1 option
Climate future : averting and adapting to climate change / Robert S. Pindyck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pindyck, Robert S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes.
- Climatic changes--Government policy.
- Climate change mitigation.
- Greenhouse gases--Environmental aspects.
- Greenhouse gases.
- Carbon dioxide--Environmental aspects.
- Carbon dioxide.
- Greenhouse gas mitigation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- In 'Climate Future', Robert S. Pindyck explains what we know and what we don't know about the extent of climate change and its impact, why there is so much uncertainty, and what it means for climate policy. Pindyck argues that investments in adaptation are urgently needed to insure against catastrophic climate change events and shows how that can be done.
- Contents:
- The fundamental problem
- What we know and don't know about climate change
- The role of uncertainty in climate policy
- Climate policy and climate change : what can we expect?
- What to do : reducing net emissions
- What to do : adaptation.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 3, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Pindyck, Robert S. Climate Future
- ISBN:
- 9780197647363
- 0197647367
- 9780197647370
- 0197647375
- 9780197647356
- 0197647359
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.