climate change through impact assessments: critical reflections from Canadian policy reform 178 Karine Péloffy, Nicholas Zrinyi and Rosa Galvez 11 Follow-up: post-decision learning in EIA 198 John Glasson PART III IMPROVING GOVERNANCE AND DECISION-MAKING 12 Uncertainty in EIA 220 Sanne Vammen Larsen 13 Trade-offs in impact assessment design and implementation 233 Robert B. Gibson and Alberto Fonseca 14 Heuristics and bias in assessing the social impacts of energy projects 258 Douglas L. Bessette 15 Rightful resistance and activism through EIAs in Chile 270 Rajiv Maher and Diego Gálvez Pino 16 Indigenous Peoples and impact assessment 285 Philippe Hanna, Cássio Ingles de Sousa and Tumanako Fa’aui 17 Trends in EIA effectiveness research 303 John J. Loomis and Mauricio Dziedzic PART IV GLOBAL PRACTICE 18 EIA best practice in Africa 320 Luke Sandham, Francois Retief and Reece Alberts 19 EIA in Finland: the influence of international norms on the founding and evolution of national impact assessment systems 337 Timo Koivurova, Katri-Maaria Kyllönen and Krittika Singh 20 EIA in Canada: strengthening follow-up, monitoring and evaluation 352 Patricia Fitzpatrick and J. Byron Williams 21 EIA in Japan: the benefits of early public participation 366 Tetsuya Kamijo 22 Environmental impact assessment in Brazil: a review of its rise (and fall?) 383 Luis E. Sánchez and Carla Grigoletto Duarte 23 EIA in China: evolution and challenges 404 He Xu, Yiting Yang, Huanzhi Wang and Xueyan Guo PART V LOOKING FORWARD 24 The importance of leadership in impact assessment 423 Ross Marshall and Maria Partidário 25 Epilogue (The future of impact prediction: what to expect from EIA in the next 50 years?) 441 Alberto Fonseca Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook presents the latest knowledge on technological innovation for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Looking beyond technical fixes, it further draws on economics, politics and sociology to explore how modern technology can contribute to effective and socially just sustainability transitions.Examining cutting-edge research on energy, transport and industry, this Handbook argues that we have the technologies and policy instruments needed to mitigate and adapt to climate change. However, for larger-scale implementation the support at the socio-economic and political levels has to be increased. Chapters further analyse the role that technology plays in key sectors, such as agriculture and forestry, in order to become more sustainable. Contributors also reflect on the position of technology in society, illustrating the wider socio-technical systems that determine the impact that new technologies can have. They call for the political will to implement and scale up technological measures to address climate change across the world.The Handbook on Climate Change and Technology will be essential reading for academics and students of climate change, energy, sustainability and environmental governance and regulation. It will also be an invaluable resource for practitioners and policymakers seeking a deeper understanding of the role of technology in sustainability transitions.Trade Review‘This book is a goldmine for practitioners and researchers in the field of climate change and technology. The depth and breadth of this book is second to none, bringing together contributions from top technology experts across key domains of climate change mitigation.’ -- Rasmus Lema, Maastricht University, the Netherlands‘A tour de force in terms of ambition, scope, and execution. The Handbook covers it all, from climate mitigation and adaptation to the supreme importance of looking beyond technology to avert climate disaster. It’s crammed not only with deep expert knowledge across more than 30 chapters from some of the world’s top thinkers, it is written and presented in impressive clarity and style. It’s moved into front place on my bookshelf.’ -- Benjamin K. Sovacool, Boston University, US‘Technology is the key to climate change mitigation and adaptation in these challenging times. The timely launch of the Handbook on Climate Change and Technology enables us to discover the wide range of technologies today to meet the Paris Agreement goals. A must-read for all who are interested in the impacts of climate change and how to make the world a better place to live in.’ -- May Tan-Mullins, James Cook University, SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: PART I TECHNOLOGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION I.1 INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction: how technology and climate change mitigation became intertwined 2 Frauke Urban and Johan Nordensvärd 2 Implementing 100% renewable energy to decarbonise emission pathways 16 Mark Diesendorf I.2 ENERGY 3 Wind energy for mitigating global climate change 35 Lennart Söder 4 Solar photovoltaic technologies for mitigating global climate change 58 Michelle Vaqueiro Contreras, Jianjun Li, Moonyong Kim and Martin A. Green 5 Hydropower, climate change and sustainable energy transitions 82 Giuseppina Siciliano 6 The role of bioenergy, biofuels and biogas in mitigating global climate change 103 Frauke Urban and Johan Nordensvärd 7 Carbon dioxide removal and bioenergy carbon capture and storage 116 Fabian Levihn 8 The role of hydrogen in mitigating global climate change 134 Daniele Silvestro, Peder Zandén Kjellén, Nikhilesh Dharmala, Shveta Soam and Karl Hillman 9 Improving energy efficiency of buildings 163 Fredrik von Malmborg, Martin Björklund and Patrik Rohdin I.3 TRANSPORT 10 Transition towards more efficient road transports: insights from mobility analytics 180 Anna Danielsson, David Gundlegård, Clas Rydergren and Nikolaos Tsanakas 11 Sustainable energy transitions in aviation 196 Frauke Urban, Johan Nordensvärd and Aneta Kulanovic 12 Sustainable energy transitions in maritime shipping: a global perspective 205 Fumi Harahap, Mahrokh Samavati and Anissa Nurdiawati I.4 INDUSTRY 13 Circular economy for energy-intensive industries 228 Andreas Feldmann 14 Decarbonizing energy-intensive industries: the case of the steel sector 237 Frauke Urban I.5 CITIES AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 15 Cities and climate-resilient development 247 Jason Alexandra 16 The potential and limitations of heat pumps to mitigate climate change in the built environment 261 Chang Su I.6 GRIDS, BATTERIES AND DIGITALISATION 17 The flexible grid infrastructure enabling power grid evolution and decarbonization 274 Lina Bertling Tjernberg and Hamza Shafique 18 Vehicle and stationary batteries for a sustainable future: recent developments and challenges around second-life applications and recycling 291 Tarun Kumar Agrawal and Patricia van Loon 19 Digitalization of the EU electricity system: the challenge of a just energy transition 302 Irene A. Niet, Romy Dekker, Luc F.M. van Summeren, Eef Masson, Anna J. Wieczorek, Frank C.A. Veraart and Rinie C. van Est PART II TECHNOLOGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION II.1 AGRICULTURE 20 Agricultural innovation and climate change adaptation: a framework for analysis 323 Lars Otto Naess, John Thompson and Bridget Allen-O’Neil 21 Climate change, policy processes and local vulnerability 336 Catherine Doe Adodoadji-Dogbe and Frauke Urban II.2 FORESTRY 22 Forest management planning technologies in the light of climate change 353 Pete Bettinger, Alba Rocio Gutierrez Garzon, Krista Merry, Angela Tsao, Volkan Bektas, Taeyoon Lee, Joshua Uzu and Jacek Siry II.3 FISHING AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS 23 Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in coastal fishing communities 371 Catherine Doe Adodoadji-Dogbe and Frauke Urban II.4 DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT 24 Disaster risk reduction, disaster risk management and climate change adaptation 388 Frauke Urban and Johan Nordensvärd PART III BEYOND TECHNICAL FIXES FOR ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES 25 Future directions for sustainability transitions research 403 Jonathan Köhler 26 Justice in low-carbon transitions: energy justice, just transitions and utility-scale wind power 413 Adolfo Mejía-Montero and Kirsten E. H. Jenkins 27 Gender and climate justice 434 Jennie C. Stephens 28 The role of energy and climate policy in mitigating global climate change 444 Johan Nordensvärd and Frauke Urban 29 The economics of climate change: a review 462 Frauke Urban and Johan Nordensvärd 30 The economics of mitigating climate change: a critical review of modeling approaches 482 Richard A. Rosen 31 Promoting climate change resilience: an illustrative case study 500 Michelle Rydback 32 Sharing climate information in supply chains: reach and limitations of ICT and marketing 517 Anna-Maria Nyquist Index 532

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Book SynopsisExploring the ways that contemporary urban life takes the Holocene for granted, this multidisciplinary book warns that anthropogenic environmental impacts are on course to challenge the viability of most human settlements. It highlights how, despite increased warnings, most cities appear to be in denial of the potential impending catastrophes and remain ill-prepared to handle major disruptions. Chapters offer a critical appraisal of the end of an urban epoch: the Holocene city. Moving from more general aspects of urban vulnerability in the face of the Anthropocene, the book then looks at more specific issues and cases illustrating alternative adaptation pathways. It further analyses existing approaches, movements and networks for urban preparedness for the climate crisis, offering visualisations of the ways these can be improved, conceiving alternative futures and reinventing the city. A timely resource for this emerging topic, the book will be beneficial to urban studies, environmental science and development studies scholars. Practitioners in urban planning, design, management and evaluation will also find the critical case studies in the book particularly helpful.Trade Review‘This is definitely a book that offers some answers and questions to the wicked climate change problems from a local perspective.’ -- Xira Ruiz-Campillo, Regional Studies‘The breadth of concepts, cases, and data outlined in this book provide critical insights into climate change adaptation. Collectively, they serve as a call to action with a clear message: “business as usual” will be insufficient to meet the climate challenges of our future. Cities must be reimagined, and this book is a place to start that work.’ -- Ashley D. Ross, Texas A&M University at Galveston, US‘City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis brings together many of the world’s leading researchers as we all scramble to address urban resilience in the face of climate change. The book gives a comprehensive assessment of where cities are today, what vulnerabilities are most acute, and how we might bring about greater resilience and well-being for the world’s cities. For cities, as outlined in the book’s summary chapter, governance: the need for better collaboration and co-ordination, is paramount. This collection makes an impressive start to this task.’ -- Daniel Hoornweg, Ontario Tech University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xvi Sirkku Juhola Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxvi Introduction: farewell to the Holocene city 1 Francisco Javier Carrillo PART I URBAN CLIMATE VULNERABILITY 1 Unprecedented challenge: implications for climate resilient urban planning 15 Anja Wejs 2 Insights and challenges from Oxfam’s disaster management work 26 Janice Ian Manlutac, Velina Petrova and Irene Guijt 3 Down scale agency 41 Lelani M. Mannetti 4 The impossibility of accelerated risk management possible pathways 53 Theresa Scavenius PART II PIONEER MOVEMENTS IN CITY PREPAREDNESS 5 Directory of urban preparedness 65 Tatiana Schreiner 6 Local adaptation plans: comparisons and lessons learned 80 Charlotte da Cunha and Elena Lioubimtseva 7 Can salutogenesis contribute to prepare cities for climate change? 93 Ruca Maass, Monica Lillefjell and Kirsti S. Anthun 8 Competencies for viable subsistence 106 Danuta Kaźmierczak PART III INDICATORS AND BENCHMARKING 9 Cities and climate change: a review of current metrics 118 Priscila Nesello and Ana Cristina Fachinelli 10 Knowledge city benchmarking and the MAKCi experience 129 Blanca C. Garcia 11 Learnings from knowledge-based development metrics 141 Ana Cristina Fachinelli, Rafael L. Perini and Priscila Nesello 12 Capital systems for city preparedness: a framework 152 Omar Zermeño PART IV DEEP INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE MARKETS FOR CITY PREPAREDNESS 13 Deep innovation 164 Thomas J. Burns 14 Knowledge markets regimes for the urban climate emergency 177 Francisco Javier Carrillo 15 The sharing cosmopolis: prosperity without growth 195 Douglas Kelbaugh 16 Effective collaborative climate change governance in urban areas 209 Lorena Pasquini, Dania Petrik, Balbina Nyamakura, Kate Strachan, Meggan Spires, Sheona Shackleton and Gina Ziervogel PART V STAYING WITH URBAN TROUBLE 17 Urban dysfunctionalities before the Anthropocene 225 Ali Modarres 18 Bunkerization: elite preparedness and retreat in the Anthropocene 234 Daniel South and Nigel South 19 Climate change, migration, and preparedness 244 Stephan A. Schwartz 20 Relocation and climate migration 256 Immaculata Olu Omojola and Mike Boni Bazza PART VI URBAN FUTURES 21 Urban autonomous zones and the mitigation of climate disasters 268 Oliver Kellhammer 22 Urban relational capital and new transaction regimes 281 Angel Eustorgio Rivera, Gibran Rivera and Francisco Javier Carrillo 23 Neo-medievalism: self-governed sub national governments 292 Ravindra K. Srivastava 24 An object-oriented framework for subsistence assurance 304 Jose I. Icaza PART VII RE-IMAGINING THE CITY 25 Political economies of ‘The Commons’ 319 Gavin Keeney, Owen O’Carroll and David S. Jones 26 A youth perspective on green local urban futures 331 Joshua Amponsem, Nathalie Sänger and Marie-Claire Graf 27 Fostering resilient co-learning ecosystems in the city 344 Raphaële Bidault-Waddington 28 Regenerative urban development 357 Beth Schaefer Caniglia Conclusion to City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis 371 Cathy Garner Index

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Book SynopsisWith human-induced environmental impacts disrupting human life in deeper ways and at a wider scale than anything previously experienced, this multidisciplinary book looks at the ways that current knowledge bases seem inadequate to help us deal with such realities. It offers a critical appraisal of the current knowledge infrastructure, including science, technology, innovation, education and informal knowledge systems. Contributions from a wide spectrum of social scientists, philosophers, activists and decision-makers tackle the importance of knowledge for the Anthropocene using a mosaic of data, theories, cases, models, methods and experiences. Chapters highlight what relevant knowledge will become critical to dealing with deteriorating environmental conditions, as well as how science, technology, education and innovation can be radically transformed to deal with these challenges. The book further explores the behavioural, economic, social and cultural aspects of the Anthropocene, and how knowledge impacts both these and our possible futures. This will be a critical read for human geography and environmental science scholars, as well as social science scholars more broadly, particularly with its in-depth glossary and digital resource list. It will also aid practitioners in the planning, design, management and evaluation of knowledge systems by providing deeper understandings of the potential circumstances of knowledge in the Anthropocene.Trade Review'What does it mean to live in the Anthropocene? While a growing number of edited collections and monographs have approached this question by gathering knowledge of the Anthropocene, Francisco Javier Carrillo and Günter Koch choose a different path: uncompromisingly interdisciplinary, Knowledge For The Anthropocene brings together contributors from different disciplinary and regional backgrounds, thus offering a clear and comprehensive account of the opportunities and challenges of knowledge in and for the Anthropocene.' -- Nico Stehr, Zeppelin University, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: knowing what to know, what to do and how to do it in the Anthropocene xiii Noel Castree Preface xvi Acknowledgments xxi Introduction to Knowledge For The Anthropocene 1 Francisco Javier Carrillo PART I KNOWLEDGE AND THE PLANETARY EMERGENCY 1 A portable philosophy toolkit for the Anthropocene 11 Carlos Jesús García-Meza 2 Existential challenges to knowledge 22 Bertrand Guillaume 3 Social psychological drivers of climate change denial 30 Irina Feygina 4 Media accountability before the climate crisis 42 Gabriel Valerio-Ureña, Jorge Asprón and Nalleli Salazar PART II ANTHROPOCENE LITERACY 5 A terminology for the Anthropocene 54 Ernesto Contreras 6 A directory of digital resources about the Anthropocene 76 Paulo David Soasti-Bareta 7 Educating for the Anthropocene 98 Audrey Groleau, Chantal Pouliot, Isabelle Arseneau 8 Localization and globalization of core adaptive knowledge 107 Alexander K. Lautensach PART III ANTHROPOCENE ECONOMICS 9 The end of Holocene economics 120 Richard Heinberg 10 Precursors of an economics for the Anthropocene 132 Daniel Dahm and Günter Koch 11 Deep adaptation and collapsology 145 Jason Monios and Gordon Wilmsmeier 12 Genuine savings and economics for the Anthropocene 157 Eoin McLaughlin and Cristián Ducoing PART IV JUSTICE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE 13 Epistemic injustice 167 Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni 14 The urgency for epistemic and political climate justice 178 Jacobo Ocharan, Velina Petrova and Irene Guijt 15 Towards global environmental governance 194 Julia M. Puaschunder 16 Transition agendas: going beyond consumerism? 204 Boris Manov and Asen Balabanov PART V KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS FOR THE ANTHROPOCENE 17 Scientific knowledge for the Anthropocene 213 Marc Zimmer 18 The sciences of knowledge 225 Francisco Javier Carrillo 19 Knowledge as world capital: global knowledge 240 Alexander Ruser 20 Adaptive value of traditional knowledge 249 Michael Blakeney PART VI IMAGINATION IN THE ANTHROPOCENE 21 Designing post-human futures 263 Raphaële Bidault-Waddington 22 Integral ecology: reconnecting nature, culture, and knowledge 276 Sam Mickey 23 Visuality conditions under the Anthropocene 284 Irmgard Emmelhainz 24 The aesthesis of plastic capitalism 297 Amanda Boetzkes PART VII CO-CREATING FUTURES 25 Democracy in the Anthropocene 307 David W. Orr 26 Envisioning scenarios for the Anthropocene 316 David Arthur Sampson 27 The farthest we can see 328 Anthony Hodgson 28 Knowledge for the Anthropocene: an agenda 339 Francisco Javier Carrillo Conclusion to Knowledge For The Anthropocene 358 Günter Koch Index

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Book SynopsisThis enlightening Concise Introduction examines how adaptation can be implemented to reduce the adverse effects of climate change on humanity and the environment. Chapters outline the history of adaptation, new methods and how approaches to adaptation are changing.

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Book SynopsisAnswering the key question of whether there is an obligation for States to define and enact sound climate policies in order to avoid the impacts of global warming, this timely book provides expert analysis on recent global climate cases, assessing not only the plaintiffs’ claims but also the legal reasoning put forward by the courts. As an increasing number of environmental organisations are requiring domestic courts to answer this fundamental question, this book illustrates that more and more court decisions are confirming that the discretion held by States with regards to the issue of climate change is not unlimited. The book explores how States must also demonstrate that sufficient action is being taken to protect their citizens from risks. With in-depth assessments of common legal grounds, such as the international climate change regime, environmental law principles and human rights, it further highlights potential issues for climate litigation including the separation of powers and the standing of the plaintiffs themselves. Addressing current and emerging issues, this timely book will be an excellent resource for scholars of environmental law, climate change and human rights. Environmental activists and organisations looking for examples of initiatives to tackle issues such as environmental protection and justice will find this informative and insightful.Trade Review‘Climate change litigation is a growing field not only in practice, but also in scholarship. This book is a welcome contribution to this growing field. It carefully considers climate change litigation through the lens of international climate change law, principles of environmental law and human rights. It provides the reader with an extensive analysis of relevant case law from an extensive number of jurisdictions. The book is highly recommended for those already working in climate change litigation, but also for professionals, researchers and students who wish to learn more about how the law, and the judiciary in particular, can contribute positively to dealing with the climate change challenge before us.’ -- Francesco Sindico, University of Strathclyde, UK‘Climate in Court is a compelling read on the judicialization of climate, one of the most fascinating recent developments in the difficult process of global action on climate change. Pau de Vilchez Moragues does an excellent job illuminating claims brought by citizens and NGOs against States for their failure to adequately address climate change.’ -- Joana Setzer, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK‘Within the now substantial literature on climate litigation, the study by Dr de Vilchez Moragues is one of the rare single-authored book-length examinations of the overall phenomenon. The legal tapestry proposed by the author reveals common threads and features in what, too often, is presented elsewhere in descriptive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction accounts.’ -- Jorge E. Viñuales, University of Cambridge, UK‘In this excellent book, the author analyses litigation against the State before the national courts for not taking adequate measures against climate change. Showing an outstanding balance between social commitment and academic rigour, it is argued that intertwined court decisions can help confirm the international obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote compliance.’ -- Antoni Pigrau, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain‘Climate in Court offers a detailed and insightful overview of twenty cases brought against states for their failure to take adequate measures to address climate change. Analysing them from multiple angles, the author masterfully synthesises their commonalities to draw important conclusions for the study and practice of climate litigation. The book offers enlightening insights into the role that environmental principles play in domestic courts and brilliantly addresses the topical question of the relationship between human rights and climate change. Thanks to its combination of theoretical and practical insights, it will be of great interest to environmental legal scholars as well climate activists.’ -- Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli, Kings College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Unweaving the (legal) tapestry of domestic climate litigation PART I DOMESTIC CLIMATE LITIGATION:EVOLUTION,RECENT CASES AND COMMON CHALLENGE 1. Evolution of climate change case law 2. Three common challenges CONCLUSION TO PART I PART II THE LEGAL GROUNDS 3. The international legal framework on climate change 4. Principles of environmental law 5. Human rights 6. Concluding remarks Index

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Book SynopsisThe interconnectedness of global society is increasingly visible through crises such as the current global health pandemic, emerging climate change impacts and increasing erosion of biodiversity. This timely Handbook navigates the challenges of adaptive governance in these complex contexts, stressing the necessarily compounded nature of biophysical and social systems to ensure more desirable governance outcomes.Highlighting the dynamics and diversity of governance systems across the globe, leading experts in the field examine the successes and failures of these systems. Synthesising theory with methodology and practical case studies, chapters explore adaptive governance in forest management, marine environments and open data ecosystems, looking closely at the role of adaptive governance in climate mitigation and disaster risk reduction. Answering the call for large-scale transformations that move societies away from unsustainable development trajectories, this prescriptive Handbook explores the existing adaptive governance measures that have driven reflexive, sustainable change. Reflecting on the past decade of research in the field, it concludes by outlining new areas of contention and inquiry for the next decade of adaptive governance research.Interdisciplinary in scope, this comprehensive Handbook will prove an invigorating read for students and scholars of environmental law, governance and regulation, and political science and public policy. Policymakers looking to innovate their adaptive governance approaches will also find this a beneficial companion.Trade Review‘This volume brings a dazzling array of international authors together to present the latest thinking on adaptive governance and how it can be made to work in tackling transformative and rapid change in complex social ecological systems. These innovations are urgently needed to address major challenges such as the climate crisis. The approach is highly interdisciplinary, presenting new ideas and linking to diverse theory and concepts, and to empirical cases from around the world. It will be essential reading for scholars and practitioners of environmental change, policy and governance, and those studying politics, international relations, geography and resource management.’ -- Katrina Brown, University of Exeter, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Adaptive Governance 1 Sirkku Juhola PART I THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENTS 2 Operationalising adaptive governance: a research agenda 15 Barbara Cosens, Holly Doremus, J. B. Ruhl, Niko Soininen and Lance Gunderson 3 Adaptive governance, law and regulation 35 Niko Soininen, Barbara Cosens, J. B. Ruhl and Suvi-Tuuli Puharinen 4 Conceptualising the science–policy–practice interface of adaptive governance 54 Carina Wyborn, Jasper Montana, Amber Datta and Elena Louder PART II LATEST TRENDS IN METHODS 5 Futures-thinking: concepts, methods and capacities for adaptive governance 76 Carla Alexandra, Carina Wyborn, Claudia Munera Roldan and Lorrae van Kerkhoff 6 Spatial data, methods, and mismatches for adaptive governance research 99 Maija Nikkanen and Aleksi Räsänen 7 Serious games as an adaptive governance method 115 Peter Edwards PART III GOVERNANCE CONTEXTS AND CASE STUDIES 8 Adaptive governance in forest management 127 Jesse Abrams and Marine Elbakidze 9 Adaptive governance for marine environments: methods, challenges, and lessons for ocean fisheries 143 Barbara Quimby 10 Adaptive governance in open data ecosystems: experiences and insights on the role of sociotechnical arrangements 158 Cancan Wang 11 Policy experimentation in the construction of ecological civilisation in China 176 Ping Huang and Linda Westman 12 The role of adaptive governance in climate mitigation and adaptation: a local perspective 192 Grete K. Hovelsrud and Hege Westskog 13 Adaptive and anticipatory governance in urban adaptation to climate change 207 Alexandra Jurgilevich 14 Towards adaptive property: legal design for a climate-affected future 218 Daniel Fitzpatrick 15 Adaptive governance for disaster risk reduction 233 R. Patrick Bixler, Sandeep Paul, Debasmita Bhakta, Tamar Farchy, Jessica Olson, Matthew Preisser and Paola Passalacqua 16 The next decade of adaptive governance research: concluding remarks 252 Sirkku Juhola Index 260

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Climate change will bring great suffering to communities, individuals and ecosystems. Those least responsible for the problem will suffer the most. Justice demands urgent action to reverse its causes and impacts. In this provocative new book, Paul G. Harris brings together original essays to explore innovative approaches to understanding and implementing climate justice in the future. Through investigations informed by theories from philosophy, politics, sociology, law and economics, this Research Agenda reveals the actors most responsible for climate change and suggests concrete proposals for more effective mitigation. Addressing the distribution of scarce resources and the disproportionate responsibility of affluent nations and people, this insightful book asserts that climate change is a matter of equity, fairness and social and distributive justice. It argues that climate change is shaping up to be the greatest injustice in all of human history. This analytical and thought-provoking Research Agenda will be a valuable tool for climate change researchers while its interdisciplinary approach will appeal to students and academics researching in the fields of global environmental politics, sustainability, international relations, environmental philosophy and law. The examination of the key questions of climate justice from global through to individual levels will also aid policy-makers, practitioners and activists. Contributors include: R. Attfield, I. Bailey, F. Corvino, A. Dietzel, J. Donhauser, P.G. Harris, S. Kopra, J.S. Mastaler, S.R. O'Doherty, G. Pellegrini-Masini, A. Pirni, D. Storey, C. Swingle, C. Tornel, I. Wallimann-Helmer Trade Review'In his introduction to A Research Agenda for Climate Justice, Paul Harris says that it is not far-fetched to suggest that climate change is becoming the greatest injustice ever perpetrated in all human history. He may well be right. Yet how do we get others - and in democracies, a majority of voters - to see it this way? The contributors to this book not only show, from their different perspectives, why climate change is an injustice, but also take steps towards answering that question.' --Peter Singer, Princeton University, US'What should we do? Better to start with: What should we not do? The answer: Most of what we are now doing. This demands provocative, innovative research. The contributors in this exceptional volume consider future generations, effective policies, rich and poor, wealth vs. welfare, wild creatures, technology, degrowth, risks, rights, refugees, individuals in nations, large and small. There is no better analysis of the prospects of failure and success in climate justice.' --Holmes Rolston III, Colorado State University, US'Paul Harris has assembled a collection that examines important lingering questions in climate justice but also plots a new course for research in the field. Harris and his contributors explore how climate justice might be more broadly conceptualized and effectively advanced, extending the field's focus well beyond the questions about burden-sharing among nation-states that dominated its first decade.' --Steven Vanderheiden, University of Colorado, Boulder, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface ix 1 Climate justice: the urgent research agenda(s) 1 Paul G. Harris 2 Vital needs and climate change: inter-human, inter-generational and inter-species justice 15 Robin Attfield 3 Common but differentiated responsibilities: agency in climate justice 27 Ivo Wallimann-Helmer 4 The world as it is: a vision for a social science (and policy) turn in climate justice 38 David E. Storey 5 National climate-mitigation policy: the spatial framing of (in)justice claims 52 Ian Bailey 6 Climate change and capitalism: a degrowth agenda for climate justice 64 Carlos Tornel 7 A cosmopolitan agenda for climate justice: embracing non-state actors 77 Alix Dietzel and Paul G. Harris 8 Social justice and ecological consciousness: pathways to climate justice 91 James S. Mastaler 9 Climate justice in practice: adapting democratic institutions for environmental citizenship 104 Giuseppe Pellegrini-Masini, Fausto Corvino and Alberto Pirni 10 Climate refugees: realizing justice through existing institutions 118 Justin Donhauser 11 Pre-emptive justice for future generations: reframing climate change as a ‘humanitarian climate crime’ 131 Selina Rose O’Doherty 12 Climate justice after the Paris Agreement: understanding equity through nationally determined contributions 143 Claire Swingle 13 Responsibility for climate justice: the role of great powers 158 Sanna Kopra Index 171

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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised third edition offers comprehensive coverage of the economics of climate change and climate policy, and is a suitable guide for advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students. Topics discussed include the costs and benefits of adaptation and mitigation, discounting, uncertainty, equity, policy instruments, the second best, and international agreements.Key features: In-depth treatment of the economics of climate change Careful explanation of concepts and their application to climate policy Customizable integrated assessment model that illustrates all issues discussed Specific usage guidelines for each level of reader Companion website with data, quizzes, videos, and further reading Discussion of the latest developments in theory and policy Greater attention to policy and market imperfections than in the second edition. This book is an essential text for students in economics, climate change, and environmental policy, an excellent resource for researchers and practitioners, and a key text to support professors in their teaching.Trade Review‘Richard Tol is not only a leading researcher but also a gifted educator. His textbook Climate Economics has established itself as the leading textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students. It provides the reader with a thorough grounding in the economics of climate change written in an accessible style.’ -- David Maddison, University of Birmingham, UK‘This book is both a comprehensive course and a reference to the all-important economics of climate change. It does for climate economics what Julia Child did for French Cooking: make it accessible to the serious student.’ -- Maximilian Auffhammer, University of California, Berkeley, US‘Richard S.J. Tol has written a must-read book for anyone caring about the sustainable development of this planet. This book is a delightful guide full of important information for those of us who want to dedicate ourselves to climate economics, so that human society can develop in an environmentally friendly manner.’ -- Lin Bo Qiang, Xiamen University, China

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Book SynopsisThink you've waited too long to do something about climate change? Think again. Am I Too Old to Save the Planet? A Boomer's Guide to Climate Action explains how America's most promising generation allowed climate change to become a planetary emergency - and what to do about it now. A former foreign correspondent and vice president of the World Resources Institute, Lawrence MacDonald shares his journey to becoming a passionate climate activist. Packed with practical advice, his book invites fellow boomers to join the growing global movement to save the planet.

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Book SynopsisClimate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. For the sake of human civilization and life on earth we must do all we can to keep global warming at the lowest possible level. Addressing climate change is everyone’s duty and that includes teachers of English. In order to support students and non-native English speakers, this important work provides an introduction to climate change via simple chapters addressing different and important dimensions of climate change and helps students acquire basic language skills which will allow them to study similar or more difficult texts. Each chapter offers an introduction on the topic discussed and its relation to climate change, outlines climate change or other related environmental science terms and 6-8 exercises on grammar, syntax and consolidation of terminology. Topics covered include climate change and tourism, gender, worker safety, mental and physical health, food production, deforestation, art, and much more. Offering an interdisciplinary introduction to climate change and its intersection with numerous industries and facets of life, The Academic Language of Climate Change, provides a necessary and welcome introduction for undergraduate and graduate students, and any non-native English speakers seeking to engage with climate change research.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Climate Change: Causes and Impacts; Walter Leal Filho and Evangelos Manolas Chapter 2. Climate Change and Agriculture; Chrysovalantou Antonopoulou Chapter 3. Climate Change and Tourism: Challenges and Prospects; Fotini Bantoudi and Maria Pentaftiki Chapter 4. Climate Change: Health and Safety of Workers; Panagiota Barbouti-Baloti, Angeliki Kouna, and Constantina Skanavis Chapter 5. Gender and Climate Change; Efthalia Gerou and Dimitrios Geros Chapter 6. Adapting to Climate Change: Adaptation Options and Forms; Hacer Gören Chapter 7. Climate Change and Human Mobility; Hacer Gören Chapter 8. Climate Education Experience at University of Latvia; Indra Karapetjana and Maris Klavins Chapter 9. Climate Change and Energy; Evangelia Karasmanaki Chapter 10. Solastalgia: Looking into the Implicit Impacts of Climate Change on Mental Health; Eirene Katsarou Chapter 11. Health and Climate Change; Margarita-Eleni Manola and George Tribonias Chapter 12. Climate Change and Food Production; Ioanna Mantzourani Chapter 13. Climate Change and Deforestation; Diamantis Myrtsidis Chapter 14. Climate Change and Art; Dimitra Pantiora, Ioannis Theodoulou, and Constantina Skanavis Chapter 15. Utilizing the Systems Thinking Approach to Assess the Impact of Climate Change on Organizations; Christian Virgil and Kit Fai Pun Chapter 16. Climate Change and the Agro-food system; Elena Raptou Chapter 17. Droughts and Climate Change; Manuel Salvador da Conceição Rebelo Chapter 18. Climate change and Employment; Paschalina Siskou Chapter 19. Climate Change and Tourism: Towards a Sustainable Future; Ioanna Vasileiadou Chapter 20. Climate Change, Land Use and Land Management in Africa: The case of The Gambia; Franziska Wolf Chapter 21. The impacts of climate change on the forest ecosystems of the Mediterranean; Aikaterini Zerva Chapter 22. Climate change and health: The case of infectious diseases; Evangelia Tsagaki-Rekleitou, Vasiliki Oikonomou, Archonto-Dimitra Boukouvala, Maria Tsatsou, Theodora Skreka, and Constantina Skanavis Chapter 23. Climate Change: Five Scenarios for the Future; Evangelos Manolas and Walter Leal Filho Key to Chapter Exercises

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook recognizes the emergence of climate change as the defining topic of our time. With public climate discourse growing more urgent every year, this Handbook brings together international experts from different economic disciplines to answer critical climate policy questions. Chapters present key ideas and policies to support and accelerate advances in three key areas: the political economy of climate change and climate policy, integrated assessment modelling, and economic and resource sustainability. Contributors discuss the distributional implications of climate change and how policymakers may respond in order to contribute to economic transformation in the midst of a global crisis. With reference to both theoretical and applied economics, this Handbook is critical reading for economists working in the field of climate policy and climate change. It will also appeal to a broader group of environmental scientists and scholars. Contributors include: L.M. Abadie, G.B. Asheim, J.K. Boyce, W.A. Brock, M. Budolfson, G. Chichilnisky, N. Chichilnisky-Heal, F. Dennig, J. Doyne Farmer, D.K. Foley, I. Galarraga, R. Hahnel, J. Hartwick, G. Heal, C. Hepburn, C. Hope, D. Iris, A. Markandya, P. Mealy, T. Mitra, T. Narasimhan, F. Nesje, I. Parry, A. Rezai, E. Sainz de Murieta, N. Schofield, B. Shang, A. Tavoni, L. Taylor, R. van der Ploeg, N. Vernon, P. Wingender, C. Withagen, A. XepapadeasTrade Review'More fruitful interaction between economists and political scientists studying possible policy responses to climate change is long overdue. With this volume of 18 essays, co-editors Chichilnisky and Rezai, along with 32 other distinguished writers, do much to facilitate invaluable progress toward a virtuous circle of mutually reinforcing economic and political analyses.' --Peter J. Hammond, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Section I: The Political Economy of Climate Change and Climate Policy 1. Distributional Issues in Climate Policy: Air Quality Co-benefits and Carbon Rent James K. Boyce 2. Evaluating Policies to Implement the Paris Agreement: A Toolkit with Application to China Ian Parry, Baoping Shang, Nate Vernon, Philippe Windeger and Tarun Narasimhan 3. Bargaining to Lose: A Permeability Approach to Post-Transition Resource Extraction Natasha Chichilnisky-Heal 4. Host-MNC Relations in Resource-Rich Countries Natasha Chichilnisky-Heal and Geoffrey M. Heal 5. Bargaining to Lose the Global Commons Natasha Chichilnisky-Heal and Graciela Chichilnisky Section II: Integrated Assessment Modelling 6.Integrated Assessment Models of climate change Chris Hope 7. Climate Change Policy under Spatial Heat Transport and Polar Amplification William Brock and Anastasios Xepapadeas 8. Progressive adaptation strategies in European coastal cities: a response to flood-risk under uncertainty Luis M. Abadie, Elisa Sainz de Murieta, Ibon Galarraga and Anil Markandya 9. Economic Growth and the Social Cost of Carbon: Additive versus Multiplicative Damages Armon Rezai, Frederick van der Ploeg and Cees Withagen 10. Optimal Global Climate Policy and Regional Carbon Prices Mark Budolfson and Francis Dennig 11. Tipping and Reference Points in Climate Change Games Alessandro Tavoni and Doruk Iris Section III: Climate Change and Sustainability 12. Climate Change, Malthus and Collapse Norman Schofield 13. Greenhouse Gas and Cyclical Growth Lance Taylor and Duncan Foley 14. Growth and Sustainability Robin Hahnel 15. Intergenerational altruism: A solution to the climate problem? Frikk Nesje and Geir Asheim 16. On Intertemporal Equity and Efficiency in a Model of Global Warming John Hartwick and Tapan Mitra 17. Transformational change: Parallels for addressing climate and development goals Penny Mealy and Cameron Hepburn 18. Less precision, more truth: Uncertainty in climate economics and macroprudential policy Cameron Hepburn and J. Doyne Farmer Index

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Book SynopsisThis significant book addresses the most important legal issues that cities face when attempting to adapt to the changing climate. This includes how to become more resilient against the impacts of climate change such as sea level rise, increases in the intensity and frequency of storms, floods, droughts, and extreme temperatures.A range of expert contributors are brought together to assess the current state of climate change law and policy at the city level, featuring analysis of key legal instruments that can help urban societies adapt to, and cope with, the changing climate. Chapters contain comparative assessments of urban climate change policies in cities across the world, in both developed and developing countries, including Ghana, South Africa, Indonesia, the Netherlands and the US. Additionally, the book analyses legal approaches, relying on planning law and other legal instruments in the hands of city governments, which can aid in combating specific problems such as the urban heat island effect.Providing an up-to-date analysis of climate change adaptation and mitigation law at the level of cities, Urban Climate Resilience will be a key resource for academics and students of environmental law, public international law, urban planning and sustainability. The lessons for future policies and laws to create more climate resilient cities will also be useful for local policymakers, regulators and city government officials working on climate change at the local level.Trade Review‘Urban form, function and governance must urgently adapt in and for a new normal where disasters, crises and other socio-economic stressors are no longer temporary states of exception. Through its rich engagement with how laws that underlie, structure and enable resilient urban life are made, implemented and lived within an array of cities over the world, this volume constitutes an integral theoretical building block of urban adaptation and resilience.’ -- Marius Pieterse, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Gianluca Crispi xiv 1 Introduction to climate resilient cities and the law 1 Angela van der Berg and Jonathan Verschuuren 2 The role of international law in enhancing urban climate resilience 20 Esmé Shirlow 3 Legislating for urban climate resilience: the case of Amsterdam 44 Sol Maria Halleck Vega and Josephine van Zeben 4 Indian cities’ climate resilience: what role for transnational environmental law? 70 Tuula Honkonen 5 Enabling urban climate action in Accra, Ghana: policy pathways and advances toward urban climate resilience 104 Michael Addaney 6 Resilience justice and adaptive law in European cities 124 Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold and Tiago de Melo Cartaxo 7 Room available: an overview of the literature on urban private property adaptation law 150 Joris van Laarhoven 8 Strategic adaptation to climate change: a legal comparative study of Lyon and Montréal with a focus on urban heat islands 191 Emma Novel 9 Advancing climate resilience in US cities through green infrastructure by leveraging their dual roles as regulator and regulated under the US Clean Water Act 221 Robert Weinstock 10 The climate change mitigation and adaptation imperative in South Africa’s Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (SPLUMA) 253 Jeannie van Wyk and Mark Oranje 11 Good governance and flood management in Jakarta 277 Natalia Yeti Puspita 12 Racing to defeat climate change on reluctant roads: autonomous vehicles, urban climate resilience, and legal reform 306 Tracy Hresko Pearl 13 Shared mobility towards urban climate resilience in the city of Johannesburg 326 Angela van der Berg and Anél du Plessis 14 Urban warfare: expanding legal approaches to urban climate policy in the United States 359 M Alexander Pearl Index

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Book SynopsisTackling a global and seismic problem such as climate change requires an equally extensive approach. Investigating current scientific knowledge about climate change in public and policy discussions, as well as the connections between social, economic, and political discourse, The Social Consequences of Climate Change takes a take a multifaceted approach to one of the biggest challenges of our time.Understanding the role of climate conditions in all aspects of human society where we live, how we build, how we move chapters wield relevant approaches and techniques from across disciplines to reframe issues that are essential to improving sustainability and capturing innovative solutions to the climate problem. Covering the role of businesses in combatting climate change, environmental health, the vulnerability of urban communities, the nexus between climate, economy and society, climate and national and international agendas, and more, the authors clarify both scienti

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Book SynopsisThis timely and incisive book combines an introduction to the core legal and policy issues presented by climate change with a deeper analysis of decisions that will define the path forward. Offering a guide to key terms, concepts, and legal principles in the field, this book will help readers develop a sophisticated perspective on issues central to climate change law and policy.Building a pathway to literacy in climate change policy, chapters provide an accessible overview of key energy regulations and laws governing energy projects, legal mechanisms to regulate GHG emissions, and the role of state and local governments in developing mitigation and adaptation policy, particularly in the building and transportation sectors. The authors highlight the relationship between human rights and climate change using the framework of human rights law, analyze the use of litigation to compel climate change mitigation and adaptation and suggest ways to achieve international cooperation.Providing a deep understanding of ongoing debates about the design and implementation of climate change law and policy, this book will be an essential resource for students and researchers of environmental and climate change law, governance, and regulation. It will also be useful for policymakers and practitioners in the field for its practical insights into future developments and solutions.Trade Review‘In their introduction, the authors state that “[h]elping individuals [ ... ] to develop climate change law literacy is the raison d'être of this book,” a goal they accomplish admirably. This relatively slim reader opens doors to deeper discovery and inquiry by providing a solid foundation and understanding of the extremely complex sets of legal, political, and economic dynamics involved in any effort to address the transnational and existential problems associated with an anthropogenically warming planet. Climate Change Law: An Introduction would make a great choice for a textbook for a climate change or environmental law seminar, and would also serve as a compact but highly informative resource for practitioners, policymakers, students, and others who wish to obtain a thorough grounding in the current state of climate change laws and policies.’BR> -- Jennifer E. Sekula, International Journal of Legal Information‘It is a challenge to write a textbook on climate change law because the field changes so rapidly. These authors have masterfully pulled together principles that serve as the backbone of the field while integrating recent case law and international agreements. The authors present foundational elements of mitigation, adaptation, energy, and human rights, and then help us recall the importance of private actors and the ethical challenges lawyers must face in this changing world.’ -- Jessica Owley, University of Miami School of Law, US‘This book could not be more timely – it is a comprehensive yet concise and accessible analysis of the multifaceted and complex area of climate change law. It is a rare combination of an analysis of international and U.S. law, mitigation and adaptation, state and non-state responsibilities, climate litigation, human rights, as well as individual, ethical considerations, demonstrating, in all of these areas, where the law stands today, as well as providing a glimpse as to where it is likely to evolve. A fantastic resource on climate change law!’ -- Lisa Benjamin, Lewis & Clark Law School, US‘Both lawyers and non-lawyers often ask me what to read for a concise introduction to the U.S. and international laws that are relevant to climate change. Now I have something to enthusiastically recommend. This book is a terrific primer on a complex and rapidly evolving area of law. It shows how courts, legislatures, and executives are addressing (or not) one of humanity's greatest challenges. Even experts will find it a useful refresher.’ -- Michael B. Gerrard, Columbia Law School, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Climate Change Law 1. International Climate Change Treaty Regime 2. Climate Law Primer: Mitigation Approaches 3. Introduction to Energy Law 4. Adaption to Climate Change at the Subnational Level 5. Litigating Government (In)Action on Climate Change 6. Human Rights and Climate Change 7. Legal and Policy Levers to Prompt Action by Private Climate Change Actors 8. Introduction: Why the Individual Ethics of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Matters to Climate Law Index

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Book SynopsisSummarizing the current state of knowledge on the links between business and climate change, this timely Handbook analyzes how businesses contribute to and are affected by climate change, looking closely at their centrality in developing and deploying solutions to address this problem.Contributions from a global collection of scholars and practitioners explore a broad range of key industries’ impacts and responses to climate change, examining corporate strategy and leadership in the climate economy, functional perspectives and corporate practice, and climate finance. Chapters use diverse case studies to analyze climate-related business issues, including supply chain management, decarbonization, consumer decision-making, and climate-related financial investments. The Handbook delves deeper into how businesses perceive the issue of climate change, how they are affected by and engage with it, as well as the impact they have and what this impact costs. Forward-thinking, it concludes with reflections from the contributors on what the future holds for businesses and climate change.Covering matters relating to finance, economics, marketing, operations, strategy, leadership and communications, this interdisciplinary Handbook will prove invaluable to students and scholars in business management, sustainability and environmental studies, as well as to sustainability officers (and their staff) in corporations. Addressing, as it does, a wide range of climate-related issues from the corporate standpoint, it will also prove to be a useful resource for policymakers concerned with enabling solutions to climate change.Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Business and Climate Change 1 Anant K. Sundaram and Robert G. Hansen PART I THE BUSINESS CASE FOR CLIMATE CONCERNS 2 Business and climate change 8 Anant K. Sundaram 3 The end of combustion? 38 David Hone PART II KEY INDUSTRIES: IMPACT AND RESPONSE 4 Banks and climate change risk 58 Edwin Anderson, Ilya Khaykin, Alban Pyanet and Til Schuermann 5 The patchwork quilt: business complexities of decarbonizing the electric sector 89 Scott G. Fisher, Bruce A. Phillips and Mark W. Scovic 6 Implications of fully decarbonizing the electric industry for business: Icarus or Daedalus? 120 Bruce A. Phillips, Scott G. Fisher and Mark W. Scovic 7 Climate change and the insurance industry – risks and opportunities for transitioning to a resilient low carbon economy 145 Maryam Golnaraghi 8 Climate change and aviation 187 Vincent Etchebehere 9 Leaders and laggards: how have oil and gas companies responded to the energy transition? 208 Julia Hartmann, Andrew Inkpen and Kannan Ramaswamy PART III CORPORATE STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP IN THE CLIMATE ECONOMY 10 Climate change communication strategies 231 Paul Argenti, Posie Holmes and Marloes Smittenaar 11 Corporate strategy and climate change: a nonmarket approach to environmental advantage 251 Thomas C. Lawton and Carl J. Kock 12 Owens Corning: environmental footprint reduction as the foundation for building a net-positive future 271 Frank O’Brien-Bernini and Amanda Meehan 13 Climate preparedness for business resilience 294 Janet Peace and Kristiane Huber PART IV FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND CORPORATE PRACTICE 14 The equity value relevance of carbon emissions 326 Peter M. Clarkson, Jody Grewal and Gordon D. Richardson 15 Getting to 2050: transparency for setting and reaching supply chain climate goals 340 Suzanne Greene and Alexis Bateman 16 Commodity supply chain management and climate change: a case study of the palm oil industry 359 Yinjin Lee and Alexis Bateman 17 Carbon pricing 379 Robert G. Hansen 18 Shifting consumers’ decisions towards climate-friendly behavior 405 Rishad Habib and Katherine White PART V CLIMATE FINANCE 19 Mainstreaming climate action in public and private investments: mobilizing finance towards sustainable investments through the bond markets 430 Heike Reichelt, David P. Allen and Scott M. Cantor 20 Green bonds: investor, issuer and climate perspectives 458 Christa Clapp, Keith Lee and Anouk Brisebois 21 Cost of capital and climate risks 480 Gianfranco Gianfrate, Dirk Schoenmaker and Saara Wasama 22 ESG investing 503 Anant K. Sundaram PART VI THE FUTURE 23 Reflections on the future 526 Arranged and edited by Anant K. Sundaram and Robert G. Hansen Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the most recent developments in the academic debate on the numerous and complex linkages between international trade and climate change. Adopting a broad interdisciplinary approach, it brings together perspectives from scholars in economics, political science and legal studies to confront the critical environmental challenges posed by globalization. Initial chapters provide an overview of the key debates related to international trade and climate policy, engaging with empirical data from the US and China to assess the impact of new trade initiatives and policy on greenhouse gas emissions, carbon leakage and the increase of trade in carbon-intensive products. Contributors propose policy options that align international trade with climate change mitigation and address crucial legal and practical implications, including the implementation of Border Carbon Adjustments and international trade disputes. Offering critical and empirically-based perspectives on the future of international trade policy, this timely Handbook is crucial reading for scholars, researchers and graduate students in political science, public policy and climate research. Policymakers will also benefit from its unique and insightful policy recommendations.Trade Review‘In the run up to 2030, all trade policy analysts must become fluent in trade and climate issues. This timely and authoritative book is an excellent place to start digging into climate-linked trade issues ranging from carbon leakage and border tax adjustments to production and consumption-based carbon accounting. Written by leading scholars, the chapters are rigorous and comprehensive while remaining accessible.’ -- Richard Baldwin, Graduate Institute, GenevaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiii Aik Hoe Lim Preface xiv 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Trade Policy and Climate Change 1 Michael Jakob PART I LINKAGES BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND CLIMATE CHANGE 2 Trade and climate change: working through the conflicts and synergies 12 Aaron Cosbey 3 Globalization and greenhouse gas emissions: is the United States a pollution haven? 22 Claire Brunel and Arik Levinson 4 Energy crossroads under China’s Belt and Road Initiative 43 Fernando Ascensão 5 Empirical evidence and projections of carbon leakage: some, but not too much, probably 58 Justin Caron PART II POLICY OPTIONS TO ALIGN INTERNATIONAL TRADE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION 6 Free allocation of emission permits to reduce carbon leakage: an evolutionary approach 76 Angelo Antoci, Simone Borghesi, Gianluca Iannucci and Mauro Sodini 7 Output-based allocation and output-based rebates: a survey 93 Philippe Quirion 8 International cooperation for decarbonizing energy intensive industries: the case for a Green Materials Club 107 Max Åhman, Marlene Arens and Valentin Vogl 9 The potential of trade sanctions to overcome the small coalition paradox: a review of the literature 124 Juan Sesmero and Alecia Evans 10 The political economy of emissions trading 144 Sanjay Patnaik PART III LEGAL AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS 11 How to design border carbon adjustments 162 Susanne Droege and Maria Panezi 12 Using the trade regime to phase out fossil fuel subsidies 179 Harro van Asselt, Tom Moerenhout and Cleo Verkuijl 13 Towards an Environmental Goods Agreement Style (EGAST) agenda to improve the regime complex for climate change 202 Jaime de Melo and Jean-Marc Solleder 14 International trade disputes on renewable energy 222 Alessandro Monti PART IV DISTRIBUTIONAL AND EQUITY ISSUES 15 Production- and consumption-based accounting: an overview of the debate 242 Stavros Afionis and Marco Sakai 16 Technology-adjusted carbon accounting 259 Nicolai Baumert, Magnus Jiborn, Astrid Kander and Viktoras Kulionis 17 Distributional effects of environmental trade measures 275 Lutz Sager 18 Climate impacts and global supply chains: an overview 293 Leonie Wenz and Sven N. Willner 19 Epilogue 320 Michael Jakob Index

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Book SynopsisForeword by Ian GoughThis seminal book addresses the critical and urgent question of ‘what makes welfare states sustainable?’ in the era of climate change. Expert authors challenge traditional perspectives on questions of sustainability which have focused on population ageing, global economic turbulence and on containing current and future public social spending.The chapters present new empirical evidence in the form of in-depth comparative country studies from across Europe, offering an insight into how political actors, social partners and civil society organisations in countries associated with different welfare models address questions of sustainability and the extent to which they balance social, ecological and economic considerations. The editors conclude by mapping out ways in which welfare states can address these increasingly urgent and complex issues and facilitate an eco-social transition towards true sustainability.This book will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students of comparative social policy, environmental politics and policy and climate change. Highlighting the political and structural challenges European societies face in the transition to low carbon economies, this book will also be beneficial for policymakers and practitioners in these areas.Trade Review‘When people talk about “social welfare” they are usually referring to public subsidies that are meant to reduce poverty and inequality in society. When people talk about “sustainability” they are usually talking about ecological programs that are meant to address issues like climate change and environmental degradation. Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe brings these two very basic issues together in a unique and remarkable way. This important book convincingly argues that environmental sustainability and social justice are intimately intertwined and if we are to have a sustainable future, these complex issues need to be addressed simultaneously. It also shows how different European states have attempted to address the inherent tensions found at the junctures between these fundamental issues.’ -- Sven H. Steinmo, University of Colorado, Boulder, US‘Climate change poses complex policy dilemmas for mature welfare states. This book provides a lucid discussion of the issues at stake and an insightful analysis of how they are being tackled by four European countries and the EU. A must read for understanding the multidimensional nature of what has become the greatest challenge for our future well-being and the planet's survival.’ -- Maurizio Ferrera, University of Milan, Italy‘This edited book should be applauded for insisting that environmental issues are racing up the agenda and must gain pride of place in future thinking. In particular, global heating and the climate crisis pose an existential threat to contemporary economic, social and political systems – including welfare states in the global North. It is remarkable that this book is one of very few within the field of social policy to recognise this fact.' -- From the preface by Ian GoughTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiv Ian Gough PART I RETHINKING WELFARE STATE SUSTAINABILITY 1 Welfare state sustainability in the 21st century 2 Mi Ah Schoyen, Bjørn Hvinden and Merethe Dotterud Leiren 2 Sustainable development and sustainable welfare: a changing international agenda 28 Bjørn Hvinden, Mi Ah Schoyen and Merethe Dotterud Leiren PART II QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS OF THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ECO-SOCIAL TRANSITION 3 Attitudes towards climate change and economic inequality: a cross-national comparative study 53 Kristian Heggebø and Bjørn Hvinden 4 Integrating environmental issues within party manifestos: exploring trends across European welfare states 80 Judith Derndorfer, Roman Hoffmann and Hendrik Theine PART III ECO-SOCIAL POLICYMAKING (POLITICS AND POLICY) AT NATIONAL LEVEL 5 Partially institutionalized eco-social policymaking in Germany 109 Mi Ah Schoyen, Max Koch and Marianne Takle 6 Bottom-up pressures, institutional hurdles and political concerns: the long path towards an ‘eco-welfare state’ in Italy 131 Marcello Natili, Angelica Puricelli and Matteo Jessoula 7 The Norwegian sustainability paradox: leader abroad, laggard at home 153 Mi Ah Schoyen and Marianne Takle 8 The United Kingdom: a merging climate and sustainability agenda 175 Merethe Dotterud Leiren and Marianne Takle PART IV EUROPE AS A DRIVER FOR THE ECO-SOCIAL AGENDA? 9 Towards an EU eco-social agenda? From Europe 2020 to the European Green Deal 199 Sebastiano Sabato, Matteo Mandelli and Matteo Jessoula 10 Eco-social mobilization at the supranational level? The case of ‘The Right to Energy for All Europeans’ coalition 220 Matteo Jessoula and Matteo Mandelli PART V CONCLUSIONS 11 Sustainable European welfare states: the way forward 241 Bjørn Hvinden, Merethe Dotterud Leiren and Mi Ah Schoyen Index

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Book SynopsisHow businesses can and are acting to redress social and environmental issues is a question of growing academic interest. Bringing together a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, this insightful Research Agenda evaluates the current state of the art of sustainability and business and assesses key challenges for the field.Multidisciplinary chapters provide instrumental, economic, network and political perspectives on issues that are crucial in gaining insight into sustainability challenges facing businesses today, from socially responsible consumption behaviours and organisational resilience to climate change and sustainability transitions in extractive industries. Its diverse contributions highlight the breadth and depth of analyses and perspectives that are necessary to set a dynamic agenda for future research on sustainability and business. Advancing novel research questions and methodologies, the editors illustrate the path ahead for carrying out research that impacts the science and practice of business and sustainability, as well as creating meaningful change for our species and planet.Offering an advanced yet accessible introduction to the current state and future direction of sustainability and business, this incisive Research Agenda will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of business, sustainability studies, and environment studies. Its practical insights will also benefit MBA students and business executives moving into sustainability.Trade Review‘This timely collection offers a comprehensive review of interdisciplinary scholarship in sustainable business, alongside a future agenda for progressing research on multiple themes. An essential reference point for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers wishing to contribute to this increasingly important field of inquiry.’ -- Josephine Mylan, University of Manchester, UK‘Sustainability asks profound questions of contemporary businesses that cannot be answered through business-as-usual approaches, economists’ tendency to assume away unfortunate things, or by analyses limited to individual firms. This book resets the business and sustainability research agenda through a refreshingly multi-level perspective on key issues including supply-chains, post-pandemic resilience, degrowth and low-carbon transitions. A must-read to grasp the challenging future now unfolding for business.’ -- Ken Peattie, Cardiff University, UK‘Despite the wide use of Brundtland's 1987 definition of sustainability, the term continues to be understood differently by different actors. The editors have assembled an impressive collection of thinkers across different supply chains and governance regimes to highlight the gaps in our current understandings on how sustainability is understood and operationalised within the corporate sphere. With a good balance of conceptual chapters and case studies, this book will serve both generalist and specialist scholars alike.’ -- Helena Varkkey, University of Malaya, MalaysiaTable of ContentsContents: 1 An introduction to A Research Agenda for Sustainability and Business 1 Sally V. Russell, Rory W. Padfield and Christian Bretter 2 Sustainability agency in business: an interdisciplinary review and research agenda 19 Tiina Onkila, Satu Teerikangas, Katariina Koistinen and Marileena Mäkelä 3 A critical review of the socially responsible consumer 37 Ning Lu, Phani Kumar Chintakayala, Timothy Devinney, William Young and Ralf Barkemeyer 4 Examining both organisational environmental sustainability & organisational resilience: sketching an initial framework 53 Kerrie L. Unsworth and Rebecca Pieniazek 5 Just transition: the tension between work, employment and climate change 69 Jo Cutter, Vera Trappmann and Dunja Krause 6 Business models for sustainability: the current state of the literature and future research directions 85 Suzana Matoh, Katy Roelich and Jonatan Pinkse 7 A research agenda for green supply chain management 103 Chee Yew Wong and Qinghua Zhu 8 Researching business and sustainability in specific sectors: the example of the construction industry 119 Alice Owen and Paul Francisco 9 A research agenda for the extractive industries and the low carbon transition 135 Laura Smith, James Van Alstine and Alesia Ofori 10 Business sustainability in SMEs: towards an Afrocentric research agenda 153 Samuel Howard Quartey 11 Sustainability management tools: value of reporting and assurance 167 Kari Solomon, Sally V. Russell and Effie Papargyropoulou 12 Digital disruption: towards a research agenda for sustainability and business in a digital world 185 Rory W. Padfield, Alexandra Dales, Jyoti Mishra and Thomas Smith 13 Resilience in times of crisis: lessons learnt from COVID-19, and the future resilience of businesses and society 205 Zahra Borghei Ghomi, Layla Branicki, Stephen Brammer and Martina K. Linnenluecke 14 The need to align research on economic organisations with degrowth 217 Ben Robra and Iana Nesterova Index 233

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Book SynopsisThis important book focuses on how newly emerging institutions for future generations can contribute to tackling large scale global environmental problems, such as threats to biodiversity and climate change. It is especially timely given the new global impetus for decarbonisation, as well as the huge growth of climate litigation and climate protest movements, often led by young people.Global environmental crises and reactions against short-term thinking have spawned new institutions aimed at giving a voice to future generations in policy-making, such as dedicated commissioners. This book looks at why we need such institutions using approaches from ethics, human rights, sustainable development, intergenerational justice and administrative law. How to design such institutions to maximise their effectiveness, operating principles for such institutions, and case studies from around the world are canvassed. A range of reform proposals are also explored, including mainstreaming future generations’ voices in parliamentary processes, commissioners for future generations, human rights-based bodies and deliberative assemblies.This collection brings together philosophers, political and social scientists, lawyers and practitioners. It provides both an introduction to the field and a scholarly in-depth set of studies. It will appeal to academics, policymakers and civil society.Trade Review‘Short-termism in policymaking is usually lamented as inexorable. We prioritize short-term policy outcomes, we often hear, because future generations are powerless. Giving Future Generations a Voice shows that it need not be so. Gathering specialists from various fields, it explores a range of institutions, from ombudspersons to citizens’ assemblies to sustainable development institutions, to better reflect future interests in present policies. It is an indispensable collection for anyone wishing to learn what grounds such institutions and how to make them work.’ -- Iñigo González Ricoy, University of Barcelona, Spain

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Book SynopsisThe impact of climate change on seven regions of the United States is studied in this new and accessible collection. The study examines how the different regions of the United States may be affected by climate change. In particular, the study explores whether warming would be beneficial to the northern (colder) regions but harmful to the economies of the southern (warmer) regions. The study examines important sectors of the US economy that are likely to be affected by climate change. It examines agriculture, forestry, water resources, energy, and coastal resources. Economic models are used to examine each sector and there is a separate chapter for each sector. Because the study focuses on including efficient adaptation responses, the special role of adaptation is discussed in detail. The book concludes with a discussion of the impacts across the country and in each region. Any reader interested in climate change and its impacts will find this book of detailed results enlightening. The book is especially useful for people interested in studying impact methodologies.Trade Review'This book is a good first attempt at examining the regional impacts of climate change for the United States. . . Overall, the book is an important read for those interested in climate assessment. It alerts us to the possibility that the impacts of global warming need not be homogenous, and points to the need for further research in combining basic ecological-economic modeling with plausible scenarios of technological change and globalization of the US economy.' -- Ujjayant Chakravorty, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Agriculture: Agronomic–economic Analysis 3. Agriculture: A Ricardian Analysis 4. Timber: Ecological–economic Analysis 5. Water Resources: Economic Analysis 6. Coastal Structures: Dynamic Economic Modeling 7. Energy: Cross-sectional Analysis 8. Adaption 9. Synthesis Index

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Book SynopsisThe Kyoto Protocol introduced international flexible mechanisms into climate policy and since then, the design and most effective use of flexible instruments have become key areas for climate policy research. Instruments for Climate Policy focuses on economic and political aspects related to the recent proposals and the debate on limits in flexibility, and discusses EU and US perspectives on climate policy instruments and strategies. This is followed by chapters on economic efficiency and the use of flexible instruments as well as contributions to the debate on 'when flexibility', on the arguments behind the EU ceilings proposal and on voluntary approaches to climate policy. One of the main conclusions reached with respect to proposals for limiting flexibility is the need to evaluate simultaneously their economic, ecological and international political consequences. The authors include both important policymakers and leading academics in the area.Academics, researchers, policymakers, NGOs, and journalists interested in environmental economics will all find this an illuminating volume, as will political scientists.Trade Review'This book will be invaluable both to researchers wanting to understand latest developments in theory and practice, and to those in the policy process wishing to design and implement climate change policies using the flexibility mechanisms.' -- Frank Convery, University College Dublin, IrelandTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Johan Albrecht 2. Climate Policy Instruments and Strategies: EU and US Perspectives Peter Zapfel and David Gardiner 3. Economic Efficiency of Cross-Sectoral Emissions Trading in CO2 in the European Union Pantelis Capros, Leonidas Mantzos, Matti Vainio and Peter Zapfel 4. Why Did the EU Propose to Limit Emissions Trading? A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis Edwin Woerdman 5. Supplementarity in the European Carbon Emission Market Johan Eyckmans and Jan Cornillie 6. On the Optimal Timing of Reductions of CO2 Emissions: An Economist’s Perspective on the Debate on ‘When Flexibility’ Henri L.F. de Groot 7. Joint Implementation as a Flexible Instrument – A CGE Analysis between a Developing and an Industrialized Country Christoph Böhringer, Klaus Conrad and Andreas Löschel 8. The Australian Greenhouse Challenge: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects for Voluntary Approaches in Climate Policy Rory Sullivan and Robin Ormerod 9. The Clean Development Mechanism: Potential, Promise and Limitations Jyoti P. Painuly 10. Risk Management of Joint Implementation and Clean Development Mechanism Projects through Carbon Investment Funds Josef Janssen 11. On the Dynamic Efficiency and Environmental Integrity of GHG Tradable Quotas Khalil Helioui Index

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Book SynopsisGlobal warming is widely considered to be one of the most serious environmental problems for current and future generations. Moreover, the apparent failure of the Kyoto Protocol to effect a meaningful reduction in greenhouse gas emissions has increased the importance of economic research into new ways to control global warming. In this exhaustive study, the authors break new ground by integrating cutting edge insights on global warming from three different perspectives: game theory, cost-effectiveness analysis and public choice. For each perspective the authors provide an overview of important results, discuss the theoretical consistency of the models and assumptions, highlight the practical problems which are not yet captured by theory and explore the different applications to the various problems encountered in global warming. They demonstrate how each perspective has its own merits and weaknesses, and advocate an integrated approach as the best way forward. They also propose a research agenda for the future which encompasses the three methods to create a powerful tool for the analysis and resolution of global pollution problems. Surveying a large amount of literature and providing plentiful examples of potential applications, this extensive book combines three branches of economic research on global warming into one accessible volume. It will be widely read by students and scholars in environmental courses, environmental and resource economists, and those working in governmental and non-governmental organisations concerned with international environmental problems.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Game Theory and International Environmental Cooperation: Any Practical Application? 3. Economic Impacts of Carbon Abatement Strategies 4. On the Political Economy of International Environmental Agreements – Some Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Findings 5. Interest Group Preference for Instruments of Environmental Policy: An Overview 6. Interest Group Preference for International Emissions Trading Scheme 7. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisIn their pursuit of policies to combat global warming, countries will find that they may also receive additional benefits which are not directly associated with the primary aim. These ancillary benefits are likely to include, for example, a reduction in pollution as a result of carbon containment policies. International Climate Policy to Combat Global Warming is one of the first books which analyses climate policy, taking account of ancillary as well as primary benefits. The author integrates ancillary benefits into the theory and explores the implications for international policy measures. Because of the private character of ancillary benefits, the author is able to treat climate policy as an impure public good which in turn has an impact on the efficient climate protection level. He highlights the general failures of the standard approach to climate policy design and goes on to propose a new approach to international negotiations on climate change. He suggests a flexible matching scheme which would help overcome free-rider incentives and which would have considerable advantages over traditional co-operative designs.By proposing a novel framework for the analysis of, and solution to, the problem of global warming, this book will be welcomed by environmental and ecological economists, policymakers and researchers of political science.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Benefits of Climate Policy 3. Climate Policy as an Impure Public Good 4. International Transfers 5. Matching Schemes 6. Summary and Conclusions A. Emissions and Targets B. Ancillary Effects C. Samuelson Condition D. Comparative Static Model E. Matching Model References Index

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Book SynopsisClimate change is an issue in which every human being on the planet is a potential stakeholder. Therefore, equity and ethical considerations have an important role to play in determining a climate change response strategy that will prevent the worst case scenario. In this context, the authors of this important new book attempt to provide a better understanding of the practical and analytical issues surrounding climate change negotiations. Each of the chapters reflects on an issue linked to the concepts of ethics, equity and climate change such as economics, morality, politics, rights and law, philosophy, and atmospheric science. The authors, who come from a diverse range of national, disciplinary and sectoral backgrounds, advance pragmatic policy suggestions to enhance international negotiations on climate change and highlight the value of considering more humanistic aspects in the negotiation process.Greenhouse gas emissions are widely considered to be the ultimate environmental externality and consequently an issue of great contemporary concern. This insightful and original treatment of the important issues will be welcomed by climate change negotiators, policymakers, and economic, environmental and social researchers. It will also be of interest to anyone who believes that the negotiation process may benefit from a more deep-rooted shift in social attitudes and beliefs.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Ethics, Equity and Climate Change: An Overview 2. Equity, Responsibility and Climate Change 3. Equity and Climate Change 4. Analysing Ethics, Equity and Climate Change in the Sustainomics Trans-disciplinary Framework 5. Equity and the Clean Development Mechanism: Equity, Additionality, Supplementarity 6. Ethics, Equity and the Convention on Climate Change 7. The Ethics of International Emissions Trading Index

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Book SynopsisClimate change is currently at the centre of scientific and political debate, and the need for well-designed international climate policies is widely recognised. Despite this, the complexity of both the climate change problem and the international negotiation process has resulted in a large number of outstanding issues which still require attention. The authors of this book attempt to address and resolve some of the problems which have remained on the climate change agenda, without serious action, for far too long.The authors contribute to the many discussions on international climate policy and provide an in-depth analysis of the main characteristics of the problem of climate change. They highlight the various potential solutions to the problem and their consequences, and look at the development and implementation of the international climate regime. Adopting a long-term perspective, they pay particular attention to the economic, institutional, political and social aspects of climate change.Issues in International Climate Policy is a comprehensive book which makes the complicated themes and issues accessible to a wider audience. It will be invaluable reading for all scientists, policymakers and environmental economists with a serious interest in climate change and the negotiation process.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Options for International Climate Policies: Towards an Effective Regime Part I: Problem Exploration and Relevant Context 2. Why Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Reasons, Issue-Linkages and Dilemmas 3. Challenges of Future Climate Policy: What Can Be Expected? 4. Global Trends and Climate Change Policies 5. Climate Change Policy in Changing Contexts: Globalization, Political Modernization and Legal Innovation Part II: Towards Solutions and Consequences of these Solutions 6. Policies and Measures in International Climate Policy: Price vs. Quantity 7. The Kyoto Mechanisms: Economic Potential, Environmental Problems and Political Barriers 8. Terrestrial Carbon Sinks and Biomass in International Climate Policies Part III: Implementation and the Development of a Climate Regime 9. Comprehensive Approaches to Differentiation of Future Climate Commitments – Some Options Compared 10. Linkages Between the Climate Change Regime and the International Trade Regime 11. Elaborating an International Compliance Regime under the Kyoto Protocol 12. Between ‘Curbing the Trends’ and ‘Business-as-Usual’: NGOs in International Climate Change Policies 13. Climate Options for the Long Term: Possible Strategies Index

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Book SynopsisThe Kyoto Protocol was a milestone event in the process of getting global climate change on to the political agenda and taking the first tentative steps towards internationally co-ordinated action. This book brings together researchers from the disciplines of law, economics, political science and sociology to analyse the instruments which have been set up to manage climate change and the institutional shifts that are required for the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The authors highlight the need for an adequate implementation structure and well designed flexible instruments to enable emissions targets to be achieved. They discuss the level of international coordination which is required for the smooth operation of flexibility mechanisms and the importance of ensuring these instruments fit within existing national structures. In some countries, there are concerns that the introduction of cap and credit trading programmes may require an overhaul of existing environmental legislation. Technical innovations will also have a critical role to play in preparing the ground for increasingly ambitious controls of GHGs. The authors emphasise the need for an evolutionary development of instruments to support such innovations and the potentially vital roles of firms and governments to help their quick diffusion. This book presents an unusual, fascinating and highly instructive mixture of approaches which will be readily accessible to a broad array of readers from a variety of scientific backgrounds. It will prove invaluable to economists, political and social scientists, lawyers, practitioners and decision-makers involved with climate change policy and international environmental law.Trade Review'It is always a pleasure to announce a good book. Given the Kyoto Protocol, the 15 essays collected in this book discuss how it can be translated into efficient policy. . . The book is well produced, has a thorough index, and should be on the shelf of every environmental regulator and those who teach environmental economics, politics and regulation.' -- Jurgen Backhaus, European Journal of Law and EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Kyoto 1. Key Instrumental and Institutional Design Issues in Climate Change Policy 2. The Kyoto Mechanisms and the Economics of their Design 3. Alternative Design Options for Emissions Trading: A Survey and Assessment of the Literature 4. To Design and Implement Climate Change Measures and the Need to Strike a Balance between Environmental Protection and International Trade Law 5. Developing Carbon Trading in Europe: Does Grandfathering Distort Competition and Lead to State Aid? 6. Legal Aspects of the Dutch Approach to CO2 Reduction 7. Legal Feasibility of Emissions Trading: Learning Points from Emissions Trading for Ozone-Depleting Substances 8. CDM in Climate Policies in the Netherlands: A Promising Tool? 9. Optimal Institutional Arrangements and Instruments for the Promotion of Energy from Renewable Sources 10. Domestic Capacity, Regional Institution and Global Negotiations: Lessons from the Netherlands–EU Kyoto Protocol Negotiation 11. Global Environmental Change Regimes: Impact Assessment on the Basis of an Extended GTAP Model Part II: After Kyoto 12. The Multi-sector Convergence Approach to Global Burden Sharing of Greenhouse Gas Reductions 13. The Dutch Energy Transition and its Institutional Problems: Report from a Stakeholder Assessment 14. Modulating Dynamics in Transport for Climate Protection 15. Institutional Change in Europe and the Implications for Climate Control Measures Index

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Book SynopsisVoluntary approaches (VAs) are increasingly implemented in different countries as the main instrument in environmental policies. The authors focus on the economics of VAs, their advantages and disadvantages and how they compare with other climate policy instruments. Voluntary Approaches in Climate Policy illustrates how corporate voluntarism can be harnessed to mitigate the climatic impact of business, and assesses the economics of VAs at the firm level and in the context of climate policies. It goes on to explore their efficiency and effectiveness, how they compare and combine with other instruments, how they impact competition and why they get adopted. Many questions are addressed and answered, such as: What kinds of VAs have been implemented in different countries? How did they perform under various economic and environmental criteria? What are the key factors in increasing firms' participation in VAs? How do VAs combine with other climate policy instruments such as carbon taxes and emissions trading? How could they be designed for better performance? The book also contains an overview of VAs with a summary of each contribution, their main policy implications and suggestions for future research.Highlighting the implications of VAs in policy terms, this accessible book will appeal to a wide-ranging audience including economists, social scientists, policymakers and business managers, as well as environmental scientists and practitioners with a specific interest in climate change.Trade Review'While in the context of pure environmental economic theory, national policies and cross-country evaluations by several international organizations voluntary agreements have been repeatedly assessed, an in-depth economic evaluation of voluntary agreements in climate policy has been lacking. Baranzini and Thalman have closed this gap and their collection of articles will be a standard reference for some time to come.' -- Axel Michaelowa, Climate PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface 1. An Overview of the Economics of Voluntary Approaches in Climate Policies 2. Effectiveness of Voluntary Approaches: Implications for Climate Mitigation 3. Do Voluntary Approaches to Climate Change Lead to Efficient Environmental Protection? 4. Voluntary Approaches as Climate Policy Tools: Competition Issues and the Role of Market Structure 5. Self-enforcing Voluntary Approaches with Incomplete Information and Environmental Uncertainty 6. Public Voluntary Programmes for Mitigating Climate Change 7. Voluntary Approaches under Uncertainty and Irreversibility 8. Negotiated Agreements and the Demand for Political Legitimacy 9. The Architecture and Functioning of Dutch Negotiated Agreements 10. Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Correcting Market Failures Using Public Voluntary Programmes 11. A Transaction Cost Perspective on Negotiated Agreements: The Case of the USEPA XL Programme 12. Voluntary Approaches and Technical Regulation in the Future Development of EU Climate Policy 13. The UK Climate Change Levy Agreements: Combining Negotiated Agreements with Tax and Emission Trading 14. Swiss Climate Policy: Combining VAs with Other Instruments under the Menace of a CO2 Tax 15. An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of the Danish Energy Agreements Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book examines the problem of global warming from the perspective of Asian Pacific countries. The unprecedented economic and demographic growth over the past two decades has increased the importance of the Asian Pacific region. It has become both a very large source of greenhouse gases as well as an important site to measure climate change impacts. Complex economic tools including computable general equilibrium models, international input-output models and engineering-economic models are used to assess the baseline emission levels and abatement costs for the economies examined. All outcomes suggest that abatement is possible, but will be expensive. The studies also suggest that the more energy efficient the economy, the higher the costs of further abatement. The book reveals how Asian countries in the tropics are more likely to be harmed than those in the temperate zone. Alternative strategies to mitigate carbon emissions such as energy conservation, emission permit trading, carbon tax, and carbon sequestration are examined to tackle the difficult problem of establishing effective policy tools to control warming in the Asian Pacific and the globe. While no single author provides a complete answer to this complex problem, all authors provide vital information and new ideas with which to fashion workable international and regional policies.Global Warming and the Asian Pacific is likely to be read by scholars and researchers of Asian studies, environmental and resource economics, as well as policymakers and those specifically involved in global warming research and policy.Trade Review'This well structured volume covers an important topic in a timely and comprehensive manner. The editors have brought together a knowledgeable and distinguished team of writers, who clearly articulate the Asia Pacific viewpoint on climate change. They should be congratulated on producing a nicely written book which will be of great interest to students, researchers and policymakers.' -- Mohan Munasinghe, Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND), Colombo, Sri Lanka and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Geneva, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Global Warming and the Asian Pacific Part I: Baseline Emissions 2. Forecasting Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Vietnam 3. Baseline Forecasting for Greenhouse Gas Reductions in Taiwan: A Dynamic CGE Analysis 4. Forecasting Baseline CO2 Emissions in Japan 5. Analysis of Economic and Environmental Interdependency in East Asian Countries Part II: Abatement Costs 6. Effect of Energy Tax on CO2 Emissions and Economic Development in Taiwan, 1999–2020 7. Impact of Carbon Tax and Reduced CO2 Emissions on Chinese Economy: A Static CGE Analysis 8. Cost of Reducing CO2 Emissions in Japan 9. Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Through Energy Crops in the US with Implications for Asian Pacific Countries Part III: Warming Impacts 10. Climate Change and Crop Yield Distribution in Taiwan 11. Will Global Warming Cause Heat Stress? 12. The Impact of Climate Change on Asian Pacific Countries Part IV: Policy Instruments 13. Reducing Cost Uncertainty and Encouraging Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol 14. A Better Alternative to the Kyoto Protocol 15. Joint Implementation, the Clean Development Mechanism and the Baseline: An Economic Analysis 16. Economic Issues Related to Design of a Domestic Permit Trading System Index

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Book SynopsisAlthough the full extent of the potential damages from global warming remain unknown, scientists have long argued that action should be taken now to mitigate any possible adverse consequences. However, in making such policy recommendations, economic arguments need to be considered as much as scientific ones. This volume examines the appropriate economic incentives for implementing policy to mitigate climate change and then exposes the flaws in current international agreements. The book begins by providing the economic foundations for understanding climate change. It examines how Kyoto's flexibility mechanism departs from more efficient and less-costly approaches for reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide, and highlights the problems that terrestrial carbon credits pose for emissions trading. Unique case studies of Canada, Japan and The Netherlands indicate that most countries will be unable to meet their own Kyoto obligations. The author then uses an economic analysis of the potential damages to show that even though some countries will experience a detrimental effect from climate change, the majority will actually benefit. In this way, he clearly demonstrates that not only will current policies do little to avert global warming, most countries will also have less incentive to sign up to any future international agreements.Academics, economists and policymakers involved in the climate change debate will find this succinct yet comprehensive analysis of the economic instruments available for mitigating climate change to be essential reading.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Economic Efficiency and Climate Change Mitigation 3. Costs and Benefits of Mitigating Climate Change 4. Terrestrial Carbon Sinks 5. Ratifying Kyoto: Is it Smoke and Mirrors? 6. Why Might Countries Want to Mitigate Climate Change? 7. Discussion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the current policy measures adopted by the EU in order to realize its Kyoto Protocol commitment and to prepare for further emission reductions after 2012. EU Climate Change Policy focuses on legal instruments, with emissions trading at the forefront of the policy package, accompanied by directives on energy taxation, energy efficiency and renewable energy. Distinguished authors provide a commentary on each aspect of the policy measures, discussing both theoretical and practical aspects. Overall, it is concluded that whilst EU policy is very 'green', it needs to be developed further in a comprehensive and meaningful way.With discussions on the current state of affairs of EU climate change policy, and on the issues that may shape its future agenda, this book will be of great interest to academics, civil servants, students and stakeholders.Trade Review'EU environmental law is now a dominant source of influence in the development and application of environmental law and policy in most Member States.This important new study provides a fresh appraisal of the changing nature of EU environmental legislation, and the tensions between discretion and goals. Above all it tackles the difficult questions of the appropriate role and design of law in tackling current and future environmental challenges. It should be required reading by all those concerned with the future of environmental law, both within Europe and elsewhere, and the authors are to be congratulated on the quality and scope of their analysis.’ -- Professor Richard Macrory, University College, London'. . . this excellent edited collection assembled by Peeters and Deketelaere on the achievements of EU climate change policy is a very timely publication. They have brought together nineteen distinguished, mostly European scholars, on climate law and policy to provide an informative account of the flurry of initiatives.' -- Benjamin J. Richardson, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative LawTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Key Challenges of EU Climate Change Policy: Competences, Measures and Compliance Kurt Deketelaere and Marjan Peeters 2. Climate Change: The International and European Policy Framework Marc Pallemaerts and Rhiannon Williams 3. The European Union, Russia and the Kyoto Protocol Wybe Th. Douma PART II: GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRADING WITHIN THE EU 4. Reviewing the Challenging Task Faced by Member States in Implementing the Emissions Trading Directive: Issues of Member State Liability Mar Campins Eritja 5. A Level Playing Field? Initial Allocation of Allowances in Member States Bettina Schmitt-Rady 6. Linking the Project Based Mechanisms with the EU ETS; the Present State of Affairs and Challenges Ahead Javier de Cendra de Larragán 7. Emissions Trading and the Aarhus Convention: A Proportionate Symbiosis? Karen MacDonald and Zen Makuch 8. The IPPC Permit and the Greenhouse Gas Permit Birgitte Egelund Olsen 9. Enforcement of the EU Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Marjan Peeters 10. A Decade of Emissions Trading in the USA: Experiences and Observations for the EU George (Rock) Pring 11. Climate Change Taxes, Emission Trading, and International Trade Law Geert van Calster PART III: ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE MEASURES 12. EU Energy Policy and Legislation under Pressure since the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol? Véronique Bruggeman and Bram Delvaux 13. Energy Taxation within the EU Manfred Rosenstock 14. Critical Issues in Implementing Energy Taxation Claudia Dias Soares PART IV: GOOD GOVERNANCE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE: REFLECTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES 15. Some Reflections on the EU Mix of Instruments on Climate Change Ludwig Krämer 16. Good Governance and Climate Change: Recommendations from a North–South Perspective Joyeeta Gupta Index

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Book SynopsisClimate change and energy consumption are at the forefront of current environmental debate. Whilst energy is essential to the functioning and survival of our societies, the environmental impact that energy consumption is having, particularly on climate change, is a growing concern and the design and practicalities of energy and energy-related environmental policies are under constant scrutiny. This innovative new book not only addresses the economic assessment of environmental and energy policies but also discusses the efficiency and distributional consequences these policies have for producers and consumers.With contributions from leading academics in the field, this comprehensive volume uses a variety of methodological approaches with which to explore a number of pertinent issues, including several studies on the EU Emission Trading System, as well as more advanced topics such as indeterminacy and optimal environmental public policies, energy-saving technological progress, oil shocks and energy transitions and policy design. Combining theoretical and empirical work, this timely book is a significant contribution to the existing literature and deals with issues at the frontier of current economic knowledge.Economic Modelling of Climate Change and Energy Policies is a unique and informative book and will have widespread appeal amongst scholars, students and policymakers.Trade Review'Energy and environmental policies are typically addressed by different departments of government, and by different Directorates General in the case of the European Commission. The result is that policy frameworks, models and values develop in parallel and this in turn can result in diverging policy recommendations, and actions that are often not mutually consistent. An important integrative force in the European Union (EU) has been the creation of the EU emissions trading scheme which links the planet's scarcity of assimilative capacity for greenhouse gas emissions directly to the market that shapes decisions by producers and consumers of energy. It is necessary that the intellectual community be untrammelled by such territorial institutional or political considerations, and look at the choices and issues holistically with the focus on the well being of society as a whole. This book is an important contribution in this regard as it sets the stage, addresses the role and potential of emissions trading, and then focuses on more speculative arenas of policy and practice. As such is provides both policy practitioners and the intellectual community with plenty of substance to be informed by, and to argue about.' -- Frank J. Convery, University College Dublin, Ireland'The papers on emissions trading in this book focus on one of the most radical innovations in environmental policy in recent years, the European Union's emissions trading scheme. This harnesses the power of the market to stimulate the massive investments, changes in patterns of energy use and technological innovations needed for sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Economic research can make an important contribution to understanding some of the critical issues in the design, implementation and effectiveness of this scheme, and the papers in this book bring together key contributions from some of the leading researchers in this area.'BR>- Stephen Smith, University College London, UK’This volume contains a coherent collection of economic papers on climate change and energy policy, written by well-known scholars in the field. The book offers interesting reviews of the relevant theoretical literature on economic growth and on permit trading. It provides an original in-depth treatment of the new EU CO2-emission trading system, addressing equity issues as well as the impact on growth and innovation. And the relationship between energy policy and endogenous energy saving technical progress is also studied in more general contexts.' -- Cees Withagen, Free University Amsterdam and Tilburg University, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction and Overview Carlos de Miguel, Xavier Labandeira and Baltasar Manzano PART I: SOME FUNDAMENTALS 2. Growth and Environment: On U-curves without U-turns Sjak Smulders 3. Pollution Markets: Some Theory and Evidence Juan P. Montero PART II: THE EU EMISSION TRADING SYSTEM 4. European Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading: A System in Transition John Reilly and Sergey Paltsev 5. Harmonizing Emission Allocation. What are the Equity Consequences for the Sectors in and Outside the EU-trading Scheme Tim Hoffmann, Andreas Löschel and Ulf Moslener 6. The Effects of a Sudden CO2 Reduction in Spain Xavier Labandeira and Miguel Rodríguez 7. An Assessment of the Consequences of the European Emissions Trading Scheme for the Promotion of Renewable Electricity in Spain Pedro Linares, Francisco J. Santos and Mariano Ventosa 8. Efficient Verification of Firm Data under the EU Emissions Trading System Frauke Eckermann PART III: ADVANCED ISSUES IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY POLICIES 9. Induced Technological Change and Slow Energy Capital Stock Turnover in an Optimal CO2 Abatement Model Malte Schwoon and Richard S.J. Tol 10. Indeterminacy and Optimal Environmental Public Policies in an Endogenous Growth Model Rafaela Pérez and Jesús Ruiz 11. Energy-saving Technological Progress in a Vintage Capital Model Agustín Pérez-Barahona and Benteng Zou 12. Oil Shocks and the Business Cycle in Europe Carlos de Miguel, Baltasar Manzano and José M. Martín-Moreno 13. Energy Transitions and Policy Design in a GPT Setting with Cyclical Growth through Basic and Applied R&D Adriaan van Zon and Tobias Kronenberg Index

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an overview of the studies conducted by the Netherlands Climate Change Studies Assistance programme.The programme was set up in recognition of the need for developing countries, in particular, to face the challenges confronting all countries under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The book presents an overview of the main results in 13 countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Mali, Mongolia, Senegal, Suriname, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe. It provides a critical evaluation of the methodologies and approaches used, a cross-country synthesis and recommendations for further studies. Subjects dealt with include not only impact studies, but also vulnerability and adaptation, mitigation and climate related policy.Table of Contents1: Introduction and NCCSAP methodology 1.1: Introduction 1.2: Approach NCCSAP Phase 1 1.3: Methodology for emission inventories 1.4: Methodology for mitigation assessment in the energy sector 1.5: Adaptation assessments 2: Country experiences and highlights 2.1: Introduction 2.2: Bolivia 2.3: Colombia 2.4: Ecuador 2.5: Egypt 2.6: Ghana 2.7: Kazakhstan 2.8: Mali 2.9: Mongolia 2.10: Senegal 2.11: Suriname 2.12: Vietnam 2.13: Yemen 2.14: Zimbabwe 3: Cross country syntheses 3.1: Introduction 3.2: Emission inventories 3.3: Mitigation assessment of the energy sector 3.4: Adaptation and water resources 3.5: Adaptation in coastal zones 3.6: Adaptation and land use 3.7: National communications 4: Evaluation, lessons learned and outlook 4.1: Introduction 4.2: Mitigation assessment 4.3: Adaptation assessments 4.4: National Communications 4.5: Capacity building and awareness raising 4.6: NCCSAP in comparison to other country study programmes 4.7: Recommendations

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Book SynopsisBringing together leading researchers from around the world this book reviews how vegetation and soils act as naturally occurring buffers which use up the gases responsible for global warming and the greenhouse effect. It provides in-depth information on the importance of these sinks, how they may respond to increased greenhouse gas emissions, how we can protect them and how they can help us mitigate climate change.Table of Contents1: Preface 2: Carbon Dioxide: its Importance, its Sources and its Sinks, 3: Terrestrial Vegetation as a Carbon Dioxide Sink, 4: The Oceanic Sink for Carbon Dioxide, 5: The Soil Carbon Dioxide Sink, 6: Implications of Increasing the Soil Carbon Store: Calculating the Net Greenhouse Gas Balance of No-Till Farming, 7: Geological Carbon Sinks, 8: Artificial Carbon Sinks: Utilization of CO2 for the Synthesis of Chemicals and Technological Applications, 9: The Prospects for Biological Carbon Sinks in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Systems, 10: Methane: its Importance, its Sources and its Sinks, 11: The Soil Methane Sink, 12: The Atmospheric Methane Sink, 13: Artificial Methane Sinks, 14: Nitrous Oxide: its Importance, its Sources and its Sinks, 15: The Stratospheric Sinks of Nitrous Oxide, C L Butenhoff and M A K Khalil 16: Sinks for N2O at the Earth's surface, 17: Cross-cutting Issues and New Directions, 18: The impact of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the exchange of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane from European forests,

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Book SynopsisClimate change is one of the greatest challenges we face - both in terms of its potential impact on our societies and the earth, and the scale of international co-operation that is needed to confront it. Emerging as a component of the international dialogue on the environment and climate, the role of forests in influencing earth systems will need to be assessed. Drawing together perspectives from researchers and policy makers, this book explores how forests will interact with the physical and natural world, and with human society as the climate changes. Also considered is how the world's forests can be managed to contribute to the mitigation of climate change and to maximize the full range of economic and non-market benefits. Providing an examination of the science, a detailed consideration of the science–policy interface and the international frameworks and conventions, this book is valuable reading for all those interested in sustainable forest management, climate change and the associated environmental sciences.Table of ContentsI: Introduction 1: Personal Introduction - Rt. Hon. Lord Clark of Windermere 2: Forests and Climate Change: the Knowledge-base for Action - P.H.Freer-Smith, M.S.J.Broadmeadow and J.M.Lynch II: Climate Change, Forestry and the Science-Policy Interface 3: Present and Future Global Carbon Sources and Sinks - M.Heimann 4: Global Forest Sector: Trends, Threats and Opportunities - R.Seppälä 5: Carbon Sequestration as a Forestry Opportunity in a Changing Climate - J.Burley, J.Ebeling and P.M.Costa 6: Forests and Climate Change: Global Understandings and Possible Responses - S.Dresner, P.Ekins, K.McGeevor and J.Tomei 7: The Forest Science-Policy Interface - L.G.M.Filho III: Forestry Options for Contributing to Climate Change Mitigation 8: Causes of Gaps Between Perceived Potentials and Actual Implementation of Forest-sector Mitigation Activities - S.Brown and W.Kurz 9: Forests Remove Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere: Spruce Forest Tales! - S.Linder and P.G.Jarvis 10: Afforestation, Reforestation and Reduced Deforestation to Sequester Carbon and Reduce Emissions - B.Schlamadinger and T.Johns 11: Energy and Fuelwood - R.E.H.Sims 12: Carbon in Wood Products and Product Substitution - R.W.Matthews, K.Robertson, G.Marland and E.Marland 13: Towards a High Resolution Forest Carbon Balance for Europe Based on Inventory Data - G-J.Nabuurs, B.Vanderwerf, N.Heidema and I.van den Wyngaert 14: Forestry in Europe Under Changing Climate and Land Use - J.Eggers, M.Lindner, S.Zudin, S.Zaehle, J.Liski and G-J.Nabuurs IV: Impacts of Climate Change on Forests: Options for Adaptation 15: Soils and Waste Management: A Challenge to Climate Change - J.S.Schepers and J.M.Lynch 16: Impacts of Climate Change on Forest Soil Carbon: Principles, Factors, Models, Uncertainties - M. Reichstein 17: Direct Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide on Forest Tree Productivity - D.F. Karnosky, M.Tallis, J.Darbah and G.Taylor 18: Impacts of Climate Change on Natural and Semi-Natural Forest Ecosystem - D.Loustau, J.Ogée, E.Dufrêne, M.Déqué, J.-L.Dupouey, V.Badeau, N.Viovy, P.Ciais, M.-L.Desprez-Loustau, A.Roques, I.Chuine and F.Mouillot 19: Forest Responses to Global Change in North America: Interacting Forces Define a Research Agenda - A.M.Solomon and P.H.Freer-Smith V: National and International Frameworks: Current and Future Policy 20: National Forest Monitoring Systems: Purposes, Options and Status - P.Holmgren and L-G. Marklund 21: Conservation of Biodiversity in Boreal Forests: the Russian Experience - V.Teplyakov 22: International Forest Policy and Options for Climate Change Forest Policy in Developing Countries - S.Jauregui 23: Addressing Deforestation and Forest Degradation Through International Policy - G.Badiozamani VI: Implications for Future Forestry and Related Environmental and Development Policy 24: Risks and Uncertainties - W.Harper and R.S.Swift 25: Governance and Climate Change - M.S.J.Sangster and M.Dudley 26: Response of the Forestry Sector - M.S.J.Broadmeadow and J-M.Carnus 27: Commercial and Project-based Responses and Associated Research Initiatives in the Forest Sector - P.J.Hanson and W.Kurz 28: Forests and Climate Change: Conclusions and the Way Forward - T.Rollinson

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Book SynopsisCurrent trends in population growth suggest that global food production is unlikely to satisfy future demand under predicted climate change scenarios unless rates of crop improvement are accelerated. In order to maintain food security in the face of these challenges, a holistic approach that includes stress-tolerant germplasm, sustainable crop and natural resource management, and sound policy interventions will be needed. The first volume in the CABI Climate Change Series, this book provides an overview of the essential disciplines required for sustainable crop production in unpredictable environments. Chapters include discussions of adapting to biotic and abiotic stresses, sustainable and resource-conserving technologies and new tools for enhancing crop adaptation. Examples of successful applications as well as future prospects of how each discipline can be expected to evolve over the next 30 years are also presented. Laying out the basic concepts needed to adapt to and mitigate changes in crop environments, this is an essential resource for researchers and students in crop and environmental science as well as policy makers.Table of Contents1: Adapting crops to climate change: a summary, Matthew P. Reynolds and Rodomiro Ortiz 2: Scenarios of climate change within the context of agriculture, Andy Jarvis, Julian Ramirez, Ben Anderson, Christoph Leibing and Pramod Aggarwal 3: Economic impacts of climate change on agriculture to 2030, David Lobell & Marshall Burke 4: Preventing potential disease and pest epidemics under a changing climate, Anne Legrève and Etienne Duveiller 5: Breeding for adaptation to heat and drought stress, Matthew Reynolds, Dirk Hays and Scott Chapman 6: Breeding crops for tolerance to salinity, waterlogging and inundation, Daniel Mullan and Ed Barrett-Lennard 7: Multi-location testing as a tool to identify plant response to global climate change, Hans-Joachim Braun, Gary Atlin and Thomas Payne 8: Genetic approaches to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: increasing carbon capture and decreasing environmental impact, Martin A. J. Parry and Malcom J. Hawkesford 9: Greenhouse gas mitigation in the main cereal systems: rice, wheat and maize, Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio, Reiner Wassmann, Bram Govaerts, Yasukazu. Hosen, Nobuko Katayanagi and Nele Verhulst 10: How conservation agriculture can contribute to buffering climate change, Peter Hobbs and Bram Govaerts 11: Management of resident soil microbial community structure and function to suppress soilborne disease development, Mark Mazzola 12: Biotechnology in agriculture, Ryan Whitford, Michael Gilbert and Peter Langridge 13: GIS & crop simulation modelling applications in climate change research, David Hodson and Jeff White 14: Statistical models for studying and understanding genotype x environment interaction in an era of climate change and increased genetic information, José Crossa, Juan Burgueño and Mateo Vargas

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Book SynopsisClimate change has moved from being a contested phenomenon to the top of the agenda at global summits. Climate Change Biology is the first major textbook to address the critical issue of how climate change may affect life on the planet, and particularly its impact on human populations. Presented in four parts, the first deals extensively with the physical evidence of climate change and various modelling efforts to predict its future. Biological responses are addressed in the second part, from the individual's physiology to populations and ecosystems, and further to considering adaptation and evolution. The third part examines the specific impact climate change may have on natural resources, agriculture and forestry. The final part considers research on the cutting edge of impact prediction and the practical and philosophical limitations on our abilities to predict these impacts. This text will be a useful asset to the growing number of both undergraduate and graduate courses on impacts of climate change, as well as providing a succinct overview for researchers new to the field.Table of ContentsPart I: Preliminaries 1: Putting it in Perspective: The Paleorecord and Climate Reconstructions 2: Projecting Future Climates 3: Methods for Studying the Impacts of Climatic Change Part II: Impacts from Physiology to Evolution 4: Physiological Responses 5: Population Responses in Time and Space 6: Community Composition and Dynamics 7: Ecosystem Responses 8: Evolutionary Responses to Climatic Change Part III: Applications 9: Responses by Soil Organisms 10: The Future of Forest Productivity 11: The Future of Agricultural Production 12: Impacts on Biodiversity Part IV: Final Considerations 13: Multiple Stressors 14: The Limits of Science

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Book SynopsisClimate change has moved from being a contested phenomenon to the top of the agenda at global summits. Climate Change Biology is the first major textbook to address the critical issue of how climate change may affect life on the planet, and particularly its impact on human populations. Presented in four parts, the first deals extensively with the physical evidence of climate change and various modelling efforts to predict its future. Biological responses are addressed in the second part, from the individual's physiology to populations and ecosystems, and further to considering adaptation and evolution. The third part examines the specific impact climate change may have on natural resources, agriculture and forestry. The final part considers research on the cutting edge of impact prediction and the practical and philosophical limitations on our abilities to predict these impacts. This text will be a useful asset to the growing number of both undergraduate and graduate courses on impacts of climate change, as well as providing a succinct overview for researchers new to the field.Table of ContentsPart I: Preliminaries 1: Putting it in Perspective: The Paleorecord and Climate Reconstructions 2: Projecting Future Climates 3: Methods for Studying the Impacts of Climatic Change Part II: Impacts from Physiology to Evolution 4: Physiological Responses 5: Population Responses in Time and Space 6: Community Composition and Dynamics 7: Ecosystem Responses 8: Evolutionary Responses to Climatic Change Part III: Applications 9: Responses by Soil Organisms 10: The Future of Forest Productivity 11: The Future of Agricultural Production 12: Impacts on Biodiversity Part IV: Final Considerations 13: Multiple Stressors 14: The Limits of Science

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Book SynopsisTransport, and in particular road transport, represents a significant global threat to long-term sustainable development, and is one of the fastest-growing consumers of final energy and sources of greenhouse gas emissions. In this book, long-term energy-economy-environment scenarios are used to identify the key technological developments required to address the challenges passenger car transport poses to climate change mitigation and energy security. It also considers possible targets for policy support and examines some of the elements that contribute to the significant levels of uncertainty - particularly social and political conditions. The book then builds on this long-term scenario analysis with a broad review of recent empirical examples of relevant policy implementation to identify near-term options for the passenger transportation sector, which may promote a shift towards a more sustainable transport system over the longer term.Sustainable Automobile Transport will be of particular interest to those in the policy process who are striving to address the automobile-derived challenges associated with climate change - a growing rather than declining problem. It will have a worldwide audience as every developed and rapidly growing society struggles to address the dynamic growth in greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction Part I: Future Transport Demand and Technology Prospects 2. Future Drivers and Projections of Transport Demand 3. Transport Technology and Fuel Characteristics and Future Prospects Part II: Sustainable Transport Technology Scenario Analysis 4. Modelling Transport Technology and Fuel Choice in a Long-term Scenario with ERIS 5. Technology Development in a Sustainable Transport Scenario 6. Alternative Scenarios of a Future Transport System Part III: Policy Measures for Sustainable Transport 7. Policy Instruments to Reduce GHG from Passenger Road Transport 8. Demand Side: Market-based Instruments 9. Voluntary or Negotiated Agreements 10. Supply-side Policy Measures: R&D Part IV: Roadmap to a Sustainable Transport System 11. Future Technology Developments in Transport 12. Implications for Policymaking 13. Sustainable Automobile Transportation: Synthesis of Key Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisCorporations, including those in the car industry, are increasingly keen to proclaim their green credentials. But what motivates firms to reduce the environmental impact of their products? Rather than accepting the conventional wisdom, John Mikler addresses this question in a novel way by taking a comparative institutionalist approach informed by the Varieties of Capitalism literature.Focusing on Germany, the US and Japan, the author shows that national variations in capitalist relations of production are central to explaining how the car industry tackles the issue of climate change, such variations are crucial for understanding the normative as well as material basis for firms' motivations.This ground-breaking book will be of great benefit to students and academics, particularly those with an interest in comparative politics, public policy and international political economy. It may also serve as a resource for courses on environmental politics and environmental management as well as aspects of international relations and business/management. Given the book's contemporary policy relevance, it will be a valuable reference for policy practitioners with an interest in industry policy, multinational corporations, the environment, and institutional approaches to comparative politics.Trade Review'This carefully crafted and meticulously documented empirical study, drawing on statistics, the analysis of corporate environmental reports and expert interviews, makes a compelling argument for the important role of varieties of capitalism in motivating car manufacturers' environmental activities. . . Greening the Car Industry is a valuable contribution to academic literature on the role of private actors in global environmental governance and on the drivers of environmental protection activities by corporations. It is not only of interest to scholars dealing with the car industry but also to everyone intrigued by the conundrum of why some globally competing private actors are more protective of the environment than others.' -- Katja Biedenkopf, Global Environmental Politics'. . . fascinating and stimulating book, which is both comprehensive and partial in equal degree.' -- Peter Wells, Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning'Greening the Car Industry is an innovative book in the Varieties of Capitalism tradition. Its interviews and analysis offer rich insights into why the US car industry struggles, particularly on environmental impact, compared to Japanese and German firms. John Mikler shows that regulatory institutions matter, and how they matter. For the car industry at least, more collaborative forms of capitalism show more promise. Mikler gives us a masterpiece of regulatory scholarship.' -- John Braithwaite, The Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Varieties of Capitalism Approach 3. The Car Industry and Climate Change 4. How Rules are Made: State Regulations in the European Union, US and Japan 5. Society as Governance? Social Attitudes and Consumer Demand 6. Firms’ Rationales: Environmental Reporting 7. Firms’ Commitment: Interviews 8. Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis'These two volumes feature pieces by nearly all the important economic thinkers on climate, including Kenneth Arrow, Thomas Schelling, William Nordhaus, Nicholas Stern, and many others. It's a thorough education in this policy topic.'- Natural Hazards ObserverThis two-volume collection brings together critical essays on the economics of climate change, describing advances in the field ranging from the Kyoto Protocol carbon market, to sustainability criteria, international trade, and the management of catastrophic risks.Prepared by one of the leading academics in this pertinent and expanding field and including a new introductory essay to the collection, The Economics of Climate Change will certainly be an important resource for academics and policymakers alike.Trade Review‘These two volumes feature pieces by nearly all the important economic thinkers on climate, including Kenneth Arrow, Thomas Schelling, William Nordhaus, Nicholas Stern, and many others. It’s a thorough education in this policy topic.’ -- Natural Hazards ObserverTable of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Graciela Chichilnisky 1. Amílcar O. Herrera, Hugo D. Scolnik, Graciela Chichilnisky, Gilberto C. Gallopin, Jorge E. Hardoy, Diana Mosovich, Enrique Oteiza, Gilda L. de Romero Brest, Carlos E. Suárez and Luis Talavera (1976), Catastrophe or New Society?: A Latin American World Model 2. Graciela Chichilnisky (1977), ‘Development Patterns and the International Order’ 3. William D. Nordhaus (1991), ‘The Cost of Slowing Climate Change: A Survey’, Energy Journal, 12 (1), 37-65 [29] 4. Geoffrey Heal and Graciela Chichilnisky (1991), ‘Oil as a Double-Edged Sword: The Development of Oil-Producing Countries’ and ‘Oil and the Developing Countries’ 5. Graciela Chichilnisky (1994), ‘North–South Trade and the Global Environment’ 6. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2000), ‘The Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’ 7. Raúl Estrada-Oyuela (2000), ‘A Commentary on the Kyoto Protocol’ 8. Graciela Chichilnisky and Kristen A. Sheeran (2009), ‘The Road to Kyoto’ 9. Graciela Chichilnisky (1993), The Abatement of Carbon Emissions in Industrial and Developing Countries 10. Graciela Chichilnisky and Geoffrey Heal (1994), ‘Who Should Abate Carbon Emissions? An International Viewpoint’ 11. Graciela Chichilnisky (1996), ‘The Greening of the Bretton Woods’ 12. Graciela Chichilnisky (1997), Development and Global Finance: The Case for an International Bank for Environmental Settlements 13. Andrea Beltratti (1998), ‘Climate Change and Emission Permits’ 14. Andrea Prat (2000), ‘Efficiency Properties of a Constant–Ratio Mechanism for the Distribution of Tradable Emission Permits’ 15. Graciela Chichilnisky, Geoffrey Heal and David Starrett (2000), ‘Equity and Efficiency in Environmental Markets: Global Trade in Carbon Dioxide Emissions’ 16. Kristen A. Sheeran (2006), ‘Who Should Abate Carbon Emissions? A Note’ 17. Jean-Charles Hourcade and Laurent Gilotte (2000), ‘Differentiated or Uniform International Carbon Taxes: Theoretical Evidences and Procedural Constraints’ 18. Graciela Chichilnisky (2000), ‘Knowledge and the Environment: Markets with Privately Produced Public Goods’ 19. Joaquim Oliveira Martins and Peter Sturm (2000), ‘Efficiency and Distribution in Computable Models of Carbon Emission Abatement’ 20. Graciela Chichilnisky and Geoffrey Heal (2000), ‘Introduction’ 21. Nicholas Stern (2006), ‘Climate Change: Our Approach’ 22. Joseph E. Stiglitz (2006), ‘A New Agenda for Global Warming’ Volume II Acknowledgements 1. Kenneth J. Arrow (2007), ‘Global Climate Change: A Challenge to Policy’ 2. Duncan K. Foley (2007), ‘The Economic Fundamentals of Global Warming’ 3. Joshua S. Gans (2007), ‘Do Voluntary Carbon Offsets Work?’ 4. Graciela Chichilnisky and Geoffrey Heal (1993), ‘Global Environmental Risks’ 5. Graciela Chichilnisky (1996), ‘Markets with Endogenous Uncertainty Theory and Policy’ 6. Graciela Chichilnisky, Geoffrey Heal and Alessandro Vercelli (1998), ‘Introduction’ 7. Thomas C. Schelling (2007), ‘Climate Change: The Uncertainties, the Certainties, and What They Imply About Action’ 8. Graciela Chichilnisky (2000), ‘An Axiomatic Approach to Choice Under Uncertainty with Catastrophic Risks’ 9. Graciela Chichilnisky (1996), ‘An Axiomatic Approach to Sustainable Development’ 10. Graciela Chichilnisky (1997), ‘What is Sustainable Development?’ 11. Graciela Chichilnisky, Geoffrey Heal and Andrea Beltratti (1995), ‘The Green Golden Rule’ 12. Geoffrey Heal (1991), ‘Alternatives to Utilitarianism’ and ‘Depletion Revisited’ 13. Y.H. Farzin (1996), ‘Optimal Pricing of Environmental and Natural Resource Use with Stock Externalities’ 14. Larry Karp (2005), ‘Global Warming and Hyperbolic Discounting’ 15. Larry Karp and Jiangfeng Zhang (2006), ‘Regulation with Anticipated Learning About Environmental Damages’ 16. Tomoki Fujii and Larry Karp (2008), ‘Numerical Analysis of Non-constant Pure Rate of Time Preference: A Model of Climate Policy’ 17. Martin L. Weitzman (2009), ‘On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic Climate Change’ 18. Graciela Chichilnisky (2009), ‘Avoiding Extinction: Equal Treatment of the Present and the Future’ 19. Graciela Chichilnisky and Geoffrey Heal (1998), ‘Economics Returns from the Biosphere’ 20. Graciela Chichilnisky, The Knowledge Revolution 21. Graciela Chichilnisky and Peter Eisenberger (2009), ‘Energy Security, Economic Development and Global Warming: Addressing Short and Long Term Challenges’ 22. Peter M. Eisenberger, Roger W. Cohen, Graciela Chichilnisky, Nicholas M. Eisenberger, Ronald R. Chance and Christopher W. Jones (2009), ‘Global Warming and Carbon-Negative Technology: Prospects for a Lower-Cost Route to a Lower-Risk Atmosphere’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisReforestation and avoiding deforestation are methods of harnessing nature to tackle global warming - the greatest challenge facing humankind. In this book, Colin Hunt deals comprehensively with the present and future role of forests in climate change policy and practice. The author provides signposts for the way ahead in climate change policy and offers practical examples of forestry's role in climate change mitigation in both developed and tropical developing countries. Chapters on measuring carbon in plantations, their biodiversity benefits and potential for biofuel production complement the analysis. He also discusses the potential for forestry in climate change policy in the United States and other countries where policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions have been foreshadowed. The author employs scientific and socio-economic analysis and lays bare the complexity of forestry markets. A review of the workings of carbon markets, based both on the Kyoto Protocol and voluntary participation, provides a foundation from which to explore forestry's role. Emphasis is placed on acknowledging how forests' idiosyncrasies affect the design of markets for sequestered carbon. The realization of forestry's potential in developed countries depends on the depth of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, together with in-country rules on forestry. An increase in funding for carbon retention in tropical forests is an immediate imperative, but complexities dictate that the sources of finance will likely be dedicated funds rather than carbon markets. This timely and comprehensive book will be of great value to any reader interested in climate change. Policy-makers within international agencies and governments, academics and students in the fields of geography, economics, science policy, forestry, development studies as well as carbon market participants and forest developers in the private sector will find it especially useful.Trade Review'The importance of this book lies in being one of the first comprehensive attempts to summarise major findings in the field of carbon sinks and climate change. . . The book also deals comprehensively with the present and future role of forests in climate change policy and practice. . . This timely book is essential reading for policy decision-makers and foresters alike.' -- Wasantha Athukorala, Economic Analysis and PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface Introduction 1. The Making of Markets for Carbon and the Potential of Forestry Offsets 2. Forestry in the Kyoto Protocol 3. Forestry in Voluntary Carbon Markets 4. Biodiversity Benefits of Reforestation and Avoiding Deforestation 5. Measuring the Carbon in Forest Sinks 6. Forests as a Source of Biofuels 7. Forestry in the Climate Change Policies of Selected Developed Countries 8. Policies for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Index

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Book SynopsisUnder certain scenarios on the subject of CO2 emissions, by the end of the century the atmospheric concentration could triple its pre-industrial level. The very large numerical models intended to anticipate the corresponding climate evolutions are designed and quantified from the laws of physics. However, little is generally known about these: genesis of clouds, terms of the greenhouse effect, solar activity intervention, etc. This book deals with the issue of climate modeling in a different way: using proven techniques for identifying black box-type models. Taking climate observations from throughout the millennia, the global models obtained are validated statistically and confirmed by the resulting simulations. This book thus brings constructive elements that can be reproduced by anyone adept at numerical simulation, whether an expert climatologist or not. It is accessible to any reader interested in the issues of climate change.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. Context 1 1.2. Identification 3 1.3. Expectations and results 5 1.4. Contents of the work 6 CHAPTER 2. CLIMATIC DATA 11 2.1. Sources 11 2.2. Global temperature 12 2.2.1. Modern temperatures 12 2.2.2. Pre-industrial temperature 13 2.2.3. Paleotemperatures 14 2.3. Concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere 17 2.4. Solar activity 18 2.5. Volcanic activity 26 CHAPTER 3. THE WAR OF THE GRAPHS 29 3.1. History 29 3.2. Inconsistent controversies 35 3.3. Usable data 38 CHAPTER 4. FORMULATING AN ENERGY BALANCE MODEL 41 4.1. State models and transmittance 41 4.2. Structure of an energy balance model 44 4.3. Specificity of EBMs 47 4.4. Dynamic parametrization 49 CHAPTER 5. PRESUMED PARAMETERS 55 5.1. Terminology 55 5.2. Climate sensitivity Sclim 57 5.3. Coefficient of radiative forcing ?Ñ1 58 5.4. The climate feedback coefficient ?ÜG 58 5.5. Sensitivity to irradiance S2 59 5.6. Sensitivity to volcanic activity S3 61 5.7. Climate or anthropogenic sensitivity 61 5.8. Review of uncertainties 63 CHAPTER 6. IDENTIFICATION METHOD 67 6.1. The current state of affairs 67 6.2. Output error method 69 6.3. Estimating the error variance 70 6.4. Hypothesis test and confidence regions 72 6.5. Conditions of application 73 CHAPTER 7. PARTIAL RESULTS 75 7.1. A selection of data 75 7.2. Free identification 77 7.3. Forced identifications 81 7.4. Statistical analysis 86 CHAPTER 8. OVERALL RESULTS 91 8.1. Preliminary comments 91 8.2. Regions and intervals of confidence 93 8.3. Hypothesis test 96 8.4. Comments 97 CHAPTER 9. HISTORIC MINUSCULE SIMULATIONS 99 9.1. Overview of IPCC simulations 99 9.2. Comparative simulations 100 9.3. Representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 102 9.4. Comparative radiative forcing 105 CHAPTER 10. LONG-TERM CLIMATE PROJECTIONS 107 10.1. IPCC scenarios and projections 107 10.2. EBM compatible scenarios 109 10.3. Long-term projections 110 10.4. A disaster scenario 113 CHAPTER 11. SHORT-TERM PREDICTIONS 115 11.1. Decadal time scale predictions by GCM 115 11.2. The climate’s natural variability 117 11.3. State estimate and prediction 120 11.4. Decadal time scale predictions by EBM 123 11.5. A posteriori predictions 124 CHAPTER 12. CONCLUSIONS 129 12.1. On the identification 129 12.2. Climate sensitivity 130 12.3. Solar activity 131 12.4. Predictive capacity 132 12.5. The climate change in question 133 12.6. Prospects 133 BIBLIOGRAPHY 135 INDEX 141

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Book SynopsisClimate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk. Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back development, destroy livelihoods, and increase disparity nationally and worldwide. This book addresses the differential vulnerability of people and places, introducing concepts and methods for analysis and illustrating the impact on local, regional, national, and global scales.The chapters in the first section set the stage by focusing on the relationship between climate change and disasters and by broadly exploring their economic and social aftermaths. Further chapters explore particular impacts of climate change, including the social, political and even military conflicts that may arise over scarce natural resources, as well as the effects on biodiversity and thus the natural environment. Chapters in the last section discuss responses to climate change in terms of information sharing and preparedness, adaptation and mitigation - particularly the relevance of improving the role of markets, through investment and insurance, to face these challenges. Researchers and policymakers involved in the study of climate change and disaster prevention will find this comprehensive volume of great interest.Trade Review'The papers produced in this book make a good start at examining this complex topic.' -- Natural Hazards Observer'Readers who want more than just the results will find themselves perusing the copious references lists for each section. The interdisciplinary nature of these essays makes this volume highly accessible and worthwhile for economics as well as environmental studies courses.' -- B.J. Peterson, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Mario Molina PART I: BACKGROUND 1. Introduction: Distributional Effects of Climate Change – Social and Economic Implications Matthias Ruth and María E. Ibarrarán 2. Vulnerability, Sensitivity and Coping/Adapting Capacity Worldwide Elizabeth Malone and Antoinette Brenkert 3. Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Economic and Distributional Impacts María E. Ibarrarán and Matthias Ruth PART II: DIFFERENTIAL IMPACTS 4. Health Impact of Heat: Present Realities and Potential Impacts of a Climate Change Laurence Kalkstein, Christina Koppe, Simone Orlandini, Scott Sheridan, and Karen Smoyer-Tomic 5. Gender and Climate Change Vulnerability: What’s the Problem, What’s the Solution? Anthony G. Patt, Angie Dazé and Pablo Suarez 6. Income Distribution Effects of Policies to Mitigate Greenhouse Gases: The Case of Mexico Roy Boyd and María E. Ibarrarán 7. Climate Change and Cities: Differential Impacts and Adaptation Options in Industrialized Countries Matthias Ruth, Paul H. Kirshen and Dana Coelho 8. Climate Information, Equity and Vulnerability Reduction Pablo Suarez, Jesse C. Ribot and Anthony G. Patt 9. The Security Challenges of Climate Change: Who is at Risk and Why? Timothy Gulden 10. Distributional Effects and Change of Risk Management Regimes: Explaining Different Types of Adaptation in Germany and Indonesia Hellmuth Lange, Heiko Garrelts, Winfried Osthorst and Farid Selmi 11. Conclusions María E. Ibarrarán and Matthias Ruth Index

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Book Synopsis'The Economics of Pollution Control is a seminal contribution that is strongly recommended as a core addition to professional, governmental, and academic library "environmental studies" reference collections and supplemental reading lists.'- The Midwest Book ReviewThis volume includes a series of previously published papers that both illustrate basic principles in the economics of pollution control and represent recent advances in the field over the last fifteen years. This authoritative collection includes seminal papers, written by leading scholars in the field, which relate to the overarching issue of designing pollution control policies to reduce environmental threats. The editor successfully covers a wide range of contemporary contexts and issues and includes both theoretical papers and empirical analyses of the impacts of pollution control policies. This volume will serve as an excellent source of reference for researchers, advanced students and practicing economists interested in a contemporary overview of the field. Trade Review‘The Economics of Pollution Control is a seminal contribution that is strongly recommended as a core addition to professional, governmental, and academic library “environmental studies” reference collections and supplemental reading lists.’ -- The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Kathleen Segerson PART I OVERVIEW 1. Robert W. Hahn, Sheila M. Olmstead and Robert N. Stavins (2003), ‘Environmental Regulation in the 1990s: A Retrospective Analysis’ 2. Lawrence H. Goulder and Ian W.H. Parry (2008), ‘Instrument Choice in Environmental Policy’ 3. Tom Tietenberg (2003), ‘The Tradable-Permits Approach to Protecting the Commons: Lessons for Climate Change’ 4. Don Fullerton (2001), ‘A Framework to Compare Environmental Policies’ PART II THE ECONOMIC THEORY OF POLLUTION CONTROL A. Economic Approaches to Internalizing Pollution Externalities 5. Avinash Dixit and Mancur Olson (2000), ‘Does Voluntary Participation Undermine the Coase Theorem?’ 6. Ian W.H. Parry and Kenneth A. Small (2005), ‘Does Britain or the United States Have the Right Gasoline Tax?’ 7. Janusz R. Mrozek and Andrew G. Keeler (2004), ‘Pooling of Uncertainty: Enforcing Tradable Permits Regulation When Emissions are Stochastic’ 8. François Cochard, Marc Willinger, and Anastasios Xepapadeas (2005), ‘Efficiency of Nonpoint Source Pollution Instruments: An Experimental Study’ 9. Matthieu Glachant (2007), ‘Non-binding Voluntary Agreements’ B. Issues in Policy Choice / Design 10. Tracy R. Lewis (1996), ‘Protecting the Environment when Costs and Benefits are Privately Known’ 11. Charles D. Kolstad (1996), ‘Fundamental Irreversibilities in Stock Externalities’ 12. Juan-Pablo Montero (2002), ‘Permits, Standards, and Technology Innovation’ 13. A. Lans Bovenberg, Lawrence H. Goulder and Derek J. Gurney (2005), ‘Efficiency Costs of Meeting Industry-distributional Constraints Under Environmental Permits and Taxes’ 14. Anthony Heyes (2000), ‘Implementing Environmental Regulation: Enforcement and Compliance’ 15. Martin Nell and Andreas Richter (2003), ‘The Design of Liability Rules for Highly Risky Activities – Is Strict Liability Superior when Risk Allocation Matters?’ 16. Brian R. Copeland and M. Scott Taylor (2005), ‘Free Trade and Global Warming: A Trade Theory View of the Kyoto Protocol’ PART III FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE A. Industry Impacts of Pollution Control Policies 17. Eli Berman and Linda T.M. Bui (2001), ‘Environmental Regulation and Productivity: Evidence from Oil Refineries’ 18. Curtis Carlson, Dallas Burtraw, Maureen Cropper and Karen L. Palmer (2000), ‘Sulfur Dioxide Control by Electric Utilities: What Are the Gains from Trade?’ 19. Daan P. van Soest, John A. List and Tim Jeppesen (2006), ‘Shadow Prices, Environmental Stringency, and International Competitiveness’ 20. John A. List, Daniel L. Millimet, Per G. Fredriksson and W. Warren McHone (2003), ‘Effects of Environmental Regulations on Manufacturing Plant Births: Evidence from a Propensity Score Matching Estimator’ 21. Michael Greenstone (2002), ‘The Impacts of Environmental Regulations on Industrial Activity: Evidence from the 1970 and 1977 Clear Air Act Amendments and the Census of Manufactures’ 22. Josh Ederington, Arik Levinson and Jenny Minier (2005), ‘Footloose and Pollution-Free’ B. Environmental Impacts of Pollution Control Policies 23. Janet Currie and Matthew Neidell (2005), ‘Air Pollution and Infant Health: What Can We Learn from California’s Recent Experience?’ 24. Maximilian Auffhammer, Antonio M. Bento and Scott E. Lowe (2009), ‘Measuring the Effects of the Clean Air Act Amendments on Ambient PM10 Concentrations: The Critical Importance of a Spatially Disaggregated Analysis’ 25. Robert Innes and Abdoul G. Sam (2008), ‘Voluntary Pollution Reductions and the Enforcement of Environmental Law: An Empirical Study of the 33/50 Program’ 26. Hilary Sigman (2001), ‘The Pace of Progress at Superfund Sites: Policy Goals and Interest Group Influence’

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Book SynopsisClimate Change and Growth in Asia is a comprehensive analysis of the major issues of climate change and global warming and their possible impacts on the growth of major Asian economies. The book addresses the climate change crisis in Asia within the context of three major challenges to growth: population, poverty and greenhouse gas emissions.The contributors of the book argue that, like globalisation, the effects of climate change are all-encompassing and recognise no national boundaries. Therefore, the issues emanating from this looming challenge must also be examined beyond the national boundaries and debated at global, regional and national levels simultaneously. The authors investigate the opportunities created by globalisation via trade, knowledge and the information economy, but climate change ? induced by increased greenhouse gas emissions ? risks restricting the opportunities created thereof. For those who follow Asian economies ? especially graduate students of Asian studies, international business, the environment and economic development of Asia ? this book is an invaluable resource. Furthermore, with its multidimensional focus and cross-cultural practical examples, it is an essential read for policymakers, including the Asian governments and international agencies such as the United Nations.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Moazzem Hossain PART I: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GROWTH ISSUES 1. Population, Poverty and CO2 Emissions in Asia: An Overview Moazzem Hossain and Eliyathamby Selvanathan 2. The Production of Biofuels: Welfare and Environmental Consequences for Asia Clem Tisdell 3. Climate Change and Freshwater Resources of Bangladesh Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad 4. Analyses of Livelihoods in the Bay of Bengal Delta Moazzem Hossain, A.H.M. Ali and Eliyathamby Selvanathan PART II: CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION ISSUES 5. Greenhouse Gas Abatement in Asia: Imperatives, Incentives and Equity Colin Hunt 6. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies for Bangladesh M.H. Rahman, M.A. Noor and A. Ahmed 7. Climate Change, Vulnerabilities and South Asia: Issues, Challenges and Options M. Adil Khan 8. ‘Harmony’ in China’s Climate Change Policy Paul Howard PART III: CLIMATE CHANGE AND CHALLENGES 9. Managing Businesses in Uncertain Times: Sustainable Development and an Ensemble Leadership Repertoire Vikram Murthy 10. Climate Change and Human Security Issues in the Asia–Pacific Region Malcolm McIntosh and Tapan Sarker 11. Media Framing of Public Discourse on Climate Change and Sea-level Rise: Social Amplification of Global Warming versus Climate Justice for Global Warming Impacts Harun Rashid Index

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