Greenhouse Economics: Value and EthicsRoutledge, 2020 M10 28 - 316 pages Examining one of the most crucial issues in the modern world: human induced climate change, here Clive Spash provides a refreshing interdisciplinary perspective, pulling together strands of natural science, economics and ethics. Described by John Gowdy as ‘the best exposition to date on the political economy of climate policy’, this remarkable volume poses serious questions and gives intelligent answers. The issues it addresses are relevant to a range of environmental problems, and it covers themes such as:
By rigorously examining international and governmental sources, and key contemporary issues, Spash provides an up-to-date and informative analysis. A well-organized study (including a glossary and helpful acronym list), this book will be of strong interest to students and academics in the fields of ecological and environmental economics, and is essential reading for all those to whom climate change is a professional or personal concern. |
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... of global climate change Regional impacts of greenhouse warming 63 Intertemporal impacts of global warming 76 Conclusions 87 X xi xiii XV 1 25 60 4 Weak uncertainty : risk and imperfect information The probability Contents.
Value and Ethics Clive Spash. 4 Weak uncertainty : risk and imperfect information The probability of the enhanced Greenhouse Effect 98 Measuring and predicting climatic change 107 The role of modelling 110 Conclusions 115 97 5 Strong ...
... probability distribution 4.2b Hypothetical temperature variations 100 100 4.3a An increase in temperature mean 4.3b Hypothetical 1 ° C mean temperature rise 4.4a An increase in temperature variation 102 102 103 4.4b Hypothetical ...
... probability of making an error about the relevance of a functional relationship . This can be due to accepting an hypothesis ( e.g. a dose - response model ) as true when it is in fact false ( a false positive ) , or rejecting the ...
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Contents
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2 Scientific understanding of the enhanced Greenhouse Effect | 25 |
3 Impacts of global climate change | 60 |
risk and imperfect information | 97 |
ignorance and indeterminacy | 120 |
6 Calculating the cost and benefits of GHG control | 153 |
7 Loading the dice? Values opinions and ethics | 184 |
8 Dividing time and discounting the future | 201 |
9 Economics ethics and future generations | 221 |
10 Science economics and policy | 251 |
Glossary | 283 |
Index | 286 |