The Coupling of Climate and Economic Dynamics
Subtitle: Essays on Integrated Assessment (Advances in Global Change Research)
Contributors: Alain Haurie (Editor); Laurent Viguier (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 8, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9781402034244
Subjects: Chemical pollution; Economics; Environmental Science; Science/Mathematics; Science; Environmental Studies; Economics - General; Business & Economics-Economics - General; Climate Change; Integrated assessment model; Regional impacts; Science / Environmental Science; Switzerland; Welfare costs; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Climatic changes; Economic aspects; Environmental policy; Milieueconomie; gtt
First sentence: In 1896 Arrhenius predicted that CO2 released by the burning of coal, gas and oil would accumulate in the atmosphere causing a warming of the earth's surface by the greenhouse effect (Arrhenius, 1896).
Description: "This book reviews the different approaches used to model dynamic interactions between climate and economies and proposes new avenues of research in this domain. In fourteen chapters this book deals with various aspects of the building of integrated assessment models, either by coupling economic growth and climate change modules, or using mathematical models of viability or dynamic game theory to represent the interactions between the world regions concerned. It also focuses on more specific economic equilibrium models that can be used to assess international climate policies and it addresses the modeling of impacts of climate change in Switzerland as a test region."--BOOK JACKET.