ISBN:
9781783470273
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (392 S.)
Series Statement:
Elgaronline
Series Statement:
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Distributional aspects of energy and climate policies
DDC:
363.7387456
Keywords:
Klimaschutz
;
Klimawandel
;
Energiepolitik
;
Verteilungswirkung
;
Generationengerechtigkeit
;
Climatic changes Government policy
;
Climatic changes Economic aspects
;
Carbon dioxide mitigation Government policy
;
Carbon dioxide mitigation Economic aspects
;
Energy policy
;
Energy policy Economic aspects
;
Electronic books
;
Climatic changes
;
Government policy
;
Climatic changes
;
Economic aspects
;
Carbon dioxide mitigation
;
Government policy
;
Carbon dioxide mitigation
;
Economic aspects
;
Energy policy
;
Energy policy
;
Economic aspects
;
Klimaschutz
;
Energiepolitik
;
Klimaänderung
;
Kohlendioxidemission
Abstract:
Governments around the globe have begun to implement various actions to limit carbon emissions and so, combat climate change. This book brings together some of the leading scholars in environmental and climate economics to examine the distributional consequences of policies that are designed to reduce these carbon emissions.Whether through a carbon tax, cap-and-trade system or other mechanisms, most proposals to reduce carbon emissions include some kind of carbon pricing system shifting the costs of emissions onto polluters and providing an incentive to find the least costly methods of abatement. This standard efficiency justification for pricing carbon also has important distributional consequences a problem that is often ignored by economists while being a major focus of attention in the political arena. Leading scholars in environmental and climate economics take up these issues to examine such questions as: Will the costs fall on current or future generations? Will they fall on the rich, poor, middle class, or on everyone proportionally? Which countries will benefit, and which will suffer? Students and scholars interested in climate change, along with policy makers, will find this lively volume an invaluable addition to the quest for information on this globally important issue.
DOI:
10.4337/9781783470273
URL:
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