Climate Change - 9781138619098

Taylor & Francis

Within this volume the contributors have included a wide range of journal essays that consider the impact of climate change on specific sectors; goods and services; the costs and benefits of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation; and policy design for mitigation, including both domestic instruments and issues related to international agreements. > Over the years, a large and growing literature on the economics of climate change has developed. Within this volume the contributors have included a wide range of journal essays that consider the impact of climate change on specific sectors; goods and services; the costs and benefits of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation; and policy design for mitigation, including both domestic instruments and issues related to international agreements. > Contents: Part I Climate Change and its Impacts: The science of global warming, John Houghton; Valuing the impact of large-scale ecological change in a market: the effect of climate change on US timber, Bren.