Climate change mitigation, technological innovation and adaptation : a new perspective on climate policy
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Climate change mitigation, technological innovation and adaptation : a new perspective on climate policy
（Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) series on economics and the environment）
Edward Elgar, c2014
Available at 3 libraries
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Other editors: Carlo Carraro, Emanuele Massetti, Massimo Tavoni
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book presents provides a rigorous yet accessible treatment of the main topics in climate change policy using a large body of research generated using WITCH (World Induced Technical Change Hybrid), an innovative and path-breaking integrated assessment model.The authors give a particular emphasis to the analysis of technological change necessary to build low-carbon economies. The WITCH model can track all of the actions which impact the level of mitigation - such as R&D expenditures, investments in carbon-free technologies and adaptation, purchases of emission permits, or expenditures for carbon taxes - thus allowing for the evaluation of equilibrium responses stimulated by different climate policy tools. The chapters examine various questions to explore the future of climate change policy. Why is it so hard to achieve a global agreement that paves the way to widespread reductions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions? What are the technologies that would deliver clean energy without harming economic growth? And finally, how does uncertainty about future policies and future technologies affect choices in the present?
This innovative book will appeal to researchers, policy makers and academics interested in climate change policy.
Contributors: V. Bosetti, C. Carraro, E. De Cian, T. Longden, E. Massetti, L. Nicita, F. Sferra, A. Sgobbi, M. Tavoni
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. A Climate-Constrained World
Emanuele Massetti
2. Shifting the Boundary: The Role of Innovation
Lea Nicita
3. Getting to Yes
Alessandra Sgobbi
4. Coping with Uncertainty
Massimo Tavoni
5. Climate Policy and the Forestry Sector: The Role of Non-energy Emissions
Valentina Bosetti
6. Adaptation and Mitigation: What is the Optimal Balance?
Enrica De Cian
7. A Focus on the Latest Developments in the Modelling of Mitigation Options
Thomas Longden and Fabio Sferra
8. Conclusions
Emanuele Massetti and Massimo Tavoni
9. Complete List of Publications that Use WITCH
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"