Climate change 1995 : economic and social dimensions of climate change / edited by James P. Bruce, Hoesung Lee, Erik F. Haites
- Additional Titles
- Economic and social dimensions of climate change
- Published
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Published for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [by] Cambridge University Press, 1996.
- Physical Description
- x, 448 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Additional Creators
- Bruce, J. P. (James P.), 1928-, Yi, Hoe-sŏng, 1945-, Haites, Erik F., and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group III
Online Version
- Contents
- SUMMARY FOR POLICYMAKERS: Introduction: scope of the assessment -- Decision-making frameworks for addressing climate change -- Equity and social considerations -- Intertemporal equity, discounting, and economic efficiency -- Applicability of techniques of cost-benefit analysis to climate change -- The social costs of climate change: greenhouse damage and the benefits of control -- A generic assessment of response options -- Estimating the costs of mitigating greenhouse gases -- A review of mitigation cost studies -- Integrated assessment of climate change: An overview and comparison of approaches and results -- An economic assessment of policy instruments for combatting climate change.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0521568544 (paperback)
0521560519 (hardback) - Note
- "Contribution of Working Group III to the second assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Forms
- Also available online.
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