Geoff Bertram Simon Terry (2 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. 223 pages. cover shelf wornFacing the threat of climate change, the world community has to meet a major cha llenge: how to limit global emissions at the least possible cost to the welfare of this and future generations. But actual policy implementation throughout the OECD has been slowed by entrenched opposition from emission-intensive sectors of the economy - reducing emissions produces losers as well as winners, and hard c hoices have to be made. This book charts New Zealand climate-change policy since 1990, focusing on the interface between technical effectiveness and political s ustainability. The message is optimistic: New Zealand can make the changes requi red by Kyoto, at acceptable cost, if political leadership is exercised firmly an d impartially.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 224 pages. 2 booksellers stamp otherwise tidy copyFacing the threat of climate change, the world community has to meet a major cha llenge: how to limit global emissions at the least possible cost to the welfare of this and future generations. But actual policy implementation throughout the OECD has been slowed by entrenched opposition from emission-intensive sectors of the economy - reducing emissions produces losers as well as winners, and hard c hoices have to be made. This book charts New Zealand climate-change policy since 1990, focusing on the interface between technical effectiveness and political s ustainability. The message is optimistic: New Zealand can make the changes requi red by Kyoto, at acceptable cost, if political leadership is exercised firmly an d impartially.…