02119nam a22003258a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002300224082001900247100003400266245009500300246004800395264005200443300005900495336002600554337002600580338003600606500007300642520095300715776003501668856007101703999001901774CR9780511984648UkCbUP20180107143416.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||101130s2011||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9780511984648 (ebook)  z9781107011519 (hardback)  z9781107649071 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aQC903 b.P395 201100a363.738/742221 aPearson, Charles S.,eauthor.10aEconomics and the Challenge of Global Warming / [electronic resource]cCharles S. Pearson.3 aEconomics & the Challenge of Global Warming 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2011.  a1 online resource (244 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aEconomics and the Challenge of Global Warming is a balanced and comprehensive analysis of the role of economics in confronting global warming, the central environmental issue of the twenty-first century. It avoids a technical exposition in order to reach a wide audience and is up to date in its theoretical and empirical underpinnings. It is addressed to all who have some knowledge of economic concepts and a serious interest in how economics can (and cannot) help in crafting climate policy. The book is organized around three central questions. First, can benefit-cost analysis guide us in setting warming targets? Second, what strategies and policies are cost-effective? Third, and most difficult, can a global agreement be forged between rich and poor, North and South? While economic concepts are foremost in the analysis, they are placed within an accessible ethical and political matrix. The book serves as a primer for the post-Kyoto era.08iPrint version: z978110701151940uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511984648zCambridge Books Online  c236791d236791