Firms, Governments and Climate Policy

Incentive-based Policies for Long-term Climate Change

ESRI Studies Series on the Environment

编辑卡洛•Carraro总统,European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) and President Emeritus, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy and Christian Egenhofer, Senior Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, Belgium and Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee, UK

This book analyses the policy mixes that provide the best possible incentives for firms and governments to act on climate change and sign up to international climate agreements. In doing so, the authors address a multitude of related issues including the linkages between flexible mechanisms and voluntary agreements; regulation and taxation; the opportunities and barriers of the Kyoto Protocol for industry; and the incentives for firms to undertake climate-related R&D and investments. As well as illustrating the environmental benefits and cost-effectiveness of alternative policy mixes in reducing GHG emissions, the authors also offer sensible policy prescriptions for increasing the numbers of countries that ratify and implement climate agreements.

‘Climate change policies will likely grow in importance and complexity in the near future. This book is a solid attempt to improve our ability to make the right choices if more action has to be taken on climate change.’
– Matti Liski, Journal of Economic Literature