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Climate Change Collection: Economics

Climate Change Collection: Economics

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Updated: May 7, 2012, 11:42 am
Topics: Climate Change
This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Peter Saundry
 

General overview

  1. Economic activities depend on the climate system
  2. Changes in climate during the Industrial Era
  3. Overview of the impacts of climate change
  4. Overview of economic impacts
  5. Market impacts of climate change

Climate change and economic growth

  1. Climate change and the GDP
  2. Energy industry and climate change
  3. Valuation of climate changes

Economic regulation responses to climate change

  1. Carbon trading and carbon markets
    1. Europe
      1. European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)
    2. North America
      1. NAFTA as a forum for carbon dioxide permit trading
      2. Development of voluntary carbon markets in the United States
    3. South America
    4. Africa
    5. Asia
    6. Australia and Oceania
  2. Carbon tax

Material scarcity and climate change

  1. Impacts of climate change on water supply
  2. Impacts of climate change on agriculture
  3. Impacts of climate change on timber industry
  4. Impacts of climate change on industry

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Citation

Maggie Surface (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Climate Change Collection: Economics". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth January 28, 2010; Last revised Date May 7, 2012; Retrieved May 20, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Climate_Change_Collection:_Economics>

The Author

Maggie SurfaceMaggie Surface, originally from Nashville, TN, graduated in May of 2007 from Allegheny College with a double B.S. in physics and environmental studies. Her senior thesis at Allegheny focused on bringing solar energy to campus. She interned with American Rivers in the summer of 2006, helping plan River Lobby Day, and with the Meadville Area Local Growers and the Meadville Redevelopment Authority in the summer of 2005. Maggie served as the Earth Portal Program Coordinator for the National Counc ... (Full Bio)

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