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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... mean during 2071–2100 deviates from the 1961-–1990 mean by more than one standard deviation of the current variability . They find that in general larger degrees of warming lead to larger areas and populations affected , with ...
... Means (TEM) model, Stefan Pickl analyses how such a fund can be realized and designed and how it can be embed- ded in an optimal energy management. (12) Felicia Müller-Pelzer analyses the current evaluation practise of CDM project ...
... temperatures from the long - term average for the relevant season . The conclusion : the higher the temperature , the greater the loss . Fig. 4. Mean annual normalized US hurricane losses in dependence. 18 P Höppe , T Grimm.
Risks, Mitigation and Adaptation Bernd Hansjürgens, Ralf Antes. Fig. 4. Mean annual normalized US hurricane losses in dependence on SST-anomalies Even apparently anomalous events such as the unusually abundant snow in Europe during the ...
... means of further scientific work. Therefore Hohmeyer (2005) suggests that society should agree on a level of maximum greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere and assure with ade- quate climate policy instruments that this limit ...
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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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