Abstract
The international framework for a climate change agreement is up for review as the initial Kyoto period to 2012 comes to an end. Though there has been much enthusiasm from political and environmental groups, the underlying economics and politics remain highly controversial. This book takes a cool headed look at the critical roadblocks to agreement, examining the economics of climate change, the incentives of the main players (the US, EU, China) and examines the policies governments can put in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and ultimately shift our economies onto a low-carbon path. The volume brings together leading climate change policy experts to set out the economic analysis and the nature of the negotiations at Copenhagen and beyond. In addition to reviewing the main issues discussed above, a number of the articles question the basis of much of the climate change consensus, and debate the Stern Report's main findings. The book is in four parts. Following an overview of the main issues, the first part is a reassessment of the economics of climate change. This is fundamental to the rest of the volume, and it contains new material which goes well beyond what might be called the new conventional wisdom. The second part looks at the geography of the costs and benefits of climate change - the very different perspectives of Africa, China, the US and Europe. These chapters provide a building block to considering the prospects for a new global agreement - the very different interests that will have to be reconciled at Copenhagen and beyond. The third part looks at policy instruments at the global level (whereas much of the literature to date is nationally and regionally based). Trading and R&D feature in the chapters, but so too do more radical unilateral options, including geo-engineering. Part four turns to the institutional architecture - drawing on evidence from previous attempts in other areas, as well as proposals for new bodies. Contributors to this volume - Dieter Helm, University of Oxford Cameron Hepburn, University of Oxford Nicholas Stern, LSE Scott Barrett, Columbia University Ross Garnaut, Australian National University Stephen Howes, Australian National University Frank Jotzo, Australian National University Peter Sheehan, Victoria University Kjell Arne Brekke, University of Oslo Olof Johansson-Stenman, University of Gothenburg Paul Collier, University of Oxford Gordon Conway, Imperial College Anthony Venables, University of Oxford Jiahua Pan, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Jonathan Phillips, University of London Ying Chen, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Vijay Joshi, University of Oxford Urjit R. Patel, Competition Commission of India Robert N. Stavins, Harvard University Howard Herzog, MIT Richard Green, University of Birmingham Krister P. Andersson, Harvard University and the University of Colorado, Boulder Andrew J. Plantinga, Oregon State University Kenneth R. Richards, Indiana University David G. Victor, Stanford University Steven Sorrell, University of Sussex Gernot Wagner, Harvard University Nathaniel Keohane, Yale School of Management Annie Petsonk, Environmental Defense Fund James S. Wang, Environmental Defense Fund Joanna Depledge, University of Cambridge Farhana Yamin, University of Sussex Arunabha Ghosh, University of Oxford Ngaire Woods, University of Oxford
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Helm, Dieter & Hepburn, Cameron (ed.), 2011.
"The Economics and Politics of Climate Change,"
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Oxford University Press, number 9780199606276.
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