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Informationen zum Autor Fan Gang is Director of National Economics Research Institute, China Reform Foundation, professor at the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and member and vice secretary-general of Chinese Economists 50 Forum. Nicholas Stern is IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics, where he is also head of the India Observatory within LSE's Asia Research Centre, and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UK. Ottmar Edenhofer is professor of the Economics of Climate Change at the Technical University Berlin, Germany, and Co-Chair of the Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC which won the Nobel Peace Price in 2007. XU Shanda has held a range of high-level roles with China's State Administration of Taxation and the Ministry of Finance, most recently as Vice Minister of the SAT. Klas Eklund is Senior Economist of SEB, Norway, and adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of Lund. Frank Ackerman is the director of the Climate Economics Group at the US centre of the Stockholm Environment Institute. Lailai Li is Asia Centre Director at the Stockholm Environment Institute. Karl Hallding heads Stockholm Environment Institute's China Cluster. Klappentext First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung China faces many modernisation challenges. But perhaps none is more pressing than that posed by climate change. This title brings together some of the leading international thinkers in economics, climate change, and development, to tackle some of the most challenging issues relating to China's low-carbon development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword. Preface. Introduction: The Economics of Climate Change in China: An Overview. Acknowledgements Part 1: Synthesis Report Part 2: Toward Climate Protection for Development 1. Fair Emissions: Rights, Responsibilities and Obligations 2. Equity Frameworks and a China Analysis of Greenhouse Development Rights 3. Greenhouse Gases and Human Well-Being: China in a Global Perspective 4. Carbon Embedded in China's Trade 5. A Deep Carbon Reduction Scenario for China Part 3: Growth, Opportunity and Sustainability 6. Tax Instruments for Reducing Emissions: An Overview 7. Exploring Carbon Tax in China 8. Domestic Emissions Trading Systems 9. Emission Reduction and Employment Part 4: Climate Change Mitigation: A Fair, Effective and Efficient Global Deal 10. International Mechanisms for GHG Mitigation Investment and Financial Flow 11. Emissions Trading and the Global Deal 12. Meeting Global Targets through International Cooperation 13. Policy Implications of Carbon Pricing for China's Trade ...