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Economic Risks of Climate Change : An American Prospectus.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (381 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231539555
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Economic Risks of Climate ChangeDDC classification:
  • 363.73874
LOC classification:
  • QC903.2 .U6 H68 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword, by Michael R. Bloomberg, Henry M. Paulson Jr., and Thomas F. Steyer -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1. America's Climate Future -- Opening Commentary, by Michael Oppenheimer -- 2. What We Know -- 3. What Comes Next -- 4. U.S. Climate Projections -- Part 2. Assessing the Impact of America's Changing Climate -- Opening Commentary, by Michael Greenstone -- 5. An Evidence-Based Approach -- 6. Agriculture -- 7. Labor -- 8. Health -- 9. Crime -- 10. Energy -- 11. Coastal Communities -- Part 3. Pricing Climate Risk -- Opening Commentary, by Geoffrey Heal -- 12. From Impacts to Economics -- 13. Direct Costs and Benefits -- 14. Macroeconomic Effects -- 15. Valuing Risk and Inequality -- Part 4. Unquantified Impacts -- Opening Commentary, by Nicholas Stern and Bob Ward -- 16. What We Miss -- 17. Water -- 18. Forests -- 19. Tourism -- 20. National Security -- Part 5. Insights for Climate-Risk Management -- Opening Commentary, by Karen Fisher-Vanden -- 21. Mitigation -- 22. Adaptation -- Technical AppendiXes -- Appendix A. Physical Climate Projections -- Appendix B. Climate Impacts -- Appendix C. Detailed Sectoral Models -- Appendix D. Integrated Economic Analysis -- Appendix E. Valuing Risk and Unequal Impacts -- References -- About the Authors -- Index.
Summary: A landmark, data-driven assessment for decision makers intent on insuring their interests against climate change.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword, by Michael R. Bloomberg, Henry M. Paulson Jr., and Thomas F. Steyer -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1. America's Climate Future -- Opening Commentary, by Michael Oppenheimer -- 2. What We Know -- 3. What Comes Next -- 4. U.S. Climate Projections -- Part 2. Assessing the Impact of America's Changing Climate -- Opening Commentary, by Michael Greenstone -- 5. An Evidence-Based Approach -- 6. Agriculture -- 7. Labor -- 8. Health -- 9. Crime -- 10. Energy -- 11. Coastal Communities -- Part 3. Pricing Climate Risk -- Opening Commentary, by Geoffrey Heal -- 12. From Impacts to Economics -- 13. Direct Costs and Benefits -- 14. Macroeconomic Effects -- 15. Valuing Risk and Inequality -- Part 4. Unquantified Impacts -- Opening Commentary, by Nicholas Stern and Bob Ward -- 16. What We Miss -- 17. Water -- 18. Forests -- 19. Tourism -- 20. National Security -- Part 5. Insights for Climate-Risk Management -- Opening Commentary, by Karen Fisher-Vanden -- 21. Mitigation -- 22. Adaptation -- Technical AppendiXes -- Appendix A. Physical Climate Projections -- Appendix B. Climate Impacts -- Appendix C. Detailed Sectoral Models -- Appendix D. Integrated Economic Analysis -- Appendix E. Valuing Risk and Unequal Impacts -- References -- About the Authors -- Index.

A landmark, data-driven assessment for decision makers intent on insuring their interests against climate change.

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