Climate Change Policy: A Survey

581 Pages·2002·4.403 MB·English

by  Stephen H. Schneider, Armin Rosencranz, John O. Niles

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CLIMATE
CHANGE
POLICY

CLIMATE
CHANGE
POLICY
A S U R V E Y
Edited by
Stephen H. Schneider
Armin Rosencranz
John O. Niles
Washington • Covelo • London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Climate change policy : a survey / edited by Stephen H. Schneider, Armin Rosencranz,
John O. Niles.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-55963-880-X (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-55963-881-8 (pbk. : alk.
paper)
1. Climatic changes—Government policy. I. Schneider, Stephen Henry. II. Rosencranz,
Armin. III. Niles, John O.
QC981.8.C5 C511416 2002
363.738'745--dc21 2002005344
British Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available.
Printed on recycled, acid-free paper
Manufactured in the United States of America
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
PART I. Science and Impacts
Chapter 1. Understanding Climate Science 3
RICHARD WOLFSON AND STEPHEN H. SCHNEIDER
Chapter 2. Uncertainty and Climate Change
Policy 53
STEPHEN H. SCHNEIDER AND KRISTIN KUNTZ-DURISETI
Chapter 3. Regional Impact Assessments: A Case
Study of California 89
ELEANOR G. TURMAN
PART II. Economic Analysis
Chapter 4. International Approaches to Reducing
Greenhouse Gas Emissions 115
LAWRENCE H. GOULDER AND BRIAN M. NADREAU
Chapter 5. Designing Global Climate
Regulation 151
JONATHAN BAERT WIENER
vii
viii Contents
Chapter 6. Carbon Abatement with Economic
Growth: A National Strategy 189
STEPHEN BERNOW, ALISON BAILIE, WILLIAM DOUGHERTY,
SIVAN KARTHA, AND MICHAEL LAZARUS
PART III. Policy Context
Chapter 7. U.S. Climate Change Policy 221
ARMIN ROSENCRANZ
Chapter 8. The Climate Policy Debate in the U.S.
Congress 235
KAI S. ANDERSON
Chapter 9. Population and Climate Change
Policy 251
FREDERICK A. B. MEYERSON
Chapter 10. Global Climate Change: A Business
Perspective 275
THOMAS G. BURNS
Chapter 11. Activities Implemented Jointly 293
REIMUND SCHWARZE
PART IV. Forests and Agriculture
Chapter 12. Climate Change and Agriculture:
Mitigation Options and Potential 307
HOLLY L. PEARSON
Chapter 13. Tropical Forests and Climate
Change 337
JOHN O. NILES
PART V. Development and Equity
Chapter 14. A Southern Perspective on Curbing
Global Climate Change 375
ANIL AGARWAL
Contents ix
Chapter 15. Equity, Greenhouse Gas Emissions,
and Global Common Resources 393
PAUL BAER
PART VI. Energy Choices
Chapter 16. Renewable Energy Sources as a
Response to Global Climate
Concerns 411
JOHN J. BERGER
Chapter 17. Fuel Cells, Carbon Sequestration,
Infrastructure, and the Transition to a
Hydrogen Economy 447
MICHAEL B. CUMMINGS
Chapter 18. Energy R&D and Innovation:
Challenges and Opportunities 469
ROBERT M. MARGOLIS AND DANIEL M. KAMMEN
Chapter 19. Business Capitalizing on Energy
Transition Opportunities 495
ORIE L. LOUCKS
Chapter 20. Earth Systems: Engineering and
Management 509
STEPHEN H. SCHNEIDER
Appendix A. Climate Negotiation History 523
LEONIE HAIMSON
Appendix B. “Hot Air” and “Hot Air” Policies 531
REIMUND SCHWARZE
Glossary 537
About the Contributors 541
Index 547