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The Global greenhouse regime :

The Global greenhouse regime : who pays? : science, economics and North-South politics in the Climate Change Convention / edited by Peter Hayes and Kirk Smith - London : Tokyo ; New York : Earthscan Publications ; United Nations University Press, 1993. - xv, 382 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Online version:
Global greenhouse regime.
London : Earthscan Publications ; Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, 1993
(OCoLC)833034582

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Introduction / Peter Hayes --
The basics of greenhouse gas indices / Kirk R. Smith --
Assessing emissions: five approaches compared / Susan Subak --
Who Pays to Solve the Problem and how much? / Kirk R. Smith --
North-South carbon abatement costs / Peter Hayes --
North-South transfer / Peter Hayes --
Insuring against sea level rise / Michael Wilford --integrating ecology and economy in India / Jayant Sathaye --
Carbon abatement potential in West Africa / Ogunlade R. Davidson --
Abatement of carbon dioxide emissions in Brazil / Jose Moreira --
Thailand's demand side management initiative: a practical response to global warming / Peter du Pont --
Carbon abatement in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States / Stanislaw F. Kolar --
Greenhouse gas emission abatement in Australia / Hugh Saddler --
Constructing a global greenhouse regime / Peter Hayes. TOC

Summary:
This is a detailed evaluation of the ways in which the international community can reach agreement on the reduction of global greenhouse gases. It analyzes the manner in which costs can be allocated across the world and lists the necessary trade-offs which can be made.



1853831360 (Earthscan) 9280808362 (United Nations University Press) 9781853831362

93150565


Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Global warming.

QC912.3 / .G55 1993

363.73 / GLO 1993