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Responding to Global Warming
Peter Read
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Description for Responding to Global Warming
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, charts, tables, notes, index. BIC Classification: JP; KNB; RBP; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 354. Very good copy with light shelf wear
With the Framework Convention on Climate Change, action to prevent possible global warming is on the agenda. But the obtacles appear daunting. Peter Read argues that the problem can be tackled, however, at a much more affordable cost than commonly realized, and in ways likely both to provide incentives to energy corporations and to improve the development prospects of many countries in the South. The key lies in a multi-disciplinary policy perspective that integrates engineering, economics and decision theory. The author's highly innovative argument proposes a novel Tradeable Absorption Obligation to wean energy corporations onto sustainable fuel coupled with ... Read more
With the Framework Convention on Climate Change, action to prevent possible global warming is on the agenda. But the obtacles appear daunting. Peter Read argues that the problem can be tackled, however, at a much more affordable cost than commonly realized, and in ways likely both to provide incentives to energy corporations and to improve the development prospects of many countries in the South. The key lies in a multi-disciplinary policy perspective that integrates engineering, economics and decision theory. The author's highly innovative argument proposes a novel Tradeable Absorption Obligation to wean energy corporations onto sustainable fuel coupled with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Zed Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781856491624
SKU
KCW0012254
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Peter Read
Dr. Peter Read is a Cambridge and LSE-educated engineer and economist who now specialises in energy economics at Massey University, New Zealand.
Reviews for Responding to Global Warming
'This imaginative and challenging book points towards a key strategy in global efforts to limit global warming - one which links energy and forestry, North and South. It should be read closely by anyone concerned with how the world can start to address the challenge of climate change.' Michael Grubb, author of The Greenhouse Effect: Negotiating Targets 'Although Peter ... Read more