Coping with the Climate Crisis : Mitigation Policies and Global Coordination / Rabah Arezki, Patrick Bolton, Maurice Obstfeld, Karim El Aynaoui.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arezki, Rabah, editor.

Bolton, Patrick, editor.

El Aynaoui, Karim, editor.

Obstfeld, Maurice, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climate change mitigation--Economic aspects.

Climate change mitigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Reducing carbon emissions is the most complex political and economic problem humanity has ever confronted. Coping with the Climate Crisis brings together leading experts from academia and policy circles to explore issues related to the implementation of the COP21 Paris Agreement and the challenges of accelerating the transition toward sustainable development.The book synthesizes the key insights that emerge from the latest research in climate-change economics in an accessible and useful guide for policy makers and researchers. Contributors consider a wide range of issues, including the economic implications and realities of shifting away from fossil fuels, the role of financial markets in incentivizing development and construction of sustainable infrastructure, the challenges of evaluating the well-being of future generations, the risk associated with uncertainty surrounding the pace of climate change, and how to make climate agreements enforceable. They demonstrate the need for a carbon tax, considering the issues of efficiently pricing carbon as well as the role of supply-side policies on fossil fuels. Through a range of perspectives from academic economists and practitioners in the public and private sectors who work either at the country level or under the auspices of multilateral organizations, Coping with the Climate Crisis outlines what it will take to achieve a viable, global climate-stabilization path.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword / Baraka, Nizar

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Arezki, Rabah / Bolton, Patrick / El Aynaoui, Karim / Obstfeld, Maurice

PART ONE: The Energy Transition and Its Consequences

CHAPTER ONE. Reducing Energy Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Meet Our Climate Goals: An Overview / Benoit, Philippe

CHAPTER TWO. Transitional Risks and the Safe Carbon Budget Rick van der Ploeg / Van Der Ploeg, Rick

PART TWO: Carbon Pricing and Dealing with Uncertainty

CHAPTER THREE. Fighting Climate Change and the Social Cost of Carbon / Gollier, Christian

CHAPTER FOUR. How Should Countries Price Fossil Fuels? / Parry, Ian

CHAPTER FIVE. Should Carbon Pricing Be Different Across Countries? / Schubert, Katheline

CHAPTER SIX. Needed: Robustness in Climate Economics / Loch-Temzelides, Ted

PART THREE: Implementing Climate Agreements

CHAPTER SEVEN. Improving Paris: Credibility, Technology, and Conservation / Harstad, Bård

CHAPTER EIGHT. Can a Uniform Carbon-Price Commitment Help to Resolve the Global Warming Problem? / Weitzman, Martin L.

CHAPTER NINE. Addressing Climate Change: Does the IMF Have a Role? / Obstfeld, Maurice

CHAPTER TEN. Post-Paris Clean Energy Options for China / Chakravorty, Ujjayant / Fischer, Carolyn / Hubert, And Marie-Helene

PART FOUR: Finance and Sustainable Infrastructure

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Financing Sustainable Infrastructure / Déau, Thierry / Touati, Julien

CHAPTER TWELVE. Climate Change: A Policy-Making Case Study of Capital Markets' Mobilization for Public Good / Boissinot, Jean / Samama, Frédéric

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Sep 2018)

ISBN:

9780231547352

0231547358

OCLC:

1028609748