With the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reporting that humans are the "dominant cause" of global warming, interest in the impact and implications of climate change remains very high but there is a dizzying array of data, information and opinion all clambering for attention. Introduction to Climate Change Economics and Policy is a highly accessible introduction to the most relevant research and conclusions from various disciplines. The authors assume no prior knowledge on the part of the reader and start from the basics before building up a comprehensive, critical introduction to the issues and examining the policies that are needed to initiate the transformation to sustainability and avert the worst risks of climate catastrophe.
To emphasise the global nature of the issues, the book explores the impact of climate change on agriculture by providing a critical examination of how current policies that promote poor water usage and soil erosion are risking a catastrophic collapse of agriculture in the poorest and most populous countries in a warming world. The book also offers a critical examination of the constant demand for growth in the economies of rich countries which is a key factor driving climate change. The authors look at economic measures which are being pursued in an attempt to control climate change including switching taxes from labour to carbon and subsidies from fossil and nuclear energy to renewable alternatives as well as demand management and energy saving.
This second edition includes new material on nuclear energy post-Fukushima, the impact of the financial crisis on climate policy and the hype over shale gas to ensure that this book provides a completely up-to-date introduction for anyone interested in the economics and policy of climate change.
The 2nd edition of An Introduction to Climate Change Economics and Policy explains the key scientific, economic and policy issues related to climate change in a completely up-to-date introduction for anyone interested, and students at all levels in various related courses, including environmental economics, international development, geography, politics and international relations.
FitzRoy and Papyrakis highlight how economists and policymakers often misunderstand the science of climate change, underestimate the growing threat to future civilization and survival and exaggerate the costs of radical measures needed to stabilize the climate. In contrast, they show how direct and indirect costs of fossil fuels – particularly the huge health costs of local pollution – actually exceed the investment needed for transition to an almost zero carbon economy in two or three decades using available technology.
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