Climate change 1995 : economic and social dimensions of climate change / edited by James P. Bruce, Hoesung Lee, Erik F. Haites.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Published for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [by] Cambridge University Press, 1996.Description: x, 448 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 0521568544
- Economic and social dimensions of climate change
- 304.25
- QC981.8.C5 C5126 1996
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"Contribution of Working Group III to the second assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary 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.
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