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Getting warmer - a special report on climate change and the carbon economy

Author
various authors
Date
2009
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-083494)
Publisher | Place of publication
The Economist | London, United Kingdom
ISSN
0013-0613
Pages
26 p.
Document type
Article in periodical
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Air & atmosphere
Keyword
Economy and environment Climate change
Abstract

Is it worth it? What economists have to say abaout mititgating climate change, p.6/ The green slump - Why investrors have benn deserting clean energy, p.10/ Good policy, and bad - some mitigation policies are effective, some are efficient, and some are neither p. 12/ Vamires on a diet - How a boring gadget saved $2billion-worth of electricity, p. 13/Cap and tirade - America struggles with climate-change legislation, p. 15/ Who cares? Don't count on public opinion to support mitigation, p.16/ A long game - China sees opportunities as well as dangers in climate change, p.18/Closing the gaps - How the world divides on a global deal, p. 20/ What needs to change - The prospects are gloomy, but they can be made brighter, p.24/ Unpacking the problem - The attractions of a piecemeal approach to global warming, p. 24