Global Climate Change

Linking Energy, Environment, Economy and Equity

Buch | Softcover

242 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4419-3229-7 (ISBN)

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Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Conference of the Air Resources Information Clearinghouse held in Washington, D.C., December 5-6, 1991

Opening Remarks.- Opening Remarks.- Challenges in the Face of Uncertainty.- Challenges in the Face of Uncertainty.- A Sustainable Energy Future — Technological Options for Change.- Steps to Reduce U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Technical Options and the Policies to Implement Them.- Energy Efficiency, Human Activities and Climate Change.- The Costs of Reducing U.S. CO2 Emissions: Further Sensitivity Analyses.- Integrating Energy, Economy, and Environmental Concerns.- “No Regrets” Tax Reform.- Multiple benefit Environmental Policies.- Energy and Environmental Policy: The Role of Markets.- Local/Regional Policies—Acting Globally by Thinking Locally.- Implications for Decision Making.- Implications for Decision Making: Government Perspectives.- Implications for Decision Making: The Electric Utilities’ Perspective.- Implications for Decision Making: Auto Industry Perspectives.- Implications for Decision Making: Industrial Sector Perspectives.- Implications for Decision Making: Sectoral Perspectives.- The Importance of Population Growth in Future Commercial Energy Consumption.- The Public as a Decision Maker.- Strategies for International Negotiations.- Status of Framework Convention Talks.- Equity in International Agreements.- The Ethics of Living in a Global Greenhouse.- Corporate and Personal Responsibility.- Intergenerational Equity.- Examining the Linkages — Which Policies Will Work?.- Energy Policy: Insurance against the Unknown.- Designing a Carbon Tax Strategy.- “Virtual Climate” and Climate Change Assessment: Paving the Way for Workable Climate Change Policies.- Examining the Linkages—Which Policies Will Work?.- A Congressional View of Workable Linkages.- Thinking about Global Climate Change.- Thinking about Global Climate Change.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.12.2010
Reihe/Serie	Environmental Science Research ; 45
Mitarbeit	Anpassung von: William R. Wagner, Carole N. Beal
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 242 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-4419-3229-1 / 1441932291
ISBN-13	978-1-4419-3229-7 / 9781441932297
Zustand	Neuware