The Economics of Climate Change Policy – International, National, and Regional Mitigation Strategies

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(2010), "The Economics of Climate Change Policy – International, National, and Regional Mitigation Strategies", International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Vol. 2 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm.2010.41402aae.004

The Economics of Climate Change Policy – International, National, and Regional Mitigation Strategies

Article Type: Books and resources From: International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Volume 2, Issue 1

Adam RoseEdward ElgarLondonJuly 2009640 pp.ISBN 9781848440814£103.50

This collection contains the author’s ongoing efforts to quantify equity principles to evaluate burden-sharing across countries and regions. It also examines policy impacts across industries and socioeconomic groups stemming from cap and trade, carbon taxes, fuel taxes, and strict regulation. It provides a basic understanding of the carbon cycle and drivers of GHG emissions, as well as a guide for developing mitigation action plans.

Comprising classic explorations into GHG emission trading design with respect to burden-sharing, borrowing and banking, and political constraints, the papers contained in this volume provide guidance on coalition choices for individual states of the USA and partnership choices for developing countries involved in the Clean Development Mechanism today and in emission allowance trading in the future. The impacts of mitigation policy across industries and socioeconomic groups are also analysed, using computable general equilibrium models to examine the economic implications of carbon taxes, fuel taxes, tradable emission permits, and strict regulation. In addition, the book establishes a firm grounding for policy analysis by providing a basic understanding of the carbon cycle, drivers of GHG emissions, and some economic impacts of climate change.