Climate change Books
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Voluntary Approaches in Climate Policy
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
£121.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Global Warming and the Asian Pacific
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
£122.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change Economics: Why International
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
£90.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd EU Climate Change Policy: The Challenge of New
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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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Economic Modelling of Climate Change and Energy
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
£99.00
CABI Publishing Climate Change in Developing Countries
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
£98.68
CABI Publishing Greenhouse Gas Sinks
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,
£108.90
CABI Publishing Forestry and Climate Change
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
£39.71
CABI Publishing Climate Change and Crop Production
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
£103.82
CABI Publishing Climate Change Biology
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
£40.47
CABI Publishing Climate Change Biology
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
£79.06
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Sustainable Automobile Transport: Shaping Climate
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
£110.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Greening the Car Industry: Varieties of
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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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of Climate Change
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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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Carbon Sinks and Climate Change: Forests in the
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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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Climate Change: Identification and Projections
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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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Distributional Impacts of Climate Change and
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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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of Pollution Control
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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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change and Growth in Asia
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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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change and Human Security: The Challenge
Book SynopsisThe challenge presented by climate change is by its nature, global. The populations of the Mexican Caribbean, the focus of this book, are faced by everyday decisions not unlike those in the urban North. The difference is that for the people of the Mexican Caribbean, evidence of the effects of climate change, including hurricanes, is very familiar to them. This important study documents the choices and risks of people who are powerless to change the economic development model which is itself forcing climate change.The book examines the Mexican Caribbean coast and explores the wider issues of managing climate change in vulnerable areas of the tropics. It also points to the inability to integrate development thinking into climate change adaptation. The authors suggest that failures in local governance - the transparency of state actions, and the local populations lack of effective power - represents a greater threat to adaptation than the absence of technical capacity in vulnerable areas.Using local case studies of communities, fishing villages and tourist destinations, this well-researched book will appeal to international students and academics working on climate change and professionals in development, conservation and tourism industries.Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. The Dynamics of Coastal Urbanisation; 3. Nature and Space in the 'Discovery' of the Mexican Caribbean; 4. The Development of Mass Tourism in Mexico; 5. Human Security and Governance; 6. Governance as Process: the Evolution of 'Power Spheres' and Climate Change; 7. Lived Experiences on the Coast: Holbox and Mahahual; 8. ConclusionTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Dynamics of Coastal Urbanization 3. Nature and Space in the ‘Discovery’ of the Mexican Caribbean 4. The Development of Mass Tourism in Mexico 5. Human Security and Governance 6. Governance as Process: The Evolution of ‘Power Spheres’ and Climate Change 7. Lived Experiences on the Coast: Holbox and Mahahual 8. Conclusion Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Caching the Carbon: The Politics and Policy of
Book SynopsisOver the past decade, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has come to the fore as a way to manage carbon dioxide emissions contributing to climate change. This book examines its introduction into the political scene, different interpretations of its significance as an emerging technology and the policy challenges facing government and international institutions with respect to its development, deployment and regulation. The focus of the book is on the construction of arguments about CCS in the public sphere, the coalitions of actors who have articulated distinctive perspectives on CCS and the varied strategies governments have adopted to integrate it into climate and energy policies. The authors analyse the issues decision-makers now confront in encouraging the uptake of the technology, managing uncertainties and regulating attendant risks. The book includes case studies of the reception of CCS in seven OECD countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. Developments in the EU form the subject of an eighth case study. The authors point to the political significance of CCS as a mitigation option offering a way forward for fossil fuels in a carbon constrained world, while also emphasizing the uncertainties that surround its future development and deployment. Students, scholars and researchers from a wide variety of fields who are interested in climate change, energy policy, and the politics and policy of the environment will find this book illuminating, as will officials and policy makers in international organizations and governments.Trade Review'. . . the volume is a timely and informative text for students and academics, as well as for practitioners within international organizations and governments.' -- Rudra Kapila, Climate LawTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Politics and Policy of Carbon Capture and Storage James Meadowcroft and Oluf Langhelle 2. Technology Leader, Policy Laggard: CCS Development for Climate Mitigation in the US Political Context Jennie C. Stephens 3. CCS in Australia: From Political Posturing to Policy Potential Darren Sinclair and Neil Gunningham 4. CCS in Canada Mark Jaccard and Jacqueline Sharp 5. Technology as Political Glue: CCS in Norway Andreas Tjernshaugen and Oluf Langhelle 6. Electricity Gap versus Climate Change: Electricity Politics and the Potential Role of CCS in Germany Barbara Praetorius and Christoph von Stechow 7. CCS in the UK: Squaring Coal Use with Climate Change? Ivan Scrase and Jim Watson 8. CCS in the Netherlands: Glass Half Empty or Half Full? Philip J. Vergragt 9. CCS and the European Union: Magic Bullet or Pure Magic? Dag Harald Claes and Paal Frisvold 10. CCS in Comparative Perspective Oluf Langhelle and James Meadowcroft 11. The Politics and Policy of CCS: The Uncertain Road Ahead James Meadowcroft and Oluf Langhelle Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Low Carbon Communities: Imaginative Approaches to
Book SynopsisCommunity action is a vital strategy in the fight against climate change and has increasingly informed government policy, academic inquiry and grassroots action since the start of this century. This timely and engaging volume explores both the promise of community-based action in tackling climate change and some of its limitations.On the one hand, community-based action offers a meaningful way to achieve global targets and an avenue for renewing social relations at the local level. On the other, it challenges fundamental aspects of social organization in the modern economy and sometimes comes into conflict with wider structures and constraints. This volume brings together theoretical and practical perspectives on community action to mobilize social change towards a sustainable, low carbon future. The opportunities and challenges are considered through a diverse range of models and case studies. Fresh conceptual insights are provided and new light is shed on the policy implications and practical ramifications of establishing effective community engagement in efforts to combat climate change locally. This book will prove a stimulating read for academic researchers in the fields of climate change science, local and national level policy analysis and governance research. Local authorities, development agencies and policy makers seeking to understand and to influence the behaviours and practices of ‘energy consumers’ and the communities in which they live will also find much to inspire them.Trade Review‘We are faced with the greatest challenge to public engagement since World War Two, and a new discourse of fear - not military invasion but climate change. At the same time most people cannot grasp the scale of the challenge nor what they are supposed to do about it. Good governance requires an informed citizenry who are much more than consumers and customers, but active participants in a new post-carbon politics. Low Carbon Communities helps to set out the political and cultural agenda for the first half of the twenty-first century and, ultimately, the imaginative approaches that are required now to address climate change.’ -- Michael Redclift, University of London, UK‘Few aspects of the transition to sustainability are more important than the search for effective means of enabling behaviour change, innovation and cooperation in local communities. This collection is a hugely valuable contribution to our understanding, and to the work of practitioners and policy makers alike.’ -- From the Foreword by Ian Christie, Associate, Green Alliance and Chair, RESOLVE Advisory CommitteeTable of ContentsContents: Preface: The Research Group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment (RESOLVE) Foreword Ian Christie Introduction PART I: FACILITATING THE LOW CARBON TRANSITION: THEORETICAL AND INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL CHANGE 1. Community Engagement and Social Organization: Introducing Concepts, Policy and Practical Applications Michael Peters 2. Sustainable Communities: Neo-Tribalism between Modern Lifestyles and Social Change David Evans 3. The Social Dimensions of Behaviour Change: An Overview of Community-based Interventions to Encourage Pro-environmental Behaviours Wokje Abrahamse PART II: CHALLENGES FOR LOCAL LEVEL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY AND ALTERNATIVE MODELS FOR LOW CARBON COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE 4. Transforming the Nation-state through Environmentalism: Political Influences on a Multi-level Governance Framework in the UK Shane Fudge 5. The Role of Local Authorities in Galvanizing Action to Tackle Climate Change: A Practitioner’s Perspective Simon Roberts 6. Mobilizing Sustainability: Partnership Working between a Pro-cycling NGO and Local Government in London Justin Spinney 7. Low Carbon Communities and the Currencies of Change Gill Seyfang 8. Decarbonizing Local Economies: A New Low Carbon, High Well-being Model of Local Economic Development Elizabeth Cox and Victoria Johnson PART III: MODELS OF SUSTAINABLE AND LOW CARBON COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 9. The Community Carbon Reduction Programme Simon Gerrard 10. Global Action Plan’s EcoTeams Programme Scott Davidson 11. Woking Borough Council: Working Towards a Low Carbon Community Lara Curran 12. Intentional Community Carbon Reduction and Climate Change Action: From Ecovillages to Transition Towns Joshua Lockyer 13. Energy Conscious Households in Action (ECHO Action) Elliot Bushay 14. The HadLOW CARBON Community: Behavioural Evolution in the Face of Climate Change Howard Lee and Julie Taylor 15. Empowering Farmers to React and to Act: From an Anti-golf Course Pressure Group to a Community-based Farmers’ Cooperative Mario Cardona Epilogue: Retrofitting Buildings Viewed as a Civil Engineering Project – Just Do It Michael Kelly Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Intellectual Property and Climate Change:
Book Synopsis'A historically grounded study on a cutting-edge topic, Intellectual Property and Climate Change has it all. Not only is it well-written, concise, and hugely informative, it is also a timely intervention addressing truly global challenges. Quite simply, a must-read.'- Eva Hemmungs Wirtén, Uppsala University, Sweden 'Rimmer provides a much needed, well written, authoritative book on the intellectual property aspects of climate change, natural disasters, clean vehicles, and renewable energy. The book is essential reading for those wishing to better understand the complex patent issues involved with transitioning away from our current fossil-dominated economy to a more environmentally sustainable and equitable energy future.'- Benjamin K. Sovacool, National University of Singapore In the wake of the international summits in Copenhagen and Cancun, there is an urgent need to consider the role of intellectual property law in encouraging research, development, and diffusion of clean technologies to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change.This book charts the patent landscapes and legal conflicts emerging in a range of fields of innovation - including renewable forms of energy, such as solar power, wind power, and geothermal energy; as well as biofuels, green chemistry, green vehicles, energy efficiency, and smart grids. As well as reviewing key international treaties, this book provides a detailed analysis of current trends in patent policy and administration in key nation states, and offers clear recommendations for law reform. It considers such options as technology transfer, compulsory licensing, public sector licensing, and patent pools; and analyzes the development of Climate Innovation Centres, the Eco-Patent Commons, and environmental prizes, such as the L-Prize, the H-Prize, and the X-Prizes. This book will have particular appeal to policy-makers given its focus upon recent legislative developments and reform proposals, as well as legal practitioners by developing a better understanding of recent legal, scientific, and business developments, and how they affect their practice. Innovators, scientists and researchers will also benefit from reading this book. Contents:PrefaceIntroduction:The Wizards of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison, General Electric Inc. and EcomaginationPart I: International Law1. The Copenhagen Accord and the Cancun Agreements: Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, and Climate Change2. The TRIPS Agreement: Intellectual Property, Climate Change, and Disaster Capitalism3. Energy Poverty: The World Intellectual Property Organization and The Development AgendaPart II: Patent Law4. The Clean Technology Revolution: Patent Log-Jams and Fast-Tracks5. The Toyota Prius: Hybrid Cars, and Patent Trolls6. 'Clean Energy for America, Power Up America': Patent Law and Compulsory LicensingPart III: Innovation7. Climate Innovation Centres: Patent Law and Public Sector Licensing8. The Eco-Patent Commons: Patent Pools, Clearing-Houses, and Open Innovation9. Environmental Prizes: The H-Prize, the L-Prize, and the X-PrizeConclusion: Intellectual Property and Climate LawBibliographyIndexTrade Review'An historically grounded study on a cutting-edge topic, Intellectual Property and Climate Change has it all. Not only is it well-written, concise, and hugely informative, it is also a timely intervention addressing truly global challenges. Quite simply, a must-read.'- Eva Hemmungs Wirten, Uppsala University, Sweden 'Rimmer provides a much needed, well written, authoritative book on the intellectual property aspects of climate change, natural disasters, clean vehicles, and renewable energy. The book is essential reading for those wishing to better understand the complex patent issues involved with transitioning away from our current fossil-dominated economy to a more environmentally sustainable and equitable energy future.' - --Benjamin K. Sovacool, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: The Wizards of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison, General Electric Inc. and Ecomagination Part I: International Law 1. The Copenhagen Accord and the Cancún Agreements: Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, and Climate Change 2. The TRIPS Agreement: Intellectual Property, Climate Change, and Disaster Capitalism 3. Energy Poverty: The World Intellectual Property Organization and the Development Agenda Part II: Patent Law 4. The Clean Technology Revolution: Patent Log-Jams and Fast-Tracks 5. The Toyota Prius: Hybrid Cars, and Patent Trolls 6. ‘Clean Energy for America, Power up America’: Patent Law and Compulsory Licensing Part III: Innovation 7. Climate Innovation Centres: Patent Law and Public Sector Licensing 8. The Eco-Patent Commons: Patent Pools, Clearing Houses, and Open Innovation 9. Environmental Prizes: The H-Prize, the L-Prize, and the X-Prize Conclusion: Intellectual Property and Climate Law Bibliography Index
£153.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Comparative Ocean Governance: Place-Based
Book SynopsisComparative Ocean Governance examines the world's attempts to improve ocean governance through place-based management - marine protected areas, ocean zoning, marine spatial planning - and evaluates this growing trend in light of the advent of climate change and its impacts on the seas. This monograph opens with an explanation of the economics of the oceans and their value to the global environment and the earth's population, the long-term stressors that have impacted oceans, and the new threats to ocean sustainability that climate change poses. It then examines the international framework for ocean management and coastal nations' increasing adoption of place-based governance regimes. The final section explores how these place-based management regimes intersect with climate change adaptation efforts, either accidentally or intentionally. It then offers suggestions for making place-based marine management even more flexible and responsive for the future. Environmental law scholars, legislators and policy makers, marine scientists, and all those concerned for the welfare of the world's oceans will find this book of great value.Trade Review'Craig, an environmental law scholar, reviews the history of managing and governing coastal and oceanic systems after providing an extended abstract on historical and current stresses to these areas. She concludes with an extended section detailing emerging management philosophy and practices. The author's writing style is clear and remarkably lively. . . the book is a good introduction to an emerging topic - managing natural systems as the climate changes.' --S.R. Fegley, Choice'This short book provides a fascinating window into a vast subject.' --Sally Ramage, The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: The Ocean and the Threats to it 1. The Value of the Oceans 2. Non-Climate Threats to Marine Ecosystems and Biodiversity 3. Climate Change and the Oceans Part II: Ocean Governance, International Law, and Place-based Protections for Marine Ecosystems 4. The International Legal Framework of Ocean Governance 5. Place-based Marine Governance: An Overview Part III: Adapting Place-based Marine Governance to Climate Change 6. ‘Accidental’ Adaptation: Climate Change and Existing Place-based Marine Management 7. Purposeful Climate Change Adaptation in Place-based Governance Systems 8. Making Marine Spatial Planning Climate Change Dynamic Conclusion Index
£88.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change and the Oceans: Gauging the Legal
Book SynopsisClimate Change and the Oceans investigates the effects of climate change on the ocean environment and its implications for maritime activities, both globally and within the Asia Pacific region.This detailed work draws together informed opinion from a range of disciplines to examine the impacts of climate change on marine and coastal areas and review legal and policy responses to the rapidly changing ocean environment. Issues including the effects on fisheries and marine biodiversity in the Asia Pacific region, maritime security, global shipping, marine jurisdiction and marine geo-engineering are also explored.Examining the multiple impacts of climate change on the oceans and ocean based solutions to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change, this thought-provoking book will prove invaluable to academics, researchers and students in the fields of law, environment, ecology and political science. Oceans and marine environmental policymakers will also find this to be an essential resource.Contributors: A. Arsana, M. Haward, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, S. Kaye, R. Kenchington, L. Kirkendale, S. Palassis, C. Rahman, R. Rayfuse, A. Rubio, C. Schofield, R. Warner, P.C. WinbergTrade Review'Climate Change and the Oceans: considers the effects of climate change on the oceans and its wider-ranging impact on maritime activities with a special focus on the Asia Pacific region and is a top pick gathering research and opinions from a wide range of disciplines. . . Many focuses on climate change don't consider political impacts in depth: this book includes all such concerns and is a solid starting point for taking environmental changes and relating them to human impact and strategy changes.' --The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Martin Tsamenyi 1. Climate Change and the Oceans: Legal and Policy Portents for the Asia Pacific Region and Beyond Robin Warner and Clive Schofield 2. Implications of Climate Change for Asian-Pacific Coastal and Oceanic Environments Ove Hoegh-Guldberg 3. Uncertain Seas Ahead: Legal and Policy Approaches to Conserving Marine Biodiversity in the Face of Changing Climate Richard Kenchington and Robin Warner 4. Climate Change and Marine Living Resources Pia C. Winberg, Ana Rubio and Lisa Kirkendale 5. Climate Change: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, Science, Law and Policy Marcus Haward 6. Climate Change and the Limits of Maritime Jurisdiction Clive Schofield and Andi Arsana 7. Climate Change and Maritime Security Stuart Kaye 8. The Implications of Climate Change for Maritime Security Forces Chris Rahman 9. Climate Change and Shipping Stathis Palassis 10. Climate Change Mitigation Activities in the Ocean: Turning up the Regulatory Heat Rosemary Rayfuse and Robin Warner Index
£115.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Deforestation and Climate Change: Reducing Carbon
Book SynopsisDeforestation and forest degradation have long been recognized as environmental problems, with concerns over conservation of natural habitats and biological diversity capturing both scientific and public attention. More recently, the debate over tropical forest conservation has radically shifted to the approximately fifteen percent of global greenhouse gas emissions that are caused by deforestation and forest degradation, and to the potential synergies from integrating forest management with climate change policies. The goal of this book is to shed light on some of the major concerns, issues and challenges related to the inclusion of forest carbon in international climate policies, as well as to illustrate some of the potential solutions and paths forward. In addition, the book describes the status of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) in international climate policy negotiations, providing an historical perspective and highlighting the current positions of key international players that will frame the future debate at the national, regional and international level. This study will find a broad readership among researchers and policymakers interested in the environment, climate change and resource management.Trade Review’. . . the chapters make up a book of high value as the most up-to-date compilation on this hot topic, designed to be a reference for researchers and policymakers interested in the environmental and forest-resource management at the national, regional and international levels.’ -- Ramón Elena-Rosselló and Santiago Saura, European Review of Agricultural Economics‘Deforestation and Climate Change provides a comprehensive overview of the state of play in international regimes, programs and proposals for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. . . the book brings together a collection of papers canvassing some very important topics, cleverly crafted by the editors to flow rationally from general observations to quite technical evaluation of methods and approaches. It caters for a range of audiences who may have a little knowledge of climate change policy development.’ -- Matt McIntyre, Australian Journal of Environmental ManagementTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Deforestation and Emerging Greenhouse Gas Compliance Regimes: Toward a Global Environmental Law of Forests, Carbon and Climate Governance William Boyd 2. From The Hague to Copenhagen: Why it Failed Then and Why it Could be Different Federica Bietta 3. The European Union’s Position on REDD Financing Pedro Piris-Cabezas 4. International Forest Carbon in the US Congress: A Survey of Key Congressional Staff Lou Leonard, Raymond Kopp and Nigel Purvis 5. Preparing for REDD: The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Benoît Bosquet, Stefano Pagiola and André Aquino 6. Incentives to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation: A Stock-Flow Approach with Target Reductions Andrea Cattaneo 7. Towards a Sound REDD: Ensuring Globally Consistent Reference Scenarios and Safeguarding Sustainability Co-Benefits Michael Obersteiner, Ewald Rametsteiner, Florian Kraxner, Ian McCallum, Kentaro Aoki, Hannes Boettcher, Steffen Fritz, Mykola Gusti, Petr Havlik, Georg Kindermann and Belinda Reyers 8. Financing Global Forests: The Eliasch Review Graham Floater and Duncan Stone 9. REDD and the Global Carbon Market: The Role of Banking Pedro Piris-Cabezas 10. Options on REDD as a Hedging Tool for Post-Kyoto Climate Policy Alexander Golub 11. Epilogue: REDD Past, Present, and Future Valentina Bosetti and Ruben Lubowski Index
£90.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Changing Climate, Changing Economy
Book SynopsisHow did climate change become an economic issue? Why is economic discourse so influential on the public policy of climate change? How can it best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Nine eminent scholars explain in this book both how economics has changed environmental understanding and how the study of climate change has modified the economy. Changing Climate, Changing Economy will interest researchers and students in a variety of fields including environmental policy economics, ecological economics, public policy and the environment as well as environmental ethics. Climatologists, environmentalists, public policy advisers and analysts will also find this book invaluable.Trade Review'This volume brings a remarkable variety of viewpoints on appropriate policy to meet the threats brought on by man-made climate change. Not only economic theory but broader political and methodological perspectives are brought to bear by an authoritative set of authors, in what is certainly a significant contribution to the debate.' -- Kenneth J. Arrow, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Changing Climate, Changing Economists? Jean-Philippe Touffut 1. Climate Change: A Bundle of Uncertainties Thomas Schelling Comments: Towards an Enlightened Form of Doomsaying Jean-Pierre Dupuy 2. Economics in the Environmental Crisis: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem? Olivier Godard 3. Building Scenarios: How Climate Change Became an Economic Question Michel Armatte 4. In Defence of Sensible Economics Thomas Sterner 5. Some Basic Economics of Extreme Climate Change Martin L. Weitzman 6. Round Table Discussion: Economics and Climate Change – Where do we Stand and Where do we go from Here? Inge Kaul, Thomas Schelling, Robert M. Solow (Chairman), Nicholas Stern, Thomas Sterner and Martin L. Weitzman Index
£90.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Changing Climate, Changing Economy
Book SynopsisHow did climate change become an economic issue? Why is economic discourse so influential on the public policy of climate change? How can it best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Nine eminent scholars explain in this book both how economics has changed environmental understanding and how the study of climate change has modified the economy. Changing Climate, Changing Economy will interest researchers and students in a variety of fields including environmental policy economics, ecological economics, public policy and the environment as well as environmental ethics. Climatologists, environmentalists, public policy advisers and analysts will also find this book invaluable.Trade Review'This volume brings a remarkable variety of viewpoints on appropriate policy to meet the threats brought on by man-made climate change. Not only economic theory but broader political and methodological perspectives are brought to bear by an authoritative set of authors, in what is certainly a significant contribution to the debate.' -- Kenneth J. Arrow, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Changing Climate, Changing Economists? Jean-Philippe Touffut 1. Climate Change: A Bundle of Uncertainties Thomas Schelling Comments: Towards an Enlightened Form of Doomsaying Jean-Pierre Dupuy 2. Economics in the Environmental Crisis: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem? Olivier Godard 3. Building Scenarios: How Climate Change Became an Economic Question Michel Armatte 4. In Defence of Sensible Economics Thomas Sterner 5. Some Basic Economics of Extreme Climate Change Martin L. Weitzman 6. Round Table Discussion: Economics and Climate Change – Where do we Stand and Where do we go from Here? Inge Kaul, Thomas Schelling, Robert M. Solow (Chairman), Nicholas Stern, Thomas Sterner and Martin L. Weitzman Index
£33.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Reconciling Trade and Climate: How the WTO Can
Book SynopsisThis timely book addresses the interaction between policies addressing climate change and the rules of the WTO. The authors expertly examine the law and economics behind the application of trade rules in the area of climate, including the implications of WTO rules for domestic climate measures, the unilateral use of trade measures to attempt to force other countries to take climate action, and the role of trade measures in multilateral climate agreements. The book argues that while there is a possibility of conflict between international trade rules and progress on climate change, it need not be the case. Thus the major focus is on the ways in which trade measures can aid in addressing climate change.Trade Review‘Epps and Green have submitted an excellently written, innovative, and well-balanced study that deserves a wide relationship. Their conclusions are drawn based on a comprehensive and well-documented examination of existing WTO law and practice of the GATT panels and the Appellate Body. The authors do not limit themselves to a purely legal analysis, but also include the necessary considerations of political theory and economy. Above all, they deserve the credit for having rejected the traditional antagonism between trade and protection of the environment.’ -- Alexander Proelss, European Yearbook of International Economic Law‘Reconciling Trade and Climate provides an interesting and timely contribution to the debate on the interaction between climate policy and the international trade regime.’ -- Anatole Boute, International Energy Law Review‘. . . the book contains an interesting analysis of the aspects of WTO law relevant to climate change [and] constitutes an important step in the right direction.’ -- Kati Kulovesi, Climate Law‘Reconciling Trade and Climate is a 280-page compendium of impeccable scholarship that begins with an informative introduction reflecting the necessity of reconciling international trade rules and climate policies. What follows is a series of superbly researched and presented issues involving linkages between trade and climate change, trade rules and domestic policies, unilateral action to compel countries to take climate change action, and multilateral solutions that will increase environmentally sound and beneficial trading. Enhanced with a comprehensive index, Reconciling Trade and Climate is a strongly recommended and seminal contribution to professional and academic libraries.’ -- The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction 1. Reconciling Trade Rules and Climate Policies Part II: Linkages between Trade and Climate Change 2. Climate Change, Trade and International Agreements 3. The Existing Trade and Climate Change Frameworks 4. The Role of Trade Measures in Addressing Climate Change Part III: Trade Rules and Domestic Policies 5. Regulations and Domestic Emissions Trading 6. Taxes 7. Subsidies 8. Border Tax Adjustments 9. The Role of Environmental Exceptions 10. Judging Domestic Policy Part IV: Unilateral Action to Force Other Countries to Take Climate Change Action 11. Carrots – Positive Inducements 12. Dismantling Roadblocks 13. Negative Incentives: Using ‘Sticks’ Part V: Multilateral Solutions 14. Trade Measures in a Climate Agreement 15. Increasing Environmentally Beneficial Trade Part VI: Conclusion 16. Trade, Climate Protection and Development Index
£106.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Transport, the Environment and Security: Making
Book SynopsisEffective means of transport are critical under both normal and extreme conditions, but modern transport systems are subject to many diverse demands. This path-breaking book uniquely draws together the typically conflicting arenas of transport, the environment and security, and provides collective solutions to their respective issues and challenges. From a primarily urban perspective, the author illustrates that the fields of transportation, environment (with an emphasis on climate change) and security (for both natural hazards and terrorism) and their interconnections remain robust areas for policy and planning. Synthesizing existing data, new analyses, and a rich set of case studies, the book uses transportation networks as a framework to explore transportation in conjunction with environment, security, and interdependencies with other infrastructure sectors. The US rail transit system, ecological corridors, cyber security, planning mechanisms and the effectiveness of technologies are among the topics explored in detail. Case studies of severe and potential impacts of natural hazards, accidents, and security breaches on transportation are presented. These cases support the analyses of the forces on transportation, land use and patterns of population change that connect, disconnect and reconnect people from their environment and security. The book will prove a fascinating and insightful read for academics, students, and practitioners across a wide range of fields including: transport, environmental economics, environmental management, urban planning, public policy, and terrorism and security.Trade Review‘Well-written and data-intensive, the book is persuasive on the necessity and benefits of an integrative approach towards transportation, environmental, ad security issues. It offers a high-level discussion of why such integration is imperative. Transport, the Environment and Security is a good introductory book for those who are interested in cross-cutting topics at the intersection of transportation, environment, and security.’ -- Yingling Fan, Journal of Planning Education and Research‘This book is a tremendous information resource, and Dr. Zimmerman is a true data “guru”. Informed by her unique combination of interests, Transport, the Environment and Security represents a giant leap forward in understanding this previously understudied confluence of forces, encompassing topics as diverse as how transportation affects the environment and how security problems can affect transportation.’ -- Vicki Bier, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US‘Zimmerman’s book is a much needed addition to our scientific understanding of the nexus between environment and security within a transportation context. Transportation networks (rail and road) are the quintessential American lifeline and disruptions through episodic natural hazards, terrorist activities, or longer term climate changes will have profound changes on society – presently and in the future. Zimmerman illustrates the synergies between environment, transport networks, security, social justice and urban places in a masterful and thoughtful synthesis that underscores the interdependencies within the transportation infrastructure, the nation’s vulnerability to transport disruptions, and offers ideas for increasing the resilience of the transportation infrastructure. It will become a standard reference as we re-imagine transport in the 21st century under changing climate, security, environment, and living conditions.’ -- Susan L. Cutter, University of South Carolina, US‘Transportation planning and policy making have followed a particular model for more than fifty years. Rae Zimmerman begins with the premise that we are in a rut and that the old ways of thinking need to be replaced. An enormous amount of evidence is presented that together argues a strong case for the systematic integration of planning for transportation, the environment, and security. While the book does not get us to an integrated process, it points us to one and starts us down a creative path. A great introduction to the complexities of these relationships.’ -- Martin Wachs, RAND Corporation, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Rail and Road Networks 3. The Climate Connection 4. Planning, Technology and Behavior 5. Environmental Networks and Transport: Air, Water and Ecosystems 6. Natural Hazards and Accidents that Disrupt Transportation Networks 7. Security 8. Conclusions Index
£104.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Climate Change and Agriculture
Book SynopsisThis book explores the interaction between climate change and the agriculture sector. Agriculture is essential to the livelihood of people and nations, especially in the developing world; therefore, any impact on it will have significant economic, social, and political ramifications. Scholars from around the world and from various fields have been brought together to explore this important topic. The contributions found here analyze direct agronomic effects, the economic impacts on agriculture, agricultural impacts on the economy, agricultural mitigation, and farmer adaptation. The authors argue that climate change is likely to have an extensive impact on agriculture around the world through changes in temperature, precipitation, concentrations of carbon dioxide, and available water flows. This thorough and timely volume is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in exploring the impacts of climate change in arguably the most important sector of the world economy. Economists, agronomists, and climate modelers in academia and the public sector, policy analysts and development agency staff, and graduate/postgraduate students will find this remarkable volume a welcome addition to their collection.Trade Review’[T]his book is a very useful resource for the lawyer. . . makes a good start by presenting a wide-ranging portfolio of multidisciplinary research that will assist in progressing the task, challenging though it may be.’ -- Chris Rodgers, Environmental LiabilityTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Ariel Dinar and Robert Mendelsohn PART I: AGRONOMIC STUDIES OF CLIMATE IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION 2. Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide and Global Crop Production: Food Security and Uncertainty Lewis H. Ziska 3. Effects of Climate Variability on Domestic Livestock Terry L. Mader and John B. Gaughan 4. From the Farmer to Global Food Production: Use of Crop Models for Climate Change Impact Assessment Ana Iglesias, Jeremy Schlickenrieder, David Pereira and Agustín Diz 5. Investigating the Connections between Climate Change, Drought and Agricultural Production Michael Hayes, Donald A. Wilhite, Mark Svoboda and Miroslav Trnka PART II: ECONOMIC STUDIES OF CLIMATE IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURE 6. Farm-level Impacts of Climate Change: Alternative Approaches for Modeling Uncertainty Dannele E. Peck and Richard M. Adams 7. Using Panel Data Models to Estimate the Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture Olivier Deschenes and Michael Greenstone 8. The Impact of Climate Change on US Agriculture: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Ricardian Analysis Emanuele Massetti and Robert Mendelsohn PART III: AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS ON THE ECONOMY 9. Economy-wide Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture – Case Study for Adaptation Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa Alvaro Calzadilla, Tingju Zhu, Katrin Rehdanz, Richard S.J. Tol and Claudia Ringler 10. Integrated Assessment Models – the Interplay of Climate Change, Agriculture and Land Use in a Policy Tool Marian Leimbach, Alexander Popp, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Nico Bauer, Jan Philipp Dietrich and David Klein 11. The Role of Growth and Trade in Agricultural Adaptation to Environmental Change John Reilly PART IV: AGRICULTURAL MITIGATION 12. Biofuels and Climate Change Gal Hochman, Deepak Rajagopal and David Zilberman 13. The Present and Future Role for Agricultural Projects Under the Clean Development Mechanism Donald F. Larson, Ariel Dinar and J. Aapris Frisbie PART V: ADAPTATION TO AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS 14. Agricultural Adaptation: Needs, Findings and Effects Ruth A. Aisabokhae, Bruce A. McCarl and Yuquan W. Zhang 15. Hydro-economic Modeling to Assess Climate Impact and Adaptation for Agriculture in California Josué Medellín-Azuara, Richard E. Howitt and Jay R. Lund 16. Reducing the Impact of Global Climate Change on Agriculture – the Use of Endogenous Irrigation and Protected Agriculture Technology Aliza Fleischer and Pradeep Kurukulasuriya 17. Climate Change and Technological Innovation in Agriculture: Adaptation through Science Douglas Gollin 18. Adaptation to Climate Change in Mixed Crop–Livestock Farming Systems in Developing Countries Philip K. Thornton, Mario Herrero and Peter G. Jones 19. Insurance as an Adaptation to Climate Variability in Agriculture Alberto Garrido, María Bielza, Dolores Rey, M. Inés Mínguez and M. Ruiz-Ramos 20. An Analysis of the Choice of Livestock Species under Global Warming in African and Latin American Farms S. Niggol Seo 21. Climate Change, Drought and Agriculture: The Role of Effective Institutions and Infrastructure R. Maria Saleth, Ariel Dinar and J. Aapris Frisbie 22. Conclusion and Future Research Robert Mendelsohn and Ariel Dinar Index
£197.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Global Governance of the Environment:
Book SynopsisThis timely book examines the role of environmental principles in changing international environmental law and politics, and argues for the importance of integrating environmental principles in the global governance of the environment. Afshin Akhtarkhavari includes both theoretical and jurisprudential analyses of the concept of environmental principles, as well as detailed case studies to examine their function and role in courts, and the differing approaches taken to soft law and regulation in international politics. Global Governance of the Environment concludes with succinct and insightful considerations of the role of environmental principles in changing international law and politics. This topical book will appeal to researchers, academics and students of international environmental law and politics, international relations, as well as domestic environmental law.Trade Review‘This book will likely be of interest to people with a background in sociological or international relations theory of the constructivist sort, and a particular interest in policymaking as a social learning process, the role of principles in international environmental law, or the social aspects of global environmental politics.’ -- Candice Carr Kelman, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law & Economics‘This book is an important contribution to the relationship between international law and politics. . . highly recommended to scholars working at the interface of international environmental law and politics, particularly those with a solid theoretical grounding. . . Akhtarkhavari’s Global Governance of the Environmentshould be required reading for advanced students of international environmental law and politics, whatever their concern.’ -- Simon Marsden, Review of European Community and International Environmental Law‘This book makes an interesting contribution to the literature on environmental principles in terms of their functions and influences on international law and politics. As well, it assists in the better understanding of the process of change at the global level. Whilst the topic of environmental principles is not new, Akhtarkhavari provides a refreshing perspective, and in doing so the book will be of interest to a range of scholars with research interests in international relations, politics, and law.’ -- Erika J. Techera, Climate Law‘A scholarly text breaking down the international debate of law on a grander scale that the world faces in maintaining and recovering its environment from current and past abuses. . . Global Governance of the Environment is a cornerstone of any environmental or international studies collection in community and college libraries.’ -- The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Donald R. Rothwell Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction 2. Social Learning at the International Level Part II: Norms, Environmental Principles and Social Learning 3. Environmental Principles as Abstract or Open-textured Norms 4. Abstract and Open-textured Norms and Social Learning 5. The Function and Role of Environmental Principles Part III: Environmental Principles in Practice 6. Power, Environmental Principles and the International Court of Justice 7. The Global Compact, Environmental Principles and Culture 8. Arguments, Bargains and the Disposal of Carbon Dioxide at Sea Part IV: Conclusion 9. Global Governance of the Environment: The Role and Function of Environmental Principles in Changing International Law and Politics Bibliography Index
£110.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Forests and Climate Change: The Social Dimensions
Book SynopsisControlling deforestation, which is responsible for about one-fifth of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, has become a major tool in the battle against global warming. An important new international initiative - Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) - provides economic incentives to forest users to encourage preservation of trees. Nearly all Latin American countries are introducing national REDD strategies and pilot schemes. This insightful book raises questions over some of the basic assumptions that underpin REDD policies in Latin America. It raises doubts about whether sufficient account is being taken of the complex social, economic, cultural and governance dimensions involved, advocating a comprehensive 'social development' approach to REDD planning. Forests and Climate Change is the first book to comprehensively examine REDD policies across Latin America, including a focus on social aspects. It will prove invaluable for academics and postgraduate students in the fields of environmental studies, environmental politics, geography, social planning, social and environmental impact assessment, development studies, and Latin American area studies. Policy makers, planners and practitioners working on REDD at national and international levels (both official and NGO sectors) will also find plenty of refreshing data in this much-needed resource.Trade Review’This engaging and well-organized book is accessible to a wide range of audiences, from academics and students to practitioners. . . Forest and Climate Change is an excellent resource on global climate change policy and an insightful introduction to the social dimensions of mitigation strategies, such as REDD.’ -- Maria DiGiano, Human EcologyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Forests, Conservation and Climate Change in Latin America 2. The Winding REDD Road 3. Getting Ready for REDD 4. REDD+ Regimes in Latin America: Leaders 5. REDD+ Regimes in Latin America: Latecomers 6. Catering for Diversity: Economic and Social Complexity 7. Catering for Diversity: Governance and Institutions 8. REDD: From Safeguards to Social Development? References Index
£93.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change Liability
Book SynopsisThis book sheds new light on the growing issue of using liability as a tool for both preventing and compensating for the damage caused by climate change. Michael Faure and Marjan Peeters have brought together a selection of expert contributors who explore a variety of both national and European perspectives on the topic. Climate change liability is no longer only a theoretical idea since climate change litigation has become so hotly debated and this book examines to what extent it can be used for mitigation and adaptation issues. Chapters discuss the potential role of liability within various legal systems, like the national systems of the USA and The Netherlands, but also EU and ECHR law. Liability is outlined in a broad perspective since not only compensation for damage suffered by plaintiffs is discussed, but also the need for prevention in order to obtain a reduction of greenhouse gases. This well-documented work will be invaluable to law and environmental science students, researchers, lawyers and civil servants.Trade Review‘. . . this is a valuable contribution to the ongoing academic and practitioner’s debate about using existing laws and regulation to tackle the climate change (and damage) problem, as well as some degree of de lege ferenda or “wishful thinking”.’ -- Roda Verheyen, Carbon and Climate Law Review‘This book has admirable breadth, and provides a good overview of a great number of relevant and interesting issues.’ -- Maria Lee, Journal of Environmental Law‘Climate Change Liability is a recent and most welcome addition to this growing body of literature. . . an easily recommendable book. It includes very informative contributions, interesting suggestions and insightful analysis if essential aspects of litigating climate change claims. Overall, this book adds considerably to the understanding of climate change liability and will prove to be essential reading not only for all practitioners and academics, but also for policymakers, companies and other stakeholders involved in the area.’ -- Riccardo Sciaudone, European Energy and Environmental Law Review‘As the first of its kind, the book is a very welcome introduction to the important legal field of climate litigation. Much more is - it is to be hoped - to come. . . Peeters and Faure provide fertile intellectual ground for lawyers, students, judges, civil servants and politicians. The hope is that they build upon the constructive perspectives provided by this book and turn liability into a successful tool for promoting the cause of climate change mitigation.’ -- Christina Voigt, Environmental LiabilityTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction Michael Faure and Marjan Peeters PART II: CROSS-CUTTING THEMES 2. Liability with and Liability from the Precautionary Principle in Climate Change Cases Miriam Haritz 3. High Noon: Prevention of Climate Damage as the Primary Goal of Liability? Jaap Spier PART III: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE 4. Liability of Member States and the EU in View of the International Climate Change Framework: Between Solidarity and Responsibility Javier de Cendra de Larragán 5. The Regulatory Approach of the EU in View of Liability for Climate Change Damage Marjan Peeters 6. Potential Liability of European States Under the ECHR for Failure to Take Appropriate Measures with a View on Adaptation to Climate Change Armelle Gouritin PART IV: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON CIVIL LIABILITY 7. Climate Change Litigation in the UK: Its Feasibility and Prospects Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters 8. Liability for Climate Change-Related Damage in Domestic Courts: Claims for Compensation in the USA Elena Kosolapova 9. Civil Liability for Global Warming in the Netherlands Chris van Dijk 10. Will Civil Society Take Climate Changers to Court? A Perspective from Dutch Law Phon van den Biesen 11. Governmental Liability: An Incentive for Appropriate Adaptation? Ben Schueler PART V: CONCLUSION 12. Concluding Remarks Michael Faure and Marjan Peeters Index
£115.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Payments for Environmental Services, Forest
Book SynopsisThis resourceful book draws on several case studies to derive implications for the design of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) schemes that are very relevant to current climate change negotiations and the implementation of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) schemes at the national level. With its focus on livelihoods, the book also provides important lessons that are relevant to the design of PES schemes focusing on environmental services other than carbon conservation. Drawing practical lessons for the design of activities aimed at reducing deforestation and forest degradation while benefiting rural people, this book will appeal to academics, practitioners and students involved in the fields of environment and natural resource management, forestry and development studies. This insightful study is accessible also to non-experts in presenting the key issues faced in avoiding deforestation and benefiting livelihoods.Trade Review‘Everybody talks about payments for environmental services nowadays, yet we still chronically lack good case studies systematically analyzing the experiences out there. This book fills an important gap by bringing together in-depth analyses of carbon-focused PES and PES-like schemes from three tropical continents. Using a sustainable livelihoods approach, the book convincingly confirms our sound intuition: poor farmers voluntarily participating in PES initiatives worldwide will usually become better off. As forest and climate change initiatives continue to blossom, this irrefutable insight will become valuable.’ -- Sven Wunder, Center for International Forestry Research, BrazilTable of ContentsContents: 1. Forests, Payments for Environmental Services and Livelihoods Luca Tacconi, Sango Mahanty and Helen Suich 2. Taking Stock of the Global Environment Facility Experience with Payments for Environmental Services Projects Jonathan Haskett and Pablo Gutman 3. Mexico’s PES-Carbon Programme: A Preliminary Assessment and Impacts on Rural Livelihoods Esteve Corbera 4. Diversifying Livelihood Systems, Strengthening Social Networks and Rewarding Environmental Stewardship Among Small-scale Producers in the Brazilian Amazon: Lessons from Proambiente Wendy-Lin Bartels, Marianne Schmink, Eduardo Amaral Borges, Adair Pereira Duarte and Hilza Domingos Silva dos Santos Arcos 5. The Livelihood Impacts of Incentive Payments for Watershed Management in Cidanau Watershed, West Java, Indonesia Beria Leimona with Rachman Pasha and N.P. Rahadian 6. The ‘No-Fire Bonus’ Scheme in Mountain Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines Rowena Soriaga and Dallay Annawi 7. Social and Environmental Footprints of Carbon Payments: A Case Study from Uganda Laura A. German, Alice Ruhweza and Richard Mwesigwa with Charlotte Kalanzi 8. Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Forest Carbon Services: Field Evidence from Mozambique Rohit Jindal 9. Poor Household Participation in Payments for Environmental Services in Nicaragua and Colombia Ana R. Rios and Stefano Pagiola 10. PES Schemes’ Impacts on Livelihoods and Implications for REDD Activities Luca Tacconi, Sango Mahanty and Helen Suich Index
£999.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Climate Change Mitigation
Book SynopsisGovernments around the world have been trying to find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for decades. This detailed Handbook considers the spectrum of legal and market-based instruments as well as strategies and policies adopted around the world and suggests more effective, comprehensive and responsive ways of managing climate change mitigation.As well as taking stock of the current and proposed legal instruments, the book looks at the wider policy and economic aspects of coping with climate change. It provides a comparative overview of key issues across Europe, the United States, Asia-Pacific and the BRICS countries, and discusses domestic, regional and international law and governance. With perspectives from academia, government and private practice, the expert contributors analyse key sectors such as energy, transport, buildings, industry, land use and waste. Important issues such as carbon trading, financing and litigation are also addressed. The book demonstrates the variety of approaches taken and their challenges with a view of fostering more effective and pragmatic ways of managing climate change mitigation.This timely book will be an authoritative resource for scholars of climate change law and policy, whilst also providing a rigorous overview for upper-level students. Policymakers will gain insights from the comparative perspectives, and practitioners will appreciate the broad range of practical issues addressed.Contributors: M. Alessi, J. Allmon, H. Van Asselt, D. Belis, L. Berzanskis, S. Bogojevic, D. Conway, C. Egenhofer, J.B. Eisen, B. Evans, N. Fujiwara, M.B. Gerrard, K. Hussey, M. Iguchi, S. Kakade, C.K. Siebert, E. Knight, A. Korppoo, J. Li, J. Lin, H. Masondo, M. Mehling, K. Hannon Michel, A. Monroe, H. Nakamura, J. Núñez Ferrer, A.S. Olesen, U. Outka, S.-L. Penttinen, F. Rambau, L. Reins, L. Ristino, A. Rohatgi, R. Seroa da Motta, I. Skinner, N. Srivastava, K. Talus, T.S.A. Loi, C.Tung, K. Upston-Hooper, G. Van Calster, W. Vandenberghe, S. Wattiaux, P. Wehrheim, J. Wettestad, A. Yamamoto, E. Yliheljo, N. Bin ZahurTrade Review‘Van Calster, Vandenberghe and Reins have led an impressive group of specialists from around the world to deliver the definitive book on climate change mitigation. Mitigation law for all sectors (energy, industry, transport, buildings, waste, land use, forestry), as well as all relevant mitigation instruments (carbon trading, finance, litigation) are discussed in great detail and with an eye on all relevant countries and regions in the world, such as the EU, the United States, China and the other BRICS countries. This book is a valuable source of information on mitigation law and will be the starting point for any future research and decision-making on climate change mitigation.’ -- Jonathan Verschuuren, Tilburg University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Editorial Introduction G. Van Calster, W. Vandenberghe and L. Reins 1. The Changing Architecture of International Climate Change Law Harro Van Asselt, Michael Mehling and Clarisse Kehler Siebert PART I ENERGY 2. Development of the Sustainability Aspects of EU Energy Policy Sirja-Leena Penttinen and Kim Talus 3. Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures in the US Electric Power Industry Joel B. Eisen 4. Reflections on the Chinese Carbon Market Christopher Tung PART II TRANSPORT 5. The Mitigation of Transport’s CO2 Emissions in the EU: Policy Successes and Challenges Ian Skinner 6. Climate Change Mitigation in the Transportation Sector in the United States Laurel Berzanskis 7. Climate Transport Policy and Law in the Asia-Pacific Region Masahiko Iguchi and Hiroki Nakamura PART III BUILDINGS 8. How do the European Union and the Private Sector Pave the Way to More Sustainable Buildings? Sophie Wattiaux 9. Energy Efficiency of Buildings in the United States Albert Monroe 10. Climate Change and Buildings – An Asia-Pacific Primer Abhishek Rohatgi, Tian Sheng Allan Loi and Nahim Bin Zahur PART IV INDUSTRY 11. Impacts of EU Climate and Energy Policies on Industry Monica Alessi, Christian Egenhofer and Jorge Núñez Ferrer 12. An Overview of Climate Change Mitigation in the Industrial Sector of the United States Seema Kakade 13. How can the Asian Industry Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation Action? Noriko Fujiwara PART V LAND USE, LAND USE CHANGE AND FORESTRY 14. Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry - How to Enter the Climate Impact of Managing Biospheres and Wood into the EU's Greenhouse Gas Accounting Peter Wehrheim and Asger Strange Olesen 15. Legal Regimes for Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry in the United States Uma Outka 16. Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry: Asia-Pacific Bradley Evans PART VI WASTE MANAGEMENT 17. Waste Management in the EU Geert Van Calster 18. Challenges for Controlling GHG Emissions from U.S. Solid Waste Management - A Summary of Federal and Exemplary US State Efforts Jeffrey Allmon 19. Climate Mitigation and Waste Management in the Asia Pacific Karen Hussey PART VII CARBON TRADING 20. Blazing Trail or Flickering Flame? Market Mechanisms under the UNFCCC Darragh Conway 21. The EU Emissions Trading System: Frontrunner In Trouble Jørgen Wettestad 22. Carbon Trading in the United States Laurie Ristino and Katherine Hannon Michel 23. Market Design and Maturity in the Asia Pacific Eric Knight PART VIII CLIMATE FINANCE 24. Climate Finance in the European Union: Domestic and International Challenges David Belis 25. Towards Climate Compatible Development in Asia and Beyond - the Role of Official Development Assistance Aiichiro Yamamoto PART IX CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION 26. EU Climate Change Litigation: All Quiet on the Luxembourgian Front? Sanja Bogojević 27. Climate Change Litigation in the United States Michael B. Gerrard 28. Climate Change Litigation in Asia and the Pacific Jolene Lin PART X CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION IN THE BRICS COUNTRIES 29. Current Status of Mitigation Policies in Brazil Ronaldo Seroa da Motta 30. Climate Change Mitigation in Russia: Foreign Policy, Environmental Action or Simple Economics? Anna Korppoo, Karl Upston-Hooper and Emilie Yliheljo 31. Climate Change Mitigation in India Nidhi Srivastava 32. China’s Transition to Low Carbon Society : Drivers and Implementation Strategies Jun Li 33. Climate Change Mitigation in South Africa Happy Masondo, Faith Rambau Index
£233.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Dictionary of Climate Change and the
Book SynopsisA Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment bridges the gap between the many disciplines encompassing climate change, environmental economics, environmental sciences, and environmental studies. It defines a comprehensive set of over 3700 words used across these fields to help policy makers, students, and professionals achieve a holistic view of environmental issues. The dictionary also features: introductory primers to major topic areas; recommended reading for particular topics and specific words or concepts; and seven appendices, including a catalog of scientific symbols, units, and conversions, as well as an expansive listing and description of selected environmental treaties. The extensive and accessible nature of the content renders this book an indispensible reference for practitioners requiring an informed and balanced description of key concepts and issues. This resource will be extremely valuable to policy makers and professionals working on climate change and other environmental issues, and to postgraduate and undergraduate students in climate change and environmental studies, as well as to academics and other practitioners working on multidisciplinary environmental issues outside their area of expertise.Trade Review’. . . for anyone who works in depth with the complex issues of climate, environment, and economics.’ -- - Natural Hazards ObserverTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Economics for the Environment: A Primer Climate Change Policy: A Primer International Environmental Problems: A Primer Environmental Systems, Dynamics, and Modeling: A Primer Annotated References: A Starting Point Internet Resources: Environmental News Sources and Blogs A Dictionary of Climate Change and the Environment: Economics, Science, and Policy References
£192.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Low Carbon Communities: Imaginative Approaches to
Book SynopsisCommunity action is a vital strategy in the fight against climate change and has increasingly informed government policy, academic inquiry and grassroots action since the start of this century. This timely and engaging volume explores both the promise of community-based action in tackling climate change and some of its limitations.On the one hand, community-based action offers a meaningful way to achieve global targets and an avenue for renewing social relations at the local level. On the other, it challenges fundamental aspects of social organization in the modern economy and sometimes comes into conflict with wider structures and constraints. This volume brings together theoretical and practical perspectives on community action to mobilize social change towards a sustainable, low carbon future. The opportunities and challenges are considered through a diverse range of models and case studies. Fresh conceptual insights are provided and new light is shed on the policy implications and practical ramifications of establishing effective community engagement in efforts to combat climate change locally. This book will prove a stimulating read for academic researchers in the fields of climate change science, local and national level policy analysis and governance research. Local authorities, development agencies and policy makers seeking to understand and to influence the behaviours and practices of ‘energy consumers’ and the communities in which they live will also find much to inspire them.Trade Review‘We are faced with the greatest challenge to public engagement since World War Two, and a new discourse of fear - not military invasion but climate change. At the same time most people cannot grasp the scale of the challenge nor what they are supposed to do about it. Good governance requires an informed citizenry who are much more than consumers and customers, but active participants in a new post-carbon politics. Low Carbon Communities helps to set out the political and cultural agenda for the first half of the twenty-first century and, ultimately, the imaginative approaches that are required now to address climate change.’ -- Michael Redclift, University of London, UK‘Few aspects of the transition to sustainability are more important than the search for effective means of enabling behaviour change, innovation and cooperation in local communities. This collection is a hugely valuable contribution to our understanding, and to the work of practitioners and policy makers alike.’ -- From the Foreword by Ian Christie, Associate, Green Alliance and Chair, RESOLVE Advisory CommitteeTable of ContentsContents: Preface: The Research Group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment (RESOLVE) Foreword Ian Christie Introduction PART I: FACILITATING THE LOW CARBON TRANSITION: THEORETICAL AND INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL CHANGE 1. Community Engagement and Social Organization: Introducing Concepts, Policy and Practical Applications Michael Peters 2. Sustainable Communities: Neo-Tribalism between Modern Lifestyles and Social Change David Evans 3. The Social Dimensions of Behaviour Change: An Overview of Community-based Interventions to Encourage Pro-environmental Behaviours Wokje Abrahamse PART II: CHALLENGES FOR LOCAL LEVEL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY AND ALTERNATIVE MODELS FOR LOW CARBON COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE 4. Transforming the Nation-state through Environmentalism: Political Influences on a Multi-level Governance Framework in the UK Shane Fudge 5. The Role of Local Authorities in Galvanizing Action to Tackle Climate Change: A Practitioner’s Perspective Simon Roberts 6. Mobilizing Sustainability: Partnership Working between a Pro-cycling NGO and Local Government in London Justin Spinney 7. Low Carbon Communities and the Currencies of Change Gill Seyfang 8. Decarbonizing Local Economies: A New Low Carbon, High Well-being Model of Local Economic Development Elizabeth Cox and Victoria Johnson PART III: MODELS OF SUSTAINABLE AND LOW CARBON COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 9. The Community Carbon Reduction Programme Simon Gerrard 10. Global Action Plan’s EcoTeams Programme Scott Davidson 11. Woking Borough Council: Working Towards a Low Carbon Community Lara Curran 12. Intentional Community Carbon Reduction and Climate Change Action: From Ecovillages to Transition Towns Joshua Lockyer 13. Energy Conscious Households in Action (ECHO Action) Elliot Bushay 14. The HadLOW CARBON Community: Behavioural Evolution in the Face of Climate Change Howard Lee and Julie Taylor 15. Empowering Farmers to React and to Act: From an Anti-golf Course Pressure Group to a Community-based Farmers’ Cooperative Mario Cardona Epilogue: Retrofitting Buildings Viewed as a Civil Engineering Project – Just Do It Michael Kelly Index
£33.20
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and
Book SynopsisSarnoff's Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Climate Change is packed with varied perspectives and essential information and is therefore a very useful guide for anyone interested in IP and climate change (and beyond!). To have all this packed tightly into one book is a great thing. I m quite pleased to have it on my bookshelf.'- Eric Lane, Green Patent BlogWritten by a global group of leading scholars, this wide-ranging Research Handbook provides insightful analysis, useful historical perspective, and a point of reference on the controversial nexus of climate change law and policy, intellectual property law and policy, innovation policy, technology transfer, and trade.The contributors provide a unique review of the scientific background, international treaties, and political and institutional contexts of climate change and intellectual property law. They further identify critical conflicts and differences of approach between developed and developing countries. Finally they put forward and analyze the relevant intellectual property law doctrines and policy options for funding, developing, disseminating, and regulating the required technologies and their associated activities and business practices. The book will serve as a resource and reference tool for scholars, policymakers and practitioners looking to understand the issues at the interface of intellectual property and climate change.Contributors: P. Ala'i, C. de Avila Plaza, D. Borges Barbosa, P. Bifani, M.A. Carrier, M.W. Carroll, J.L. Contreras, C.M. Correa, E. Derclaye, P. Drahos, C.H. Farley, S. Ferrey, S.E. Gaines, D.A. Gantz, D.J. Gervais, D. Hunter, The International Council on Human Rights Policy, D.S. Levine, C.R. McManis, R.K. Musil, S.K. Sandeen, J.D. Sarnoff, D. Shabalala, G. Tansey, B. Tuncak, J.M. Urban, D. Vivas-Eugui, H. Wang, P.K. YuTrade Review'Given Di Caprio's acceptance speech at the Oscars, calling on the world to take climate change seriously, this terrific tome could not have been more timely! Boasting a splendid array of scholars and policy makers, it traverses a wide spectrum of issues at the interface of IP and climate change technologies. Professor Joshua Sarnoff needs to be commended for conceptualizing and co-ordinating this project, resulting in a bountiful book that offers incisive insights on one of the foremost policy challenges facing the world today!' --Dr Shamnad Basheer, India'Tackling the climate problem will require the development, deployment and transfer of a wide variety of technologies at a pace and scale unprecedented outside of wartime. This will involve not only the environmental, energy and treaty laws familiar to climate law specialists, but also a bewildering array of issues under intellectual property, trade, procurement and other legal fields. Joshua Sarnoff has done a wonderful job in assembling leading experts from around the world to illuminate these complex matters.' --Michael B. Gerrard, Columbia Law School'In the wake of the Paris Agreement, there is a great need to encourage a transition to a clean energy world economy. Intellectual property and innovation policy will play a critical role in research, development, and deployment of clean technologies. In this context, the Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Climate Change edited by Joshua Sarnoff is essential reading. This landmark collection provides a comprehensive examination of the inter-relationship between intellectual property and climate change. Leading authors from around the world tackle topics such as international law, patent law, green trade marks, copyright law, and trade secrets law. The Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Climate Change also considers larger public policy issues in respect of climate finance, innovation law and policy, government procurement, standard-setting, and competition law.' --Matthew Rimmer, Queensland University of Technology, QueenslandTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Joshua D. Sarnoff 2. Climate Science and Policy Responses David Hunter 3. International Law and Institutions for Climate Change Sanford E. Gaines 4. Climate Change, the International Intellectual Property Régime, and Disputes Under the TRIPS Agreement Daniel J. Gervais 5. Intellectual Property Rights Under the UNFCCC: Without Response to Developing Countries’ Concerns Carlos M. Correa 6. The Intellectual Property Regime: Are There Lessons for Climate Change Negotiations? Peter Drahos 7. Intellectual Property Enforcement and Global Climate Change Peter K. Yu 8. Beyond Technology Transfer: Protecting Human Rights in a Climate-constrained World The International Council On Human Rights Policy 9. Behind the Wall: Global Climate Change and American Religion Robert K. Musil 10. Technology Transfer for Climate Change and Developing Country Viewpoints on Historical Responsibility and Common but Differentiated Responsibilities Dalindyebo Shabalala 11. Government Choices in Innovation Funding Joshua D. Sarnoff 12. Catalyzing Technology Development Through University Research Jorge L. Contreras and Charles R. McManis 13. Antitrust and Climate Change Michael A. Carrier 14. Climate Change Innovation, Products and Services Under the GATT/WTO System David A. Gantz and Padideh Ala’i 15. The Role of Government Procurement in Regard to Development, Dissemination and Costs of Climate Change Technologies Denis Borges Barbosa and Charlene de Avila Plaza 16. Patents and Climate Change Joshua D. Sarnoff 17. Trade Secrets and Climate Change: Uncovering Secret Solutions to the Problem of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sharon K. Sandeen and David S. Levine 18. The Role of Copyright in the Protection of the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change: Is the Current Copyright System Adequate? Estelle Derclaye 19. Intellectual Property and Related Rights in Climate Data Michael W. Carroll 20. Green Marks Christine Haight Farley 21. Standards and Related Intellectual Property Issues for Climate Change Technology Jorge L. Contreras 22. Privacy Issues in Smart Grid Deployment Jennifer M. Urban 23. Energy Steven Ferrey 24. Transportation Paolo Bifani, David Vivas-Eugui, and Hiafeng Wang 25. Food Geoff Tansey 26. Natural Resources Baskut Tuncak Index
£237.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change Policies: Global Challenges and
Book Synopsis`This book sheds helpful light on the options individual countries and the world community face in the wake of the Copenhagen climate conference. Not only academics, but policymakers and journalists will find it useful reading as they prepare for domestic climate policy debates and the international negotiations scheduled for December 2010 in Cancun, Mexico.' - Robert N. Stavins, Harvard University, US `If you want to know the latest thinking about the economics of climate change, then this timely book is the best compendium currently out there.' - Martin Weitzman, Harvard University, US Written by leading international experts in the field, this book reveals the various economic effects from climate change policies introduced at national and international levels. They describe actual applications of climate change policies in the main emitting countries. After the Copenhagen climate change summit, it was clear that there was a requirement for a comprehensive analysis of climate change policies - costs and benefits. Climate Change Policies is an eloquent insight into the foundations, design and effects of climate change policies. It includes chapters on public policies and climate change impacts, adaptation, mitigation, effects on competitiveness, new technologies, distributional concerns and the international dimension. With an emphasis on the economic aspects associated with climate change policies, this book will be invaluable for academics and researchers of environment economics and climate change policy. Policymakers, journalists and scientists will also find much to interest them in this enlightening resource.Trade Review‘. . . this rigorous but accessible book offers valuable lessons from scholars with a wide range of expertise related to the economics of climate change and should be of interest to both researchers and practitioners in search for an overarching compendium about current views on climate change policies.’ -- Alessandro Tavoni, Environment and Planning C‘This book sheds helpful light on the options individual countries and the world community face in the wake of the Copenhagen climate conference. Not only academics, but policymakers and journalists will find it useful reading as they prepare for domestic climate policy debates and the international negotiations scheduled for December 2010 in Cancun, Mexico.’ -- Robert N. Stavins, Harvard University, US‘If you want to know the latest thinking about the economics of climate change, then this timely book is the best compendium currently out there.’ -- Martin Weitzman, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preamble Teresa Ribera 1. Introduction and Main Messages Emilio Cerdá and Xavier Labandeira 2. The Impact of Climate Change: An Economic Perspective Michael Hanemann Discussion: María L. Loureiro 3. Issues on the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change Juan C. Ciscar, Daniele Paci and Lucia Vergano Discussion: Noemi Padrón 4. From Utopia to Common Sense: The Climate Mitigation Challenge Ottmar Edenhofer, Brigitte Knopf and Gunnar Luderer Discussion: Xavier Labandeira 5. Climate Change Policies and New Technologies Pablo Del Río Discussion: Gregory C. Unruh 6. Competitiveness and Leakage Philippe Quirion Discussion: Pedro Linares 7. Distribution and Climate Change Policies Corbett A. Grainger and Charles D. Kolstad Discussion: Alberto Ansuategi 8. International Climate Change Negotiations: Lessons from Theory Carlo Carraro and Emanuele Massetti Discussion: Emilio Cerdá 9. Involving Developing Countries in Global Climate Policies Anil Markandya Discussion: Ibon Galarraga 10. The Future of the Clean Development Mechanism Axel Michaelowa Discussion: Francisco J. André 11A. Copenhagen and Beyond: Reflections on China’s Stance and Responses ZhongXiang Zhang 11B. Present and Future of Applied Climate Mitigation Policies: The European Union Antonio Soria and Bert Saveyn 11C. Climate Change and US Policy Vicki Arroyo Index
£111.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Climate Change Mitigation, Technological
Book SynopsisThis book presents provides a rigorous yet accessible treatment of the main topics in climate change policy using a large body of research generated using WITCH (World Induced Technical Change Hybrid), an innovative and path-breaking integrated assessment model.The authors give a particular emphasis to the analysis of technological change necessary to build low-carbon economies. The WITCH model can track all of the actions which impact the level of mitigation - such as R&D expenditures, investments in carbon-free technologies and adaptation, purchases of emission permits, or expenditures for carbon taxes - thus allowing for the evaluation of equilibrium responses stimulated by different climate policy tools. The chapters examine various questions to explore the future of climate change policy. Why is it so hard to achieve a global agreement that paves the way to widespread reductions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions? What are the technologies that would deliver clean energy without harming economic growth? And finally, how does uncertainty about future policies and future technologies affect choices in the present?This innovative book will appeal to researchers, policy makers and academics interested in climate change policy.Contributors: V. Bosetti, C. Carraro, E. De Cian, T. Longden, E. Massetti, L. Nicita, F. Sferra, A. Sgobbi, M. TavoniTrade Review‘Climate Change Mitigation, Technological Innovation and Adaptation outlines? ?the complexities associated with addressing climate change including economic structure,? ?technological innovation, and geopolitical willpower. By focusing on global economics, the text? ?considers barriers to climate policy and future energy transformation away from carbon to more? ?renewable sources. . . . Climate Change Mitigation, Technological Innovation and Adaptation provides readers? ?with a detailed evaluation of some of the barriers to progress in terms of addressing the causes? ?and consequences of climate change . . . This book will appeal to academics, researchers, and policy? ?makers interested in climate change policy and applied economics.’ -- International Social Science ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. A Climate-Constrained World Emanuele Massetti 2. Shifting the Boundary: The Role of Innovation Lea Nicita 3. Getting to Yes Alessandra Sgobbi 4. Coping with Uncertainty Massimo Tavoni 5. Climate Policy and the Forestry Sector: The Role of Non-energy Emissions Valentina Bosetti 6. Adaptation and Mitigation: What is the Optimal Balance? Enrica De Cian 7. A Focus on the Latest Developments in the Modelling of Mitigation Options Thomas Longden and Fabio Sferra 8. Conclusions Emanuele Massetti and Massimo Tavoni 9. Complete List of Publications that Use WITCH Index
£95.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of Global Warming
Book SynopsisTom Tietenberg, one of the leading economists working in the field of environmental economics has edited a collection of the most important articles and papers on global warming, which poses major challenges to our economic and political institutions. In this authoritative volume, leading economists bring unusual clarity and insight to the process of understanding these challenges and meets them with pragmatic solutions.Specific topics include: modelling and responding to the unique types of risks posed by global warming; estimating the cost of control and damages from global warming, as well as deriving optimum solutions; debating the appropriate role for discounting; estimating the value of information to reduce the uncertainty; and examining the issues associated with the use of two prominent policy approaches carbon taxes and transferable carbon permits.Few challenges pose a greater threat to our economic and political institutions than global warming. Uncertainty about the consequences of continued greenhouse gas emissions, the temporal and geographic separation of costs and benefits, the potentially enormous cost of making the wrong choices, and the necessity for (and the difficulties of) international cooperation all contribute to the complexity and the significance of the issue. In this book leading economists bring unusual clarity and insight to the process of understanding these challenges and meeting them with pragmatic solutions. Specific topics covered include: modeling and responding to the unique types of risks posed by global warming; estimating the costs of control and damages from discounting, estimating the value of information to reduce the uncertainty, and examining the issues associated with the use of the two most prominent policy approaches - carbon taxes and transferable carbon permits.Trade Review’. . . provides a thorough overview of the contribution of economic theory until 1995 to the debate on global warming. In summary, this book provides a helpful reference for economists working on global warming.’Table of ContentsContents: Part I: General Part II: Damages, Costs and the Search for an Optimal Response A: Damage Estimates B: Cost of Control Estimates C: Deriving Optimal Solutions Part III: The Choice of Instruments A: Carbon Taxes B: Tradeable Permits C: Hedging Strategies Part IV: Ethics and Intergenerational Discounting A: Defining Appropriate Discount Rates B: The Suitability of the Intergenerational Discounting Framework
£279.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of Energy Policy in China:
Book SynopsisThis book is the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the economic implications of carbon abatement for the Chinese economy. It evaluates the economics of climate change and provides national, cost-effective policies for climate change. The book consists of three main parts, firstly, an analysis of the Chinese energy system to increase awareness of the implications of this sector for China's future carbon dioxide emissions, secondly, a macroeconomic analysis of carbon dioxide emissions limits using a newly-developed computable general equilibrium model of the Chinese economy; and fianlly, a cost-effective analysis of carbon abatement options by means of a technology-oriented dynamic optimization model. The author begins by introducing some of the economic aspects of climate change including the consequences of climate change,damage estimates of carbon dioxide emissions, strategies for responding to climate change and policy instruments to control carbon dioxide emissions. This discussion then focuses on the Chinese energy system and possible sectoral and macroeconomic effects of limiting carbon dioxide emissions. In this examination Dr Zhang considers the effects of recycling carbon tax revenues and compliance with carbon dioxide limits in China's power industry. The author also evaluates various economic models in analyzing cost estimates for limiting carbon dioxide emissions, including an input-output approach, dynamic optimization and a computable general equilibrium approach. Finally, there is a discussion of technological aspects of carbon abatement in the Chinese power industry. The Economics of Energy Policy in China will be of interest to energy and environmental economists and policymakers.Trade Review'Given the towering importance of China in world environmental planning, this book is a must read for anyone attempting to understand world climate change issues. In addition, it provides planners with a much needed reference on all aspects of the Chinese energy sector . . . The book makes a significant contribution in three main areas. First, it gives us a first class description of all the issues that are contributing to the climate change debate and puts the case of China into its proper context within that debate. Secondly, the author's description of the Chinese energy sector in Chapter 3 is most informative and lucid. Finally, his CGE model is impressive and his model's simulation results are quite plausible . . . I strongly recommend this book as reading material for anyone seriously interested in the public policy issues that relate to climate change. It will probably remain the definitive work on China and joint implementation for years to come.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Some Economic Aspects of Climate Change 3. Analysis of the Chinese Energy System: Implications for future CO2 Emmissions 4. Economic Modelling Approaches to Cost Estimates for Limiting CO2 Emissions 5. A Computable General Equilibrium Model for Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis 6. Data, Model Calibration and Solution 7. Macroeconomic Analysis of CO2 Emission Limits for China: A CGE Approach 8. Cost-Effective Analysis of Carbon Abatement 9. Conclusions Index
£108.00
The University of Chicago Press Indian Ocean Current: Six Artistic Narratives
Book SynopsisThe rich history of the Indian Ocean has been much explored, though its present-day manifestations remain less studied. This catalog for an exhibition at the McMullen Museum of Art, curated by Prasannan Parthasarathi and Salim Currimjee, brings together essays that contextualize the work of six contemporary artists from the region. Through a variety of mediums and forms—including watercolors, videos, collages, sculptures, and photographs—Shiraz Bayjoo, Shilpa Gupta, Nicholas Hlobo, Wangechi Mutu, Penny Siopis, and Hajra Waheed grapple with the past, present, and future of the Indian Ocean.Indian Ocean Current provides interdisciplinary perspectives on the work of these six artists, with essays drawn from environmental studies, postcolonial studies, literature, and history. Contributors trace the connections that spanned the Indian Ocean, the movement of peoples, and the evolution of plural societies. From the mid-twentieth century, decolonization led to the creation of new nation-states, and hastily erected borders divided many. Today, the rising waters of the Indian Ocean, a consequence of climate change, strip these borders of their power. Indian Ocean Current opens up an artistic, historical, cultural, and political conversation about an area of the world famed for its cosmopolitanism but threatened by nationalism and global warming.
£24.00
American Meteorological Society Climate Conundrums – What the Climate Debate
Book SynopsisIt is generally assumed that, in polite company, you don't talk politics, religion, or money. But in recent years, it seems "climate change" needs to be added to that list. Incorporating all of the above, few topics can divide a dinner party faster. Yet, while much ink has been spilled on both sides of the issue, few have considered the debate itself and what it reveals about modern culture. Climate Conundrums is a journey through how we as humans think, individually and collectively, about the debate. It eschews rhetoric or fist-pounding conclusions and instead explores our ongoing attempts to reach a societal understanding about climate change and how we should respond to it. The essays throughout are broadly organized around our relationship with nature, the challenges facing human society, and the path ahead for civilization. Each begins with a question - Can we make nature better? Could science and religion be reconciled? - and from there follows an introspective path through all sides of the debates. Some are long-standing issues, such as whether humans are growing increasingly distant from nature. Others are brought on by recent developments, such as whether technology can eventually meet all of society's needs. While no final answers are given, the insights that come from reflecting on these questions can help us find our way and better connect with each other across the climate divide.
£22.50
Columbia Books on Architecture and the City A Moving Border – Alpine Cartographies of Climate Change
Book SynopsisItaly’s northern border follows the watershed that separates the drainage basins of Northern and Southern Europe. Running mostly at high altitudes, it crosses snowfields and perennial glaciers—all of which are now melting as a result of anthropogenic climate change. As the watershed shifts so does the border, contradicting its representations on official maps. Italy, Austria, and Switzerland have consequently introduced the novel legal concept of a “moving border,” one that acknowledges the volatility of geographical features once thought to be stable.A Moving Border: Alpine Cartographies of Climate Change builds upon the Italian Limes project by Studio Folder, which was devised in 2014 to survey the fluctuations of the boundary line across the Alps in real time. The book charts the effects of climate change on geopolitical understandings of border and the cartographic methods used to represent them. Locating the Italian condition alongside a longer political history of boundary making, the book brings together critical essays, visualizations, and unpublished documents from state archives. By examining the nexus of nationalism and cartography, A Moving Border details how borders are both material and imagined, and the ways global warming challenges Western conceptions of territory. Even more, it provides a blueprint for spatial intervention in a world where ecological processes are bound to dominate geopolitical affairs.A Moving Border features a foreword by Bruno Latour and texts by Stuart Elden, Mia Fuller, Francesca Hughes, and Wu Ming 1, and is co-published with ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe.Trade ReviewFine edited volume . . . A Moving Border offers well-illustrated material on an interesting case, in an attractive artistic-scientific format. [It] is a well-documented analysis of a particular case of mobile borders. -- Ian Florin * Mountain Research and Development *
£22.50
West Virginia University Press Ecological Governance: Toward a New Social
Book SynopsisAs our economic and natural systems continue on their collision course, Bruce Jennings asks whether we have the political capacity to avoid large-scale environmental disaster. Can liberal democracy, he wonders, respond in time to ecological challenges that require dramatic changes in the way we approach the natural world? Must a more effective governance be less democratic and more autocratic? Or can a new form of grassroots ecological democracy save us from ourselves and the false promises of material consumption run amok?Ecological Governance is an ethicist’s reckoning with how our political culture, broadly construed, must change in response to climate change. Jennings argues that during the Anthropocene era a social contract of consumption has been forged. Under it people have given political and economic control to elites in exchange for the promise of economic growth. In a new political economy of the future, the terms of the consumptive contract cannot be met without severe ecological damage. We will need a new guiding vision and collective aim, a new social contract of ecological trusteeship and responsibility.
£17.06
Momentum Press Science and Technology Diplomacy, Volume II: A Focus on the Americas with Lessons for the World
Book SynopsisScience diplomacy and policy can support collaborative national and international science for advancing knowledge with societal impact in fields such as climate, space, medicine, and the environment. Scientific advances made possible by the basic and applied research carried out by government agencies, universities, and nongovernmental organizations create opportunities and challenges with growing impact on policy decisions. Developing structures that produce the best science information to policy makers is becoming more critical in an ever-changing world. This three-volume set presented by prominent figures from the disciplines of science, engineering, technology, and diplomacy includes their perspectives on potential solutions to opportunities 21st-century scientists, engineers, and diplomats face in the future: To shed light and interface science, technology, and engineering with the realm of policy; To provide a vision for the future by identifying obstacles and opportunities while focusing on several key issues.
£38.66
