Many approaches to climate change policy

Climate change policy failures: why conventional mitigation approaches cannot succeed.

Sequential climate change policy

Successfully managing global climate change will require a process of sequential, or iterative, decision-making, whereby policies and other decisions are revised repeatedly over multiple decades in response to changes in scientific knowledge, technological capabilities, or other conditions. Sequential decisions are required by the combined presence of long lags and uncertainty in climate and en...

International Approaches to Global Climate Change Richard

International Approaches to Global Climate Change

Climate Change Policy: Recommendations to Reach Consensus

1 INTRODUCTION As the fi nancial crisis continues to take its toll on the global economy, another serious challenge looms large: preventing the planet from warming more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Policymakers are now faced with the daunting task of stimulating growth without using carbon-intensive practices and stabilizing the climate without dampening economic recovery. If the fi nancial cri...