Coping with the Climate Crisis : : Mitigation Policies and Global Coordination / / ed. by Patrick Bolton, Rabah Arezki, Karim El Aynaoui, Maurice Obstfeld.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• MitwirkendeR: Arezki, Rabah,; Baraka, Nizar,; Benoit, Philippe,; Boissinot, Jean,; Bolton, Patrick,; Chakravorty, Ujjayant,; Déau, Thierry,; El Aynaoui, Karim,; Fischer, Carolyn,; Gollier, Christian,; Harstad, Bård,; Hubert, And Marie-Helene,; Loch-Temzelides, Ted,; Obstfeld, Maurice,; Parry, Ian,; Samama, Frédéric,; Schubert, Katheline,; Touati, Julien,; Van Der Ploeg, Rick,; Weitzman, Martin L.,
• HerausgeberIn: Arezki, Rabah,; Bolton, Patrick,; El Aynaoui, Karim,; Obstfeld, Maurice,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 30 figures

Reducing carbon emissions is the most complex political and economic problem humanity has ever confronted. Coping with the Climate Crisis brings together leading experts from academia and policy circles to explore issues related to the implementation of the COP21 Paris Agreement and the challenges of accelerating the transition toward sustainable development.The book synthesizes the key insights that emerge from the latest research in climate-change economics in an accessible and useful guide for policy makers and researchers. Contributors consider a wide range of issues, including the economic implications and realities of shifting away from fossil fuels, the role of financial markets in incentivizing development and construction of sustainable infrastructure, the challenges of evaluating the well-being of future generations, the risk associated with uncertainty surrounding the pace of climate change, and how to make climate agreements enforceable. They demonstrate the need for a carbon tax, considering the issues of efficiently pricing carbon as well as the role of supply-side policies on fossil fuels. Through a range of perspectives from academic economists and practitioners in the public and private sectors who work either at the country level or under the auspices of multilateral organizations, Coping with the Climate Crisis outlines what it will take to achieve a viable, global climate-stabilization path.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: The Energy Transition and Its Consequences -- CHAPTER ONE. Reducing Energy Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Meet Our Climate Goals: An Overview -- CHAPTER TWO. Transitional Risks and the Safe Carbon Budget Rick van der Ploeg -- PART TWO: Carbon Pricing and Dealing with Uncertainty -- CHAPTER THREE. Fighting Climate Change and the Social Cost of Carbon -- CHAPTER FOUR. How Should Countries Price Fossil Fuels? -- CHAPTER FIVE. Should Carbon Pricing Be Different Across Countries? -- CHAPTER SIX. Needed: Robustness in Climate Economics -- PART THREE: Implementing Climate Agreements -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Improving Paris: Credibility, Technology, and Conservation -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Can a Uniform Carbon-Price Commitment Help to Resolve the Global Warming Problem? -- CHAPTER NINE. Addressing Climate Change: Does the IMF Have a Role? -- CHAPTER TEN. Post-Paris Clean Energy Options for China -- PART FOUR: Finance and Sustainable Infrastructure -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Financing Sustainable Infrastructure -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Climate Change: A Policy-Making Case Study of Capital Markets' Mobilization for Public Good -- Contributors -- Index