Pub Date : 2020-06-26DOI: 10.4337/9780857939067.00005
G. Chichilnisky, Armon Rezai
This Handbook comes to light at a time when economic sciences start to recognize the inevitable emergence of climate change as the defining topic of our time. Economic thinking is evolving in front of our eyes, calling for reflection and reconsideration. The chapters contain ideas and policies to support and accelerate the change. We now know that climate change embodies and forecasts the future of human civilization and therefore its economic organization. It is the purpose of the Handbook to contribute to the transformation of economics in the midst of this momentous evolution. The importance of climate change in economics should be no surprise. It is natural and to be expected because, as the traditional definition goes, economics is about the production, use, and distribution of resources, a definition that was famously proposed by T. Koopmans in the middle of the 20th century. Resources are at the core of economics, this much is clear. What is perhaps less clear is the transformation that has occurred in our perception of resources. Now, for the first time, we have 7.3 billion humans who have come to dominate the planet creating a new geological period that has replaced the Holocene and which geologists now call the Anthropocene. Only now that we dominate the geology of the planet have we come to recognize that the most important resources for human societies are the atmosphere of the planet, its bodies of waters and its biodiversity, namely the global environment. The definition of economics proposed by T. Koopmans has not changed: it is our understanding of resources that has fundamentally changed. To achieve its goal the book is divided into three sections that cover critical new areas and ideas about economics and climate change: The political economy of climate change and climate policy, integrated assessment modelling, and climate change and sustainability. For the convenience of the reader and using abstracts provided by the authors, the content is summarized in the following.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-26DOI: 10.4337/9780857939067.00021
L. Taylor, D. Foley
A growth model incorporating dynamics of capital per capita, atmospheric CO 2 concentration, and labor and energy productivity is described. In the “medium run” output and employment are determined by effective demand in contrast to most models of climate change. In a “long run” of several centuries the model converges to a stationary state with zero net emissions of CO 2 . Properties of dismal and non-dismal stationary states are explored, with a latter requiring a relatively high level of investment in mitigation of emissions. Without such investment under “business as usual” output dynamics are strongly cyclical in numerical simulations. There is strong output growth for about eight decades, then a climate crisis, and output crash.
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Pub Date : 2006-05-01DOI: 10.4337/9780857939067.00012
R. Tol
In the middle of the 1990s, integrated assessment went through a period of introspection (Dowlatabadi, 1995; Grubb, 1993; Henderson-Sellers, 1996; Kolstad, 1998; Morgan and Dowlatabadi, 1996; Parson, 1995, 1996; Risbey et al., 1996; Rotmans and van Asselt, 1996; Rotmans, 1998; Rotmans and Dowlatabadi, 1998; Schneider, 1997; Shackley et al., 1998a,b; Thompson, 1997; Tol and Vellinga, 1998; Toth and Hizsnyik, 1998; Weyant et al., 1996). Around 1995, very different types of models had emerged – all under the label of integrated assessment modelling – and a new breed of integrated assessment – now known as participatory integrated assessment – challenged the models. The IA community was split into two, perhaps three or four camps: policy simulation modellers (Alcamo and Kreileman, 1996; Morita et al., 1994; Rotmans et al., 1990) were pitted against policy optimisation modellers (Carraro and Galeotti, 1996; Maddison, 1995; Manne et al., 1995; Nordhaus, 1994; Peck and Teisberg, 1992, Richels and Edmonds, 1995; Tol, 1997; Wigley et al., 1996), with a few uncertainty modellers claiming that both had it wrong (Dowlatabadi and Morgan, 1993; Plambeck et al., 1997; van Asselt et al., 1996; Yohe and Wallace, 1996), and those advocating participatory integrated assessment methods arguing for a much reduced role of models in policy advice, and for a drastic overhaul of the models as well (Bailey, 1997; Bailey et al., 1996; Cohen 1997; C. Jaeger, 1998; J. Jaeger, 1998; Munda, 1996; Parson, 1997). Fundamental questions were asked, such as what is integrated assessment, and what is it good for? The European Forum on Integrated Environmental Assessment was one of the results of this process of introspection, as integrated assessors realised that, however great the differences, they have more in common with each other than with disciplinary researchers.
20世纪90年代中期，综合评估经历了一段自省时期(Dowlatabadi, 1995;Grubb, 1993;Henderson-Sellers, 1996;Kolstad, 1998;Morgan and Dowlatabadi, 1996;帕森，1995,1996;Risbey et al.， 1996;Rotmans and van Asselt, 1996;罗特曼,1998;Rotmans and Dowlatabadi, 1998;施耐德,1997;Shackley et al.， 1998a,b;汤普森,1997;Tol and Vellinga, 1998;Toth and Hizsnyik, 1998;Weyant et al.， 1996)。1995年前后，出现了非常不同类型的模型- -所有这些模型都被称为综合评价模型- -一种新的综合评价- -现在被称为参与性综合评价- -对这些模型提出了挑战。IA社区被分成两个，也许是三到四个阵营:政策模拟建模者(Alcamo和Kreileman, 1996;Morita et al.， 1994;Rotmans等人，1990)与政策优化建模者(Carraro和Galeotti, 1996;麦迪森,1995;Manne et al.， 1995;斯,1994;Peck and Teisberg, 1992; ricels and Edmonds, 1995;托尔,1997;Wigley et al.， 1996)，少数不确定性建模者声称两者都错了(Dowlatabadi和Morgan, 1993;Plambeck et al.， 1997;van Asselt et al.， 1996;Yohe和Wallace, 1996)，而那些倡导参与式综合评估方法的人则主张大大减少模型在政策建议中的作用，并对模型进行彻底改革(Bailey, 1997;Bailey et al.， 1996;科恩1997;C. Jaeger, 1998;J. Jaeger, 1998;蒙达语,1996;牧师,1997)。他们提出了一些基本的问题，比如什么是综合评估，它有什么好处?欧洲综合环境评估论坛是这一反思过程的结果之一，因为综合评估人员意识到，无论差异有多大，他们彼此之间的共同点比与学科研究人员的共同点更多。
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Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.4337/9780857939067.00006
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Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.4337/9780857939067.00019
Description The seminar's goal is to motivate and enable students to take substantial steps toward a more sustainable world. It provides them with the tools they need to make a difference. Throughout the seminar, students will investigate the major environmental and climate change challenges confronting Jordanian communities. Water scarcity, sustainable energy production, food security, and the impact of refugees on natural resources will be among the topics addressed. The seminar takes a multifaceted approach, incorporating informative lectures, site visits to rural areas where communities and refugees live, and engaging discussions that will prepare students for their future internships. Additionally, the seminar places emphasis on the role of international relations in facilitating coordination and collaboration among countries, particularly in addressing issues such as water scarcity and hydro-politics involving Jordan, Syria, the West Bank, and Israel.
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