The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation

Policies and Options for Global Action beyond 2012

Against the background of a projected doubling of world greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, this book explores feasible ways to abate them at least cost. Through quantitative analysis, it addresses key climate policy issues including: an ideal set of climate policy tools; the size of the economic and environmental costs of incomplete country or sector coverage of climate change mitigation policies;  how to concretely develop a global carbon market; the case for, and what can we reasonably expect from, R&D and technology support policies; and  the incentives for major emitting countries to join a climate change mitigation agreement.

18 sept. 2009 302 pages Anglais Egalement disponible en : Français

https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264073616-en 9789264073616 (PDF)

Auteur(s) : OCDE