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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... ........65 Vlasis Oikonomou, Martin Patel, Ernst Worrell 7 Risks, vulnerability, and participation: a layered management approach...........................................................................................
... vulnerability, mitigation, adaptation, emissions trading, Clean Development Mechanism 1 Climate change, risks and risk assessment Climate change is Preface and acknowledgements Introduction: Climate change risks, mitigation and ...
... vulnerability. Here the working definition of vulnerability developed by Blaikie et al. (1994, p. 9) is helpful. In their definition vulnerability is “the characteristics of a person or a group in terms of their capability to anticipate ...
... vulnerability. The vulnerability of many societies has increased during recent years. Responsible factors are, e.g., demographic change, ac- cess to water resources, social inequality, urbanisation, wars etc. Although these developments ...
... vulnerability . Part II includes contributions that deal with mitigation instruments , in particular design options for emissions trading and CDM . The contributions in Part III analyse the responses of societies and companies to ...
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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