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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... future. Historic emissions of the industrialised countries are responsible for the fact that climate change is already occurring. It will take a long time to change this path. In the words of IPCC (2007, p. 6): ”There is high agreement ...
... future research. (17) Benno Rothstein et al. analyse adaptation strategies to climate change in the energy sector. Within the framework of the CLIMAGY project (Climate & Energy: Adaptation Measures for Recent Climate Trends within the ...
... Future Pielke R, Prins G, Rayner S, Sarewitz D (2007) Lifting the taboo on adaptation. In: Nature, 8 February 2007, vol 445: 597–598 Stavins RN (1998) “What can we learn from the grand policy experiment? Lessons from SO2 allowance ...
... future changes with reasonable accu- racy and formulate adaptation and prevention strategies in good time. The insur- ance industry's natural catastrophe risk models have already been adjusted in the light of the latest findings. For ...
... future climate changes will have on the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events . Munich Re in agreement with IPCC believes that the number of severe , weather - related natural catastrophes will increase in the long term as a ...
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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