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Informationen zum Autor William C. Whitesell is Director of Policy Research in Washington! DC. From 1987 to 2006 he served on the staff of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board! where he held management responsibilities for staff work on the formulation and implementation of monetary policy! including market analysis and the monetary regulation of banks. He conducted independent climate economics research from 2006 to 2007. Dr Whitesell has also held positions as a financial analyst at the World Bank and as a development finance specialist at the Banque Arabe et Internationale d'Investissement! in addition to proprietary consulting. Earlier he taught economics at New York University and Virginia Tech. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in economics from New York University. Klappentext Whitesell discusses the efforts of scientists to understand earth's climate history and possible risk management policies. Zusammenfassung This book discusses the efforts of scientists to understand earth's climate history and the effects that rising levels of greenhouse gases could have on the future of the planet's climate. It explains the economic consequences of various climate policy options and draws important lessons from the experiences of central banks. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Earth's Climate History and Outlook: 1. Salient events of climate history; 2. Human and climate interactions; 3. Greenhouse gases; 4. Emitting economic sectors; 5. Forecasts of GHG emissions and global temperatures; 6. Potential impacts of climate change; Part II. Climate Policy Choices: 7. Climate policy goals; 8. Policy mandates and market-based approaches; 9. The design of cap-and-trade programs; 10. Prices, quantities and lessons from monetary policy; 11. The outlook for climate policies; Appendix: discount rates in climate analysis.
