The economics and politics of climate change / edited by Dieter Helm and Cameron Hepburn.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [478]-520) and index.

This volume brings together leading climate change policy experts to set out the economic analysis and the nature of the negotiations at Copenhagen. It looks at the costs and benefits of climate change and policy responses in relation to the diverse perspectives of the US, China, Europe, and Africa.--[book jacket]

pt.1. Revisiting the economics of climate change. Climate-change policy: Why has so little been achieved? / Dieter Helm -- The global deal on climate change / Cameron Hepburn and Nicholas Stern -- Climate treaties and the imperative of enforcement / Scott Barrett -- The implications of rapid development for emissions and climate-change mitigation / Ross Garnaut...[et al.] -- The behavioural economics of climate change / Kjell Arne Brekke and Olof Johansson-Stenman -- pt. 2. The global players and agreements. Climate change and Africa / Paul Collier, Gordon Conway, and Tony Venables -- China's balance of emissions embodied in trade: approaches to measurement and allocating international responsibility / Jiahua Pan, Jonathan Phillips, and Ying Chen -- India and climate-change mitigation / Vijay Joshi and Urjit R. Patel -- Addressing climate change with a comprehensive US cap-and trade system / Robert N. Stavins -- EU climate-change policy- a critique / Dieter Helm -- pt. 3. Low-carbon technologies. Nuclear power, climate change, and energy policy / Dieter Helm -- Carbon dioxide capture and storage / Howard Herzog -- Climate-change mitigation from renewable energy: its contribution and cost / Richard Green -- The national inventory approach for international forest-carbon sequestration management / Krister P. Andersson, Andrew J. Plantinga, and Kenneth R. Richards -- On the regulation of geoengineering / David G. Victor -- Improving energy efficiency: hidden costs and unintended consequences / Steve Sorrell -- pt. 4. National and international instruments. Carbon taxes, emissions trading, and hybrid schemes / Cameron Hepburn -- Docking into a global carbon market: Clean investment budgets to finance low-carbon economic development / Gernot Wagner...[et al.] -- International carbon finance and the clean development mechanism / Cameron Hepburn -- pt.5. Institutional architecture. The global climate-change regime: a defence / Joanna Depledge and Farhana Yamin -- Governing climate change: lessons from other governance regimes / Arunabha Ghosh and Ngaire Woods.