Economics and Management of Climate Change: Risks, Mitigation and AdaptationBernd Hansjürgens, Ralf Antes Springer Science & Business Media, 2008 M07 1 - 304 pages Climate change is one of the biggest challenges for mankind. Although there is increasing evidence that climate change is already occurring, there is neither sufficient knowledge as to what extent climate change poses risks to societies and companies, nor about adequate strategies to cope with these risks. Bringing together an international group of scholars from environmental economics, political science and business, this book describes, analyses and evaluates climate change risks and responses of societies and companies. The book contributes to the question of how climate change can be mitigated by discussing efficient and effective design of mitigation measures, in particular emissions trading and clean development mechanism (CDM). Placing special emphasis on the impact of climate change risks on business, the book investigates in which way selected sectors of the economy are affected and what measures they can undertake to adapt to climate change risks. |
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... expected increase in ex- treme weather events, such as floods, storms, long-term extreme droughts, hurri- canes and so on. Figures and calculations of the Munich Re's Geo Risks Research reveal that an increase in natural catastrophes ...
... expected that climate change risks do not affect all mem- bers of the society equally. Instead, various societal groups as well as various sec- tors of the economy are affected differently. A decisive factor to determine the de- gree to ...
... expected rise in global average temperatures of up to 6.4 ° C by the end of the cen- tury , depending on emission and climate model , significantly increases the prob- ability of record temperatures . Higher temperatures also enable air ...
... expected , they would nevertheless help to conserve resources ( including financial resources ) and show that the industrial world was aware of its responsibility towards the Third World . To adopt such strategies , which are based on ...
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Contents
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Evaluation of risk in costbenefit analysis of climate change 23 Ingrid Nestle | 37 |
Effects of low water levels on the river Rhine on the inland | 53 |
a layered management | 78 |
implications for the economic uncertainties | 97 |
how | 124 |
realizing | 145 |
Risk management in the Clean Development Mechanism CDM | 193 |
Economic and social risks associated with implementing | 208 |
Developments in corporate responses to climate change | 221 |
Modelling impacts of climate change policy uncertainty | 242 |
Reputational impact of businesses compliance strategies | 257 |
climate change risk | 271 |
Business risks and opportunities from climate change | 293 |
Sustainable development the Clean Development Mechanism | 175 |
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