Climate Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change
Subtitle: Contribution of Working Group III to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Contributors: James P. Bruce (Editor); Hoesung Lee (Editor); Erik F. Haites (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 28, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9780521568548
Subjects: Central government policies; Climatology; Environmental economics; Global warming; Social aspects; Economics - General; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Environmental Studies; Human Geography; Evaluation; Environmental Science; Climatic changes--Social aspects--Evaluation; Science / Environmental Science; Climatic changes; Economic aspects
First sentence: Climate change presents the decision maker with a set of formidable complications: large uncertainties, the potential for irreversible damages or costs, a very long planning horizon, long time lags between emissions and effects, a global scope, wide regional variation, and multiple greenhouse gases of concern.
Description: For Policymakers -- 1. Introduction: Scope of the Assessment -- 2. Decision-Making Frameworks for Addressing Climate Change -- 3. Equity and Social Considerations -- 4. Intertemporal Equity, Discounting, and Economic Efficiency -- 5. Applicability of Techniques of Cost-Benefit Analysis to Climate Change -- 6. The Social Costs of Climate Change: Greenhouse Damage and the Benefits of Control -- 7. A Generic Assessment of Response Options -- 8. Estimating the Costs of Mitigating Greenhouse Gases -- 9. A Review of Mitigation Cost Studies -- 10. Integrated Assessment of Climate Change: An Overview and Comparison of Approaches and Results -- 11. An Economic Assessment of Policy Instruments for Combatting Climate Change -- Appendix 1 Contributors to the IPCC WG III Second Assessment Report -- Appendix 2 Reviewers of the IPCC WG III Report.