Economic aspects of adaptation to climate change costs, benefits and policy instruments

Climate change poses a serious challenge to social and economic development. This report provides a critical assessment of adaptation costs and benefits in key climate sensitive sectors, as well as at national and global levels. It also moves the discussion beyond cost estimation to the potential an...

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Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autor Corporativo: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-)
Otros Autores: Agrawala, Shardul, 1970- (-), Fankhauser, Samuel
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD 2008.
Colección:Indicators of Industrial Activity
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Sumario:Climate change poses a serious challenge to social and economic development. This report provides a critical assessment of adaptation costs and benefits in key climate sensitive sectors, as well as at national and global levels. It also moves the discussion beyond cost estimation to the potential and limits of economic and policy instruments - including insurance and risk sharing, environmental markets and pricing, and public private partnerships - that can be used to motivate adaptation actions.
Notas:Also available in French under the title: Aspects economiques de l'adaptation au changement climatique.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (138 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781281719997
9786611719999
9789264046214