Economic choices in a warming world /
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011Description: 240 p. : 1 ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780521175685 (pbk.) :; 9781107002562 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Climatic changes -- Economic aspects | Environmental economics | Carbon dioxide mitigation | Environmental policy | Environment and ecologyDDC classification: 363.73874 LOC classification: QC981.8.C5Summary: This provocative book argues that economists typically ask the wrong sorts of questions about climate change because they do not take into account the policies that have already been implemented. It shows how we can use such policies to develop carbon markets that could dramatically reduce world greenhouse gas emissions.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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This provocative book argues that economists typically ask the wrong sorts of questions about climate change because they do not take into account the policies that have already been implemented. It shows how we can use such policies to develop carbon markets that could dramatically reduce world greenhouse gas emissions.