Climate Change, Climate Science and Economics : Prospects for an Alternative Energy Future - van Kooten, G. Cornelis; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
1. Introduction -- 2. Weather and the Instrumental Record -- 3. Climate Science and Paleoclimatology -- 4. Emission Scenarios and Climate Modeling -- 5. Alternative Explanations -- 6. How Economists Measure Wellbeing: Social Cost-Benefit Analysis -- 7. Economic Assessment of the Damages Caused by Global Warming -- 8. Implementing Policy -- 9. Avoiding Emissions Reduction: Terrestrial Carbon Sinks -- 10. Economic Growth, Energy and Climate Change -- 11. Electricity Markets and Wind Energy -- 12. Climate Change Policy Encounters the Real World -- Index.
Keywords: Environment; Climate change; Environmental economics; Social policy; Economic geography; Atmospheric sciences; Environment, general; Climate Change Management and Policy; Environmental Economics; Social Policy; Economic Geography; Atmospheric Sciences