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050		4	_aHC79.A4 -- B87 2005eb
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100	1		_aBegg, Kathryn.
245	1	4	_aThe Business of Climate Change : _bCorporate Responses to Kyoto.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aOxford : _bTaylor & Francis Group, _c2005.
264		4	_c©2005.
300			_a1 online resource (285 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1 Introduction and overview -- 1 2003: the end of the beginning? -- 2 Down to business on climate change: an overview of corporate strategies -- 3 Organising business: industry NGOs in the climate debates -- 4 Best corporate responses to climate change: opportunities for converging climate and biodiversity protecting solutions -- Part 2 Policy instruments -- 5 Early experiences with emissions trading in the UK -- 6 Building a greenhouse gas management programme: a framework based on real-world corporate responses -- 7 Governmental and industrial responses to climate change: the case of Germany -- 8 Environmental management systems and their influence on corporate responses to climate change -- Part 3 Sector analysis -- 9 Three big Cs: climate, cement and China -- 10 Climate change and the insurance sector: its role in adaptation and mitigation -- 11 An institutional comparison of two sectoral responses to the political economy of climate change -- 12 The chemical industry's response to climate change -- 13 Multinational responses to climate change in the automotive and oil industries -- Part 4 Case studies -- 14 Becoming a first mover in green electricity supply: corporate change driven by liberalisation and climate change -- 15 Corporate responses to climate change: the case of Fortum -- 16 The Emissions/Biodiversity Exchange: a corporate sustainable development programme in New Zealand -- 17 Rent sharing in the Clean Development Mechanism: the case of the Tahumanu hydroelectric project in Bolivia -- 18 An early corporate response to climate change: a review of a US electric company-sponsored Joint Implementation pilot project -- Biographies -- Abbreviations -- Index.
520			_aOn the eve of Kyoto policy implementation, this volume presents an analysis of corporate responses to the climate change issue. It describes and assesses a number of recent business approaches that will help to identify effective strategies and promote the dissemination of proactive corporate practices.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aAir -- Pollution -- Economic aspects.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aWoerd, Frans van der.
700	1		_aLevy, David.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBegg, Kathryn _tThe Business of Climate Change _dOxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2005 _z9781874719571
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1741747 _zClick to View
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