TY - BOOK AU - Nordhaus, William TI - The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty and Economics for a Warming World SN - 9780300212648 U1 - 363.73874 PY - 2013/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Climatic Changes KW - Environmental Policy N1 - 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 ER -