The Oxford Handbook of the Macroeconomics of Global Warming (Oxford Handbooks)

Dialogue on global warming has progressed from the Kyoto Protocol to meetings in Copenhagen and Cancun and will soon resume in meetings in South Africa. Some observers consider the Copenhagen conference a failure. EU representatives, in contrast, present an optimistic evaluation of achieving a global temperature rise limit of not more than 2°C by 2100. Geoscience researchers and lead investigators of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have supported CO2 emission reduction pledges and contend that we can achieve the 2°C limit through international coordination. This position conflicts with evaluations of United States Congressional and Presidential advisors, who do not believe the Copenhagen CO2 reduction commitments can hold the global warming increase to below 2°C and who have not supported the agreement. Developing countries are alarmed, because climate change is expected to hit them hardest. The developed world will use energy to mitigate global warming effects, but developing countries are more exposed by geography and poverty to the most dangerous consequences of a global temperature rise. The Oxford Handbook of the Macroeconomics of Global Warming analyzes the macroeconomics of global warming, especially the economics of possible preventative measures, various policy changes, and potential effects of climate change on developing and developed nations. "The first World Climate Conference, which was sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization in Genève in 1979, triggered an international dialogue on global warming. From the 1997 United Nations-sponsored conference-during which the Kyoto Protocol was signed-through meetings in Copenhagen, Cancún, Durban, and most recently Doha (2012) and Warsaw (2013), worldwide attention to the issue of global warming and its impact on the world's economy has rapidly increased in intensity. The consensus of these debates and discussions, however, is less than clear. Optimistically, many geoscience researchers and members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have supported CO2 emission reduction pledges while maintaining that a 2°C limit in increased temperature by the year 2100 is achievable through international coordination. Other observers postulate that established CO2 reduction commitments such as those agreed to at the Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference (2009) are insufficient and cannot hold the global warming increase below 2°C. As experts theorize on precisely what impact global warming will have, developing nations have become particularly alarmed. The developed world will use energy to mitigate global warming effects, but developing countries are more exposed by geography and poverty to the most dangerous consequences of a global temperature rise and lack the economic means to adapt. The complex dynamics that result from this confluence of science and geopolitics gives rise to even more complicated issues for economists, financial planners, business leaders, and policy-makers. -- The Oxford Handbook of the Macroeconomics of Global Warming analyzes the economic impact of issues related to and resulting from global warming, specifically the implications of possible preventative measures, various policy changes, and adaptation efforts as well as the different consequences climate change will have on both developing and developed nations. This multi-disciplinary approach, which touches on issues of growth, employment, and development, elucidates for readers state-of-the-art research on the complex and far-reaching problem of global warming."--Rabat de la jaquette The first World Climate Conference, which was sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization in Genève in 1979, triggered an international dialogue on global warming. From the 1997 United Nations-sponsored conference-during which the Kyoto Protocol was signed-through meetings in Copenhagen, Cancún, Durban, and most recently Doha (2012) and Warsaw (2013), worldwide attention to the issue of global warming and its impact on the world's economy has rapidly increased in intensity. The consensus of these debates and discussions, however, is less than clear. Optimistically, many geoscience researchers and members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have supported CO2 emission reduction pledges while maintaining that a 2°C limit in increased temperature by the year 2100 is achievable through international coordination. Other observers postulate that established CO2 reduction commitments such as those agreed to at the Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference (2009) are insufficient and cannot hold the global warming increase below 2°C. As experts theorize on precisely what impact global warming will have, developing nations have become particularly alarmed. The developed world will use energy to mitigate global warming effects, but developing countries are more exposed by geography and poverty to the most dangerous consequences of a global temperature rise and lack the economic means to adapt. The complex dynamics that result from this confluence of science and geopolitics gives rise to even more complicated issues for economists, financial planners, business leaders, and policy-makers. The Oxford Handbook of the Macroeconomics of Global Warming analyzes the economic impact of issues related to and resulting from global warming, specifically the implications of possible preventative measures, various policy changes, and adaptation efforts as well as the different consequences climate change will have on both developing and developed nations. This multi-disciplinary approach, which touches on issues of growth, employment, and development, elucidates for readers state-of-the-art research on the complex and far-reaching problem of global warming.-- Provided by Publisher Cover Half Title Series Page The Oxford Handbook of the macroeconomics of Global Warning Copyright Contents List of Contributors 1. The Macroeconomics Global Warming PART I GROWTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE 2. Improving Climate Projections to Better Inform Climate Risk 3. Energy Balance Climate Models, Damage Reservoirs, and the Time 4. Economics of Environmental Regime Shifts 5. Policy Scenarios in a Model of Optimal Economic Growth and 6. AdaptiveModel-Predictive Climate Policies in a Multicountry PART II MITIGATION POLICYMODELING 7. Prospects of Tools from Differential Games in the Study of Macroeconomics of Climate Change 8. Fairness in Climate Negotiations: a Meta-Game Analysis Based 9. Climate Change and Second-best Abatement in a Multiregion 10. GlobalWarming and R&D-based Growth in a Trade 11. Climate Change and IntergenerationalWell-being 12. The Atmosphere as a Global Commons: Challenges for 13. The Social Cost of Carbon PART III TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY POLICIES 14. Climate-Friendly Technological Change for Developing Countries 15. Renewable Energy: Models, Implications, and Prospects 16. Emission Trading Systems and Technological Innovation 17. The Reality of Nuclear Power: The Fukushima Experience and Its PART IV ECONOMIC EFFECTS OFMITIGATION AND 18. Forecast-Based Pricing ofWeather Derivatives 19. Employment and Output Effects of Climate Policies 20. Macroeconomic Effects of Renewable Energy and Energy PART V INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 21. Stabilization of Earth’s Climate in the 21st Century 22. Does the Kyoto Protocol Intensify Carbon Leakage to China? 23. Climate Thresholds,Weather Extremes, and Catastrophic Losses 24. Climate Impacts on Agriculture: A Challenge to Complacency? PART VI DIRECTIONS INMITIGATION POLICY DESIGN 25. The Legal Framework of Global Environment Governance 26. Environment and Development Challenges: The Imperative 27. The Need for Sustainable Development and a Carbon Market: Name Index Subject Index