Coping with the Climate Crisis: Mitigation Policies and Global Coordination

Arezki, Rabah

ISBN 10: 0231187564 / ISBN 13: 9780231187565

Published by Columbia University Press, 2018

2018. Hardcover. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780231187565

Synopsis:

Reducing carbon emissions is the most complex political and economic problem humanity has ever confronted. Coping with the Climate Crisis brings together leading experts from academia and policy circles to explore issues related to the implementation of the COP21 Paris Agreement and the challenges of accelerating the transition toward sustainable development.

The book synthesizes the key insights that emerge from the latest research in climate-change economics in an accessible and useful guide for policy makers and researchers. Contributors consider a wide range of issues, including the economic implications and realities of shifting away from fossil fuels, the role of financial markets in incentivizing development and construction of sustainable infrastructure, the challenges of evaluating the well-being of future generations, the risk associated with uncertainty surrounding the pace of climate change, and how to make climate agreements enforceable. They demonstrate the need for a carbon tax, considering the issues of efficiently pricing carbon as well as the role of supply-side policies on fossil fuels. Through a range of perspectives from academic economists and practitioners in the public and private sectors who work either at the country level or under the auspices of multilateral organizations, Coping with the Climate Crisis outlines what it will take to achieve a viable, global climate-stabilization path.

About the Authors: Rabah Arezki is the Chief Economist of the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa Region and a Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He has published widely in academic journals including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Economic Journal, the European Economic Review, and the Journal of International Economics.

Patrick Bolton is the David Zalaznick Professor of Business at Columbia Business School. He is the co-author of Contract Theory (MIT Press, 2005) and the co-editor of Credit Markets for the Poor (Russell Sage Foundation, 2005).

Karim El Aynaoui is Managing Director of OCP Policy Center, a think tank based in Rabat, Morocco. He has published papers, books and articles in scientific journals on macroeconomic issues in developing countries.

Maurice Obstfeld is Class of 1958 Professor of Economics at University of California, Berkeley and Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund. His work has appeared in International Economic Journal, Journal of International Money and Finance, and elsewhere.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Coping with the Climate Crisis: Mitigation ...
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New