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This book provides a thorough grounding in the science and economics of climate policy issues and draws key lessons from the longer experiences of central banks in grappling with related challenges. Findings and controversies of climate history and the effects of human activities on climate are reviewed. The author describes similarities in risk management approaches for climate and monetary policy. Overall goals and frameworks for addressing climate change risks are assessed. Command-and-control and market-based options are compared (including performance standards, taxes and cap-and-trade). Market-based approaches sometimes require a choice between prices and quantities as policy instruments. However, the author discusses how techniques of central bank interest rate management can be adapted in a hybrid climate policy approach to achieve environmental goals while making carbon prices predictable and also ensuring well-functioning carbon markets. Key lessons are offered for improving existing and future national and international climate policy architectures.

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Book category Books in English Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning The environment Pollution & threats to the environment

• Full title: Climate Policy Foundations
• Subtitle: Science and Economics with Lessons from Monetary Regulation
• Author: William C. Whitesell
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 254
• EAN: 9781107002289
• ISBN: 1107002281
• ID: 02050415
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 47 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. January 2011

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