Gauging economic consensus on climate change
The authors conducted a large-sample global survey on climate economics, which we sent to all economists who have published climate-related research in the field’s highest-ranked academic journals; 738
Climate Economics
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Green economy can create millions of jobs, says ILO report
Aarti Dhar Report warns that many of new jobs can be
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Carbon capture and storage: assessing the economics
McKinsey has worked with leading institutions over the last 3 years to develop an understanding of the costs and potential of the options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at both a global and regional level. This report takes a deeper look at one of these options, CO2 capture and storage (CCS).
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The contribution of Chinese exports to climate change
A new study by Chris Weber et al. estimates that up to a third of China's CO2 emissions are embodied in exports. The emissions calculations include both combustion of fuels and industrial processes in the supply chain to produce Chinese exports. 27% of China's export emissions are attributed to the U.S., 19% to the EU-27, 14% to the remaining Annex B countries, and 40% to the non-annex B developing world. Improvements to China's inefficient and coal-based electricity system would be good for everybody.
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Polluting power cos may pay carbon tax
Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE energy coordination committee headed by prime minister Manmohan Singh has suggested imposition of a carbon tax on polluting power stations. The proposal would club India with a select group of countries that tax carbon emissions directly and boost the renewable energy initiative.
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What we don't say (Editorial)
Yoginder K. AlaghPosted How India's participation at WTO and G8 is hampered by lack of vision
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PM opposes emission quota for developing world, puts onus on G8
Toyako: Opposing any move to impose quantitative restrictions for greenhouse emissions on developing countries, India on Wednesday asked the industrialised world not to use climate change to introduce conditionalities or "protectionism' that will hinder their efforts to meet the already complex development challenges.
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G8 patches up climate deal, others say miles to go
TOYAKO, Group of Eight leaders patched together a deal to fight climate change at a summit that wound up on Wednesday, but failed to convince big emerging economies that rich countries were doing enough. Climate change was the most contentious topic at this year's G8 summit in Japan, which also tackled geopolitical problems from the crisis in Zimbabwe to worsening security in Afghanistan as well as soaring food and oil prices and poverty in Africa.
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Climate change and economic growth: evidence from the last half century
This paper uses annual variation in temperature and precipitation over the past 50 years to examine the impact of climatic changes on economic activity throughout the world. It find three primary results. First, higher temperatures substantially reduce economic growth in poor countries but have little effect in rich countries.
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The economic costs of a market-based climate policy
Effort to develop a mandatory climate policy is accelerating and it seems likely that a national market-based strategy for dealing with climate change is on the near term horizon.
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Garnaut climate change review: draft report
The Garnaut Climate Change Review was required to examine the impacts of climate change on the Australian economy, and to recommend medium- to long-term policies and policy frameworks to improve the prospects of sustainable prosperity. This draft report describes the methodology that the Review is applying to the: evaluation of the costs and benefits of climate change mitigation; application of the science of climate change to Australia; international context of Australian mitigation, and Australian mitigation policy.