The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty and Economics for a Warming World

Part I: The Genesis of Climate Change
1. First Encounters in the Climate Casino
2. A Tale of Two Lakes
3. The Economic Origins of Climate Change
4. Future Climate Change
5. Tipping Points in the Climate Casino

Part II: Impacts of Climate Change on Human and Other Living Systems
6. From Climate Change to Impacts
7. The Fate of Farming
8. The Impact on Human Health
9. Perils for the Oceans
10. Intensification of Hurricanes
11. Wildlife and Species Loss
12. Adding Up the Damages from Climate Change

Part III: Slowing Climate Change: Strategies and Costs
13. Dealing with Climate Change: Adaptation and Geoengineering
14. Slowing Climate Change by Reducing Emissions: Mitigation
15. The Costs of Slowing Climate Change
16. Discounting and the Value of Time

Part IV: Policies and Institutions for Slowing Climate Change
17. Historical Perspectives on Climate Policy
18. Climate Policy by Balancing Costs and Benefits
19. The Central Role of Carbon Prices
20. Climate-Change Policies at the National Level
21. From National to Harmonized International Policies
22. Second Best And Beyond
23. New Technologies for a Low-Carbon Economy

Part V: Climate Politics
24. Climate Science and Its Critics
25. Public Opinion on Climate Change
26. Obstacles to Climate-Change Policies