Can we afford the future? : the economics of a warming world /: the economics of a warming world. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Frank Ackerman.
• Other Names: Ackerman, Frank
• Contents: Acknowledgements; 1 The status quo is not an option; 2 Your grandchildren's lives are important; 3 We need to buy insurance for the planet; 4 Climate damages are too valuable to have prices; 5 Some costs are better than others; 6 Hot, it's not: climate economics according to Lomborg; 7 Much less wrong: the Stern Review versus its critics; 8 Climate, equity, and development; 9 What is to be done?; Notes; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Zed Books Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 151 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 333.7; Environmental economics; Climatic changes -- Economic aspects; NATURE -- Natural Resources; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business; Climatic changes -- Economic aspects; Environmental economics; Umweltschutzkosten; Umweltökonomie; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Klimaänderung; Klimaschutz; Klimaschutz; Klimaänderung; Umweltökonomie; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848133679; 1848133677; 9781848134973; 1848134975; 1282102788; 9781282102781; 9786612102783; 6612102780
• Related ISBNs: 9781848130371; 1848130376; 9781848130388; 1848130384
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-145) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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