| THE CLIMATE CASINO Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World William D. Nordhaus New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
|||
| ISBN-13 978-0-300-18977-3 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-300-18977-X | 278pp. | HC/GSI | $30.00 | |
| Acknowledgements | xi | |
| Note to Reader | xiii | |
| PART I — THE GENESIS OF CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| 1: | First Encounters in the Climate Casino | 3 |
| 2: | A Tale of Two Lakes | 12 |
| 3: | The Economic Origins of Climate Change | 17 |
| 4: | Future Climate Change | 36 |
| 5: | Tipping Points in the Climate Casino | 50 |
| PART II — IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HUMAN AND OTHER LIVING SYSTEMS | ||
| 6: | From Climate Change to Impacts | 69 |
| 7: | The Fate of Farming | 78 |
| 8: | The Impact on Human Health | 91 |
| 9: | Perils for the Oceans | 100 |
| 10: | Intensification of Hurricanes | 116 |
| 11: | Wildlife and Species Loss | 122 |
| 12: | Adding up the Damages from Climate Change | 127 |
| PART III — SLOWING CLIMATE CHANGE: STRATEGIES AND COSTS | ||
| 13: | Dealing with Climate change: Adaptation and Geoengineering | 149 |
| 14: | Slowing Climate Change by Reducing Emissions: Mitigation | 157 |
| 15: | The Costs of Slowing Climate Change | 169 |
| 16: | Discounting and the Value of Time | 182 |
| PART IV — POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS FOR SLOWING CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| 17: | Historical Perspectives on Climate Policy | 197 |
| 18: | Climate Policy by Balancing Costs and Benefits | 205 |
| 19: | The Central Role of Carbon Prices | 220 |
| 20: | Climate-Change Policies at the National Level | 233 |
| 21: | From National to Harmonized International Policies | 244 |
| 22: | Second Best and Beyond | 259 |
| 23: | New Technologies for a Low-Carbon Economy | 274 |
| PART V — CLIMATE POLITICS | ||
| 24: | Climate Science and its Critics | 293 |
| 25: | Public Opinion on Climate Change | 303 |
| 26: | Obstacles to Climate-Change Policies | 316 |
| Notes | 327 | |
| Index | 365 | |
To contact Chris Winter, send email to this address.