Greenhouse Economics: Value and EthicsTaylor & Francis, 2002 - 298 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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... Climate change: introducing some of the issues Air pollution and the modern economy 2 Economic understanding of ... climate 48 Conclusions 53 3 Impacts of global climate change Regional impacts of greenhouse warming 63 Intertemporal ...
... climate change 2.1 Albedo of different surfaces 2.3 Annual particulate inputs to the atmosphere 12 14 15 16 17 28 28 30 2.4 Global CO 2 List of tables xi budget (×1015 grams of carbon per year) 35 2.5 Sources of CO 2 by energy type 2.6 ...
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