Global Warming and the Asian PacificChing-Cheng Chang, Robert O. Mendelsohn, Daigee Shaw Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003 M01 1 - 307 pages 'This well structured volume covers an important topic in a timely and comprehensive manner. The editors have brought together a knowledgeable and distinguished team of writers, who clearly articulate the Asia Pacific viewpoint on climate change. They |
Contents
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Baseline forecasting for greenhouse gas reductions in Taiwan a dynamic CGE analysis | 35 |
Forecasting baseline CO₂ emissions in Japan | 60 |
Analysis of economic and environmental interdependency in East Asian countries | 75 |
Abatement Costs | 103 |
Effect of energy tax on CO₂ emissions and economic development in Taiwan 19992020 | 105 |
Warming Impacts | 185 |
Climate change and crop yield distribution in Taiwan | 187 |
Will global warming cause heat stress? | 205 |
The impact of climate change on Asian Pacific countries | 217 |
Policy Instruments | 229 |
Reducing cost uncertainty and encouraging ratification of the Kyoto Protocol | 231 |
A better alternative to the Kyoto Protocol | 247 |
Joint Implementation the Clean Development Mechanism and the baseline an economic analysis | 258 |
Impact of carbon tax and reduced CO₂ emissions on the Chinese economy a static CGE analysis | 131 |
Cost of reducing CO₂ emissions in Japan | 153 |
Greenhouse gas mitigation through energy crops in the US with implications for Asian Pacific countries | 168 |
Economic issues related to design of a domestic permit trading system | 278 |
Index | 295 |
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