Maritime transport and the climate change challenge
By: edited by Regina Asariotis and Hassiba Benamara
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781849712385; 9780203134467
Subjects: Climatic changes; Economic aspects; Shipping
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I.Understanding the challenge; title: Climate change : state of the science / Stefan Rahmstorf; title: The world energy outlook 2010 : where is the world heading after Copenhagen? / Rafaella Centurelli and Timur Gül; title: The impacts of a world in transformation on the prospects for maritime transport / Martin Lees; title: Transport costs, trade, and climate change / Andreas Kopp; title: Part II. Mitigating GHG emissions from international shipping; title: International maritime transport under the unfccc process / Iulian Florin Vladu and Bernd Hackmann; title: Climate change : a challenge for IMO too / Andreas Chrysostomou and Eivind S. Vågslid; title: A rebate mechanism for an equitable maritime emission reduction scheme / Andre Stochniol; title: Market-based instruments to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from ships : taxonomy and assessment / Marc D. Davidson and Jasper Faber; title: 9.mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from shipping : potential, cost and strategies / Philippe Crist; title: Part III. Industry perspectives and initiatives; title: 10. International shipping and climate change / Peter Hinchliffe; title: Controlling GHGs: for love or money? / Paul Gunton; title: Climate initiatives of world's ports / Satoshi Inoue; title: Part IV. Adapting ports and other coastal infrastructure to the impacts of climate change; title: Extreme flood events and port cities through the 21st century : implications of climate change and other drivers / Susan Hanson and Robert J Nicholls; title: Climate change and ports in america's gulf coast : planning for change / Michael J. Savonis, Alan Meyers and Joanne R. Potter; title: Investigation of potential climate change impacts on ports & maritime operations around the southern african coast / Marius Rossouw and Andre Theron; title: Approach to climate change adaptation in the port of rotterdam / Tiedo Vellinga and Michiel de Jong.