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Climate Change, Climate Science and Economics (Record no. 48477)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789400749887
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Standard number or code 10.1007/978-94-007-4988-7
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Classification number GE1-350
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Subject category code RN
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Subject category code SCI026000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 333.7
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name van Kooten, G. Cornelis.
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Climate Change, Climate Science and Economics
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title Prospects for an Alternative Energy Future /
Statement of responsibility, etc. by G. Cornelis van Kooten.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Dordrecht :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Springer Netherlands :
-- Imprint: Springer,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2013.
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Extent XXIV, 468 p.
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Formatted contents note 1. Introduction -- 2. Weather and the Instrumental Record -- 3. Climate Science and Paleoclimatology -- 4. Emission Scenarios and Climate Modeling -- 5. Alternative Explanations -- 6. How Economists Measure Wellbeing: Social Cost-Benefit Analysis -- 7. Economic Assessment of the Damages Caused by Global Warming -- 8. Implementing Policy -- 9. Avoiding Emissions Reduction: Terrestrial Carbon Sinks -- 10. Economic Growth, Energy and Climate Change -- 11. Electricity Markets and Wind Energy -- 12. Climate Change Policy Encounters the Real World -- Index.
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Summary, etc. Is anthropogenic global warming occurring? Perhaps, says the author, although an examination of the evidence suggests that it will not be catastrophic and reality tells us that, despite significant expenditure on mitigating climate change, we had better learn to adapt to it. This volume is a comprehensive examination of why this is the case, enabling readers to understand the complexity associated with climate change policy and the science behind it. For example, the author describes the criticism and defense of the widely known “hockey stick” temperature graph derived from combining instrumental data and proxy temperature indications using tree ring, ice core and other paleoclimatic data. Readers will also learn that global warming cannot easily be avoided by reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions in rich countries. Not only is emissions reduction extremely difficult in rich countries, but demands such as the UN mandate to improve the lives of the poorest global citizens cannot be satisfied without significantly increasing global energy use, and CO2 emissions. Therefore, the author asserts that climate engineering and adaptation are preferable to mitigation, particularly since the science is less than adequate for making firm statements about the Earth’s future climate. The purpose of the book is not only to inform but to get the reader thinking critically about what may well be the most important environmental issue currently facing humankind.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environment.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climate change.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Atmospheric sciences.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economic geography.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social policy.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environmental economics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environment.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environment, general.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climate Change Management and Policy.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environmental Economics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Policy.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economic Geography.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Atmospheric Sciences.
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Title Springer eBooks
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International Standard Book Number 9789400749870
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4988-7">http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4988-7</a>
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