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If you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd reevaluate your assets. So if we know the world is warming and there's a 10 percent chance this might eventually lead to a catastrophe beyond anything we could imagine, why aren't we doing more about climate change right now? We insure our lives against an uncertain future--why not our planet?In Climate Shock, Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman explore in lively, clear terms the likely repercussions of a hotter planet, drawing on and expanding from work previously unavailable to general audiences. They show that the longer we wait to act, the more likely an extreme event will happen. A city might go underwater. A rogue nation might shoot particles into the Earth's atmosphere, geoengineering cooler temperatures. Zeroing in on the unknown extreme risks that may yet dwarf all else, the authors look at how economic forces that make sensible climate policies difficult to enact, make radical would-be fixes like geoengineering all the more probable. What we know about climate change is alarming enough. What we don't know about the extreme risks could be far more dangerous. Wagner and Weitzman help readers understand that we need to think about climate change in the same way that we think about insurance--as a risk management problem, only here on a global scale.With a new preface addressing recent developments Wagner and Weitzman demonstrate that climate change can and should be dealt with--and what could happen if we don't do so--tackling the defining environmental and public policy issue of our time.

Climatic changes --- Economic aspects --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Climatic changes - Economic aspects --- Economic aspects.

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In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com. You've probably heard warnings about climate change; and maybe, if you're like a lot of people, you haven't taken them too seriously. But climate change isn't a myth or a joke at all. It's a deadly serious threat backed-up by scientific fact

Capitalism. --- Climatic changes -- Economic aspects. --- Environmental economics. --- Environmental policy -- Economic aspects. --- Global environmental change -- Economic aspects.

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This report addresses multilevel governance challenges in water policy in the Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) and identifies good practices for co-ordinating water across ministries, between levels of government, and across local and regional actors.  Based on the OECD Multilevel Governance Framework and a survey on water governance, the report i) maps the allocation of roles and responsibilities in 13 LAC countries’ water policy at central government and sub-national level; ii) identifies the main coordination “gaps” in terms of territorial and institutional fragmentation, funding mismatch, information asymmetry, accountability, objectives and capacity, and iii) provides a range of mechanisms to improve water governance at all levels and foster capacity-building.

Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Caribbean Area. --- Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Latin America. --- Poverty -- Caribbean Area. --- Poverty -- Latin America. --- Water-supply --- Government policy --- Management. --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water resources development --- Water utilities

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Environmental policy --- Climatic changes --- Economic aspects --- AA / International- internationaal --- 355 --- Milieu --- Environmental policy - Economic aspects --- Climatic changes - Economic aspects

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Vous craignez le réchauffement climatique ? Les vagues de chaleur à répétition, les sécheresses interminables, la fonte de la banquise ? "Vous avez tort ! Le changement climatique c'est 1 % de pouvoir d'achat en moins dans un siècle, alors que le marché le multipliera par sept : ayez confiance !" C'est du moins ce que disent les économistes. Antonin Pottier dévoile les présupposés de ce discours économique : marchés parfaits qui orientent les investissements, individus qui optimisent leurs décisions dans un univers complètement connu, nature infiniment généreuse. Cette vision du monde est logée au coeur des modèles et des méthodes des économistes. Elle déforme la réalité et fait prendre des décisions surprenantes, comme celle de créer un marché mondial du carbone pour sauver le climat. Elle aboutit surtout à entraver toute action effective contre le changement climatique. Bref, l'avenir de la planète est une affaire trop sérieuse pour être laissée aux économistes !

Global warming - Economic aspects --- Global warming - International cooperation --- Climatic changes - Economic aspects --- Anti-environmentalism --- Global warming --- Climatic changes