Hacia el Futuro

Energy, Economics and the Environment in 21st Century Mexico

Maria Eugenia Ibarrarán, Roy Boyd (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

236 Seiten

2011 | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-7191-0 (ISBN)

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The past 25 years have witnessed an increasing worldwide concern over the issue of climate change and the specter of immense environmental and economic damage which would accompany unmitigated global warming trends. National governments in the industrialized world along with numerous multinational organizations have made a strong case for curbing the use of fossil fuels as an energy source, and agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol have come about largely due to their efforts. Many groups of researchers in both the natural and social sciences have made great strides in understanding this complicated issue. To date, however, the vast majority of climate change literature has addressed the topic from a European, North American, or global perspective, and the implications for developing countries have largely received only cursory treatment. This book represents a major step forward in addressing the issue of climate from the perspective of a country in the developing world. It highlights the climate change concerns for a particular developing country – Mexico, and analyses the economic impacts of different policies designed to mitigate the use of fossil fuels in the context of economic development and growth. The effects of energy pricing policies, technological change, carbon sequestration, and tradable permits are all economically modeled and discussed at length by the authors. Of particular interest are the issues that these authors raise for policy makers, such as the tradeoffs between environmental concerns, economic growth, and income distribution.

1.- Greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.- Forecasting the impact of climate change.- Energy use in mexico.- Economic theory, emission control, and kyoto.- 2.- The dynamic general equilibrium model.- Simulation results under perfect competition.- Simulation results under imperfect competition.- Emissions trading: intersectoral and international.- Conclusions.

Reihe/Serie	Advances in Global Change Research ; 26
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 236 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	90-481-7191-1 / 9048171911
ISBN-13	978-90-481-7191-0 / 9789048171910
Zustand	Neuware