Greenhouse Emissions and Climate Change : Implications for Developing Countries and Public Policy

Greenhouse Emissions and Climate Change : Implications for Developing Countries and Public Policy

There is no longer any serious debate about whether greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are altering the earth's climate. There is also a broad consensus that efficient mitigation of emissions will require carbon pricing via market ba...

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Main Author:	Wheeler, David
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ABATEMENT ABATEMENT COSTS ABSORPTION ALLOCATION ALTERNATIVE POLICIES ANNUAL EMISSIONS ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS ARCTIC OCEAN ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE AUCTION AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS BIOMASS CAPITAL MARKETS CARBON CARBON ACCUMULATION CARBON CYCLE CARBON CYCLE MODEL CARBON CYCLE MODELS CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FERTILIZATION CARBON FIXATION CARBON MITIGATION CARBON PRICE CARBON PRICES CARBON RELEASE CARBON SOURCES CHANGES IN THE EARTH CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEM CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATE SCIENTISTS CLIMATE SYSTEM CO2 COAL COASTAL POPULATIONS COASTAL STORMS COLORS COMBUSTION COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CONCENTRATION PATHS CONVECTION CONVERGENCE COST ANALYSES COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST EFFECTIVENESS COST ESTIMATES COST FUNCTIONS CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DAMAGES DEEP OCEAN DEFORESTATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIFFUSION DISCOUNT RATE DROUGHT DYNAMICS OF GROWTH ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMISTS EFFICIENT REGULATION EMISSION EMISSIONS CONTROL EMISSIONS LIMITS EMISSIONS MITIGATION EMISSIONS PATHS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS TARGETS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SYSTEM ENERGY SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTS EVAPORATION EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL LOSSES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL TRANSFERS FISCAL POLICIES FLOODS FOREST FOSSIL ENERGY FOSSIL ENERGY SYSTEMS FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS FOSSIL FUEL RESOURCES FOSSIL FUELS GHG GLACIERS GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HISTORICAL EMISSIONS HURRICANE HURRICANES ICE AGE ICE CAPS ICE SHEETS IMPORTS INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS INSURANCE INSURANCE COVERAGE INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IPCC IRREVERSIBILITY LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LEVELS OF EMISSIONS LONG RUN COST MINES NATIONAL EMISSIONS OCEAN CARBON OCEANS PENALTIES PER CAPITA INCOME PLANT GROWTH POLAR ICE POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCHERS POLLUTANT EMISSION POLLUTANTS POLLUTERS POLLUTION POLLUTION CHARGES POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION REDUCTION POLLUTION REGULATION POPULATION GROWTH PORTFOLIO POWER GENERATION POWER PLANTS PRODUCERS PROPERTY RIGHTS RAINFALL REDUCTION OF POLLUTION REFLECTIVITY RELATIVE PRICE RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RENEWABLE RESOURCE RESOURCE CONSERVATION RESOURCE ECONOMICS RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS SEA LEVEL RISE SINK SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR POWER SOLAR RADIATION STORM SURGES STORMS STREAMS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TEMPERATURE TOTAL ENERGY DEMAND TOXIC POLLUTANTS TRADABLE PERMIT TRADABLE PERMITS TRADE SYSTEM TRADEOFFS TROPICAL CYCLONES TURBULENCE UNCERTAINTIES WASTE WASTE STREAM WIND WMO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/453131468147843398/Greenhouse-emissions-and-climate-change-implications-for-developing-countries-and-public-policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28024

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Summary:	There is no longer any serious debate about whether greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are altering the earth's climate. There is also a broad consensus that efficient mitigation of emissions will require carbon pricing via market based instruments (charges or auctioned tradable permits). The remaining controversies stem mostly from economic and technological forecasting uncertainties, disputes about global and intergenerational equity, and political divisions over collective measures to combat climate change. Near term closure seems unlikely on any of these fronts, but the science is now sufficiently compelling that a global consensus supports concerted action. Developing countries must be full participants, because they will be most heavily impacted by global warming, and because the scale of their emissions is rapidly approaching parity with developed countries.