Climate future: [electronic resource] : averting and adapting to climate change

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자료유형	e-Book
서명/저자사항	Climate future: [electronic resource]: averting and adapting to climate change / Robert S. Pindyck.
개인저자	Pindyck, Robert S., author.
발행사항	New York, NY: Oxford University Press, [2022]
형태사항	1 online resource (xv, 230 pages) : illustrations
ISBN	0197647367 9780197647370 0197647375 9780197647356 0197647359 9780197647363
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	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.
요약	"Most books and articles about climate change focus on two important questions. First, what will growing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) mean for the climate over the coming decades? By how much will temperatures increase and sea levels rise? And what will be the economic and social damage resulting from these changes? Second, what should be done to avert climate change? By how much and how rapidly should GHG emissions be reduced? Is a carbon tax the best policy tool, and if so, how large should the tax be? But two additional questions are equally important. First, while we might agree on what should be done, we must ask what will be done to avert climate change. Is it realistic to expect worldwide emissions to fall rapidly enough to prevent severe climate change? Second, if we conclude it is not realistic, so that higher temperatures and rising sea levels are likely, what should we do? What actions should we take now to reduce the likely impact of climate change? These questions are the focus of this book. I explain how and why there is considerable uncertainty over what might happen. We might be lucky and experience only mild climate change, but counting on good luck is not smart policy. I show that given the economic and political realities, it is simply not realistic to expect the GHG emission reductions needed to avert substantial global warming. We should therefore invest now in adaptation to reduce the possible impacts of warming, and I show how that can be done"--
해제	Provided by publisher.
일반주제명	Climatic changes. Climatic changes --Government policy. Climate change mitigation. Greenhouse gases --Environmental aspects. Carbon dioxide --Environmental aspects. Greenhouse gas mitigation. Climate Change Climat --Changements. Climat --Changements --Atténuation. Gaz à effet de serre --Aspect de l'environnement. Gaz carbonique --Aspect de l'environnement. Gaz à effet de serre --Réduction. climate change. Carbon dioxide --Environmental aspects. Climate change mitigation. Climatic changes. Climatic changes --Government policy. Greenhouse gas mitigation. Greenhouse gases --Environmental aspects.
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언어	영어
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