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Global Climate Change

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  • James M. Griffin

Abstract

This volume is written for policymakers and informed citizenry who want to understand at a general level the complexities of global climate change without becoming enmeshed in technical minutia. The introduction emphasizes the core fact that climate change issues cut across disciplines. William Schlesinger and Gerald North explain the carbon cycle and how increased greenhouse gases impact temperature. The economics papers deal with the applicability of benefit/cost analysis and then proceed to examine the benefits of avoiding temperature change versus the costs of the various CO2 abatement options. Finally, David Victor, a Stanford political scientist, asks which policies are feasible in a world where the incentives differ dramatically among countries. The book closes with open letters to the President of the United States.

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  • James M. Griffin (ed.), 2003. "Global Climate Change," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 2924.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eebook:2924
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    1. Diandong Ren & Rong Fu & Lance Leslie & Robert Dickinson, 2011. "Modeling the mudslide aftermath of the 2007 Southern California Wildfires," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 57(2), pages 327-343, May.
    2. M. Apps & A. Shvidenko & E. Vaganov, 2006. "Boreal Forests and the Environment: A Foreword," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 1-4, January.

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    Keywords

    Economics and Finance; Environment; Politics and Public Policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics

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