Economics of Climate Change and the Change of Climate in Economics

Informationen zum Autor Kevin Maréchal is an Associate Professor and co-director of the Center for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment (CEESE-ULB) at the Free University of Brussels (ULB), Belgium. Klappentext The starting point and core idea of this book is the long-held observation that the threat of climate change calls for a change of climate in economics. Zusammenfassung In this book, Kevin Maréchal shows how themes and approaches from evolutionary and ecological economics can be united to provide a theoretical framework that is better suited to tackle the problem of global climate change. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Economics of Climate Change and the Change of Climate in Economics 2. An Evolutionary Perspective on the Economics of Energy Consumption 3. Changing Habits and Routines in Energy Consumption 4. Not Irrational but Habitual 5. Overcoming Inertia 6. The Sustainability of EU Agricultural Systems 7. Concluding Chapter

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Marechal
• Assisted by: Kevin Maréchal (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.05.2012
• EAN: 9780415693752
• ISBN: 978-0-415-69375-2
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Green Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, The environment, Environmental Economics, Political Economy, Energy industries & utilities, Energy industries and utilities