Policy, Economics, and Law of Climate Change
Cambridge's Policy, Economics and Law lists seeks to combine an innovative and cutting edge approach with the highest standards of scholarship, writing and production across the whole range of the disciplines. This encompasses everything from academic monographs to student textbooks and books for the general reader.
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Watch the White House's Release of this Landmark Report Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States Tom Karl, Jerry Melillo, Thomas Peterson, and Susan Joy Hassol This book is the most comprehensive report to date on the wide range of impacts of climate change in the United States. It is written in plain language to better inform members of the public and policymakers. $40.00 (Z) (was $50.00) |
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Now in its Second Edition The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change Andrew Dessler, Edward A. Parson The second edition of Dessler and Parson's acclaimed book provides an integrated treatment of the science, technology, economics, policy, and politics of climate change. $45.00 (X) |
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New - By Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Beyond Smoke and Mirrors Burton Richter This book assesses the sensible, senseless and biased proposals for averting the potentially disastrous consequences of global warming, allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions on switching to more sustainable energy provision. $23.99 (G) (was $29.99) |
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Integrated Regional Assessment of Global Climate Change Edited by C. Gregory Knight, Jill Jäger This volume promotes a better understanding of Integrated Regional Assessment (IRA), which evaluates how regions contribute to global environmental change. $100.00 (C) (was $125.00) |
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Watch an interview with the author! Edited by W. Neil Adger Adapting to climate change is a critical problem facing humanity. This involves reconsidering our lifestyles, and is linked to our actions as individuals, societies and governments. $100.00 (C) (was $125.00) |
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Making Climate Change Work for Us Edited by Mike Hulme, Henry Neufeldt Introducing the main challenges and opportunities of developing local, regional and global strategies for addressing climate change, this book explains the dilemmas faced when converting strategies into policies. It offers practical solutions to climate change – both adaptation and mitigation – within the policy contexts in which these solutions have to be implemented. $84.00 (C) (was $105.00) |
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Voted a 'Must-read for Copenhagen' by Nature magazine Why We Disagree About Climate Change Mike Hulme Drawing upon twenty-five years of professional work as an international climate change scientist and public commentator, Mike Hulme provides a unique insider’s account of the emergence of this phenomenon and the diverse ways in which it is understood. $64.00 (C) (was $80.00) |
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Global Climate Governance Beyond 2012 Edited by Frank Biermann, Philipp Pattberg, Fariborz Zelli Written by a team of leading experts, this is a cutting-edge assessment of policy options for future global climate governance. $84.00 (C) (was $105.00) |
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Climate Change Policy in the European Union Edited by Andrew Jordan, Dave Huitema, Harro van Asselt, Timothy Rayner, Frans Berkhout Drawing on a variety of detailed case studies spanning the interlinked challenges of mitigation and adaptation, this volume offers an unrivalled account of how different actors wrestled with the complex governance dilemmas associated with climate policy making. $84.00 (C) (was $105.00) |
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New! Mainstreaming Climate Change in Development Cooperation Theory, Practice and Implications for the European Union Edited by Joyeeta Gupta, Nicolien van der Grijp This book tackles the issues of climate change, development, and development cooperation by combining theoretical, political, and practical perspectives, analysing the dominant paradigms and exploring the meaning of the concept of mainstreaming. $79.20 (C) (was $99.00) |
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Available in June Peter Newell, Matthew Paterson This book explores whether 'decarbonizing' the global economy is underway, how it might be accelerated, and the complex politics of this process. $68.00 (C) (was $85.00) |
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Toxic Loopholes Craig Collins Toxic Loopholes investigates U.S. environmental laws and the EPA, which was charged with their enforcement, to explain why they have failed to arrest the nation’s rising environmental crime wave and clean up country’s land, air, and water. $23.99 (Z) (was $29.99) |
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New! Human Rights and Climate Change Edited by Stephen Humphreys, Foreword by Mary Robinson This inquiry into the human rights dimensions of climate change looks beyond potential impacts to examine the questions raised by climate change policies: accountability for extraterritorial harms; constructing reliable enforcement mechanisms; assessing redistributional outcomes; and allocating burdens, benefits, rights and duties among perpetrators and victims, both public and private. $76.00 (C) (was $95.00) |
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New! The Kyoto Protocol in the EU Leonardo Massai This book analyses in great detail the Kyoto Protocol and the obligations established, such as monitoring and reporting obligations, eligibility criteria and reduction commitments. $79.20 (C) (was $99.00) |
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New! Multilateral Environmental Agreements Bharat H. Desai This study seeks to examine the genesis, development, and proliferation of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) – in-built law-making mechanisms and processes of institutionalization – and their ad hoc treaty-based status and the issue of the legal personality of their secretariats. $72.00 (C) (was $90.00) |
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New! Beyond Environmental Law Edited by David M. Driesen, Alyson C. Flournoy This book lays the groundwork for a third generation of environmental law to succeed the protective but fragmented first generation and the second generation, which sought to temper environmental protection through use of cost-benefit analysis and efficient market mechanisms. $27.99 (Z) (was $34.99) |
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New! A Global Green New Deal Edward B. Barbier A Global Green New Deal (GGND) is an economic policy strategy for ensuring a more economically and environmentally sustainable world economic recovery. $23.19 (G) (was $28.99) |
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The Economics of Climate Change Nicholas Stern A sound understanding of the economics of climate change is needed in order to underpin an effective global response to this challenge. The Stern Review is an independent, rigorous and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of this crucial issue. $41.60 (Z) (was $52.00) |
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Global Sustainability Edited by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Mario Molina, Nicholas Stern, Veronika Huber, Susanne Kadner Arising from the 1st Interdisciplinary Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability in Potsdam, this book brings together Nobel Laureates in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Economics and Peace – top-level representatives from politics and NGOs, and renowned experts on sustainability -- in an unparalleled attempt to address humankind's transformation to global sustainability. $56.00 (Z) (was $70.00) |
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Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change Edited by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Wolfgang Cramer, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Tom Wigley, Gary Yohe This volume presents the most recent findings from the leading international scientists that attended the Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change conference, held in 2005. It provides invaluable information for researchers in environmental science, climatology, and atmospheric chemistry, policy-makers in governments and environmental organizations, and scientists and engineers in industry. $130.40 (C) (was $163.00) |
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Edited by Henry F. Diaz, Richard J. Murnane Focusing on the recent and potential future consequences of weather and climate extremes for different socioeconomic sectors, this book also examines actions that may enable society to better respond to climate variability. $100.80 (C) (was $126.00) |
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The Garnaut Climate Change Review Ross Garnaut 'By asking Professor Ross Garnaut, one of Australia’s best internationally known economists and who has for many years worked on resource economic and environment issues, I see this Review as providing a seminal contribution as to how countries can take strong action to address the challenges and opportunities of climate change.' - Mari Pangestu, Minister of Trade, Indonesia $48.00 (Z) (was $60.00) |
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Pricing Carbon A. Denny Ellerman, Frank J. Convery, Christian de Perthuis Pricing Carbon provides the first detailed description and analysis of the EU ETS. Written by an international team of experts, it allows readers to get behind the headlines and come to a better understanding of what was done and what happened based on a dispassionate, empirically based review of the evidence. $47.20 (C) (was $59.00) |
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The Expropriation of Environmental Governance Kyla Tienhaara This book explores the outcomes of several investor-state disputes over environmental policy. In addition to examining the pleadings of parties and decisions of arbitral tribunals in disputes that have been resolved in arbitration, the influence that investment arbitration has had in negotiated outcomes to conflicts is also explored. $64.00 (C) (was $80.00) |
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Too Smart for Our Own Good Craig Dilworth We are destroying our natural environment at a constantly increasing pace, and in so doing undermining the preconditions of our own existence. Why is this so? This book reveals that our ecologically disruptive behavior is in fact rooted in our very nature as a species. This book explains the ecological predicament of humankind by placing it in the context of the first scientific theory of our species’ development, taking over where Darwin left off. $23.99 (G) (was $29.99) |
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The International Law of Environmental Impact Assessment Neil Craik Through a comprehensive description of international EIA commitments and their implementation with domestic and transnational governance structures, and drawing on specific examples of transnational EIA processes, the author examines how international EIA commitments can facilitate interest coordination, and provide opportunities for persuasion and for the internalization of international environmental norms. $79.20 (C) (was $99.00) |
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Environmental Protection, Law and Policy Jane Holder, Maria Lee This book examines environmental law from a range of perspectives, emphasising the policy world from which environmental law is drawn and nourished. Those working within the discipline of environmental law need to engage with concepts and methods employed by disciplines other than law. $80.80 (Z) (was $101.00) |
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Environmental Law and Justice in Context Edited by Jonas Ebbesson, Phoebe Okowa This innovative collection of essays discusses the extent to which considerations of justice and fairness have permeated the legal debate on environmental protection. The book will inform and stimulate debate on an important-yet-neglected aspect of the environmental discourse, and is highly recommended for researchers and students of international and domestic law, political science and international relations. $108.00 (R) (was $135.00) |
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International Courts and Environmental Protection Tim Stephens This book is the first comprehensive examination of international environmental litigation. With its unique combination of scholarly analysis and practical discussion, this work is especially relevant to an era in which environmental matters are increasingly being brought before international jurisdictions, and will be of great interest to students and scholars engaged with this vital field. $86.40 (R) (was $108.00) |
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Edited by Tullio Treves This book describes and analyses the functioning of an increasingly important type of international procedures of control, aimed at supervising implementation by States of their commitments under international treaties in the field of environmental protection. $132.00 (C) (was $165.00) |
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The Human Right to a Green Future Richard P. Hiskes This book presents an argument for establishing environmental human rights as the legitimate possession of both present and future generations. It uses these rights – to clean air, water, and soil – to make an argument for justice across generations, that is, for recognizing the obligation that present generations have to preserve the environment and natural resources for future generations. $23.99 (Z) (was $29.99) |
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The Honest Broker Roger A. Pielke, Jr Using examples from a range of scientific controversies, The Honest Broker challenges us all - scientists, politicians and citizens - to think carefully about how best science can contribute to policy-making and a healthy democracy by identifying and explaining the distinctive choices facing scientists about how their work is to be used. $25.59 (Z) (was $31.99) |
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Five Nobel Prize-Winning Contributors Global Crises, Global Solutions Edited by Bjørn Lomborg Using a common framework of cost-benefit analysis a team of leading economists, assess the attractiveness of a wide range of policy options for combating ten of the world’s biggest problems: Air pollution, Conflicts, Diseases, Education, Global Warming, Malnutrition and Hunger, Sanitation and Clean Water, Subsidies and Trade Barriers, Terrorism, Women and Development. $26.39 (G) (was $32.99) |
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Watch a performance of a song inspired by the book! Challenged by Carbon Bryan Lovell Is there a low-carbon future for the oil industry? As a geologist, oil man, academic and erstwhile politician, Bryan Lovell describes how, given the right lead from government, the oil industry could be environmental saviors, not villains, playing a crucial role in stabilizing emissions through the capture and underground storage of carbon dioxide. $23.99 (G) (was $29.99) |
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The Hydrogen Economy Edited by Michael Ball, Martin Wietschel In the light of ever-increasing global energy use, rising costs of energy services, concerns over energy supply security, climate change and local air pollution, this book centers around the question of how growing energy demand for transport can be met in the long term. $108.00 (C) (was $135.00) |
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Adjudicating Climate Change Edited by William C. G. Burns, Hari M. Osofsky This book examines lawsuits over climate change that have been brought around the world. It can serve as a resource for those interested in the problem of climate change and in the role that courts are playing in climate regulation. The chapters analyze examples of cases in state, national, and international tribunals, as well as this litigation's broader significance. $72.00 (C) (was $90.00) |
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Fairness in International Climate Change Law and Policy Friedrich Soltau Based on an overview of science and the development of the climate regime to date, this book seeks to identify the elements of a working consensus on fairness principles that could be used to solve the hitherto intractable problem of assigning responsibility for combating climate change. $72.00 (C) (was $90.00) |
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Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts Jerome Delli Priscoli, Aaron T. Wolf In this book, Delli Priscoli and Wolf investigate the dynamics of water conflict and conflict resolution, from the local to the international. They explore the inexorable links between three facets of conflict management and transformation: Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), public participation, and institutional capacity. $40.00 (G) (was $50.00) |
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The Kyoto Protocol and Beyond Edited by Wybe Th. Douma, Leonardo Massai, Massimiliano Montini This book brings together the results of two conferences: ‘The Kyoto Protocol and beyond: A legal perspective’, organized by the University of Siena in June 2006, and ‘Tackling Climate Change: An appraisal of the Kyoto Protocol and options for the future’, held at the T.M.C. Asser Institute in The Hague in 30-31 March 2007. $68.00 (C) (was $85.00) |
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Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy Edited by Joseph E. Aldy, Robert N. Stavins The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements is a global, multi-disciplinary effort intended to help identify the key design elements of a scientifically sound, economically rational, and politically pragmatic post-2012 international policy architecture for addressing the threat of climate change. The detailed findings of the Harvard Project are reported in this volume, which contains twenty-seven specially commissioned chapters. $104.00 (C) (was $130.00) |
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Voted a 'Must-read for Copenhagen' by Nature magazine Why We Disagree About Climate Change Mike Hulme Drawing upon twenty-five years of professional work as an international climate change scientist and public commentator, Mike Hulme provides a unique insider’s account of the emergence of this phenomenon and the diverse ways in which it is understood. $64.00 (C) (was $80.00) |
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New! Peter Musgrove An important, topical account of wind power technology, this book offers a clear overview of its historical and present capabilities, assessing future options for large scale deployment of this clean, competitive and abundant energy source towards global energy needs. $27.99 (Z) (was $34.99) |
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Fueling Our Future: An Introduction to Sustainable Energy Robert L. Evans This book presents a balanced view of how our reliance on fossil fuels can be changed over time so that we have a much more sustainable energy system in the near future. Written in a non-technical and accessible style, the book will appeal to a wide range of readers without scientific backgrounds. $19.99 (G) (was $24.99) |
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Oil, Water, and Climate Catherine Gautier This book examines the powerful interconnections that link energy, water, climate and population, exploring viable options in addressing these issues collectively. $35.99 (X) (was $44.99) |
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Creating a Climate for Change Edited by Susanne C. Moser, Lisa Dilling This book is the first to take a comprehensive look at communication and social change specifically targeted to climate change. It is a unique collection of ideas examining the challenges associated with communicating climate change in order to facilitate societal response. $50.39 (Z) (was $62.99) |
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A History of the Science and Politics of Climate Change Bert Bolin Written by the IPCC's first chairman, this book describes and evaluates the intricate interplay between key factors in the science and politics of climate change, the strategy that has been followed, and the regretfully slow pace in getting to grips with the uncertainties that have prevented earlier action being taken. $29.59 (G) (was $36.99) |
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Large-Scale Disasters Edited by Mohamed Gad-el-Hak This volume presents an integrated review of the broad research field of large-scale disasters. It establishes a common framework for predicting, controlling and managing both manmade and natural disasters. There is a particular focus on events caused by weather and climate change. $144.00 (R) (was $180.00) |
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Primer on Climate Change and Sustainable Development Mohan Munasinghe, Rob Swart This book offers a concise and accessible review of the latest state-of-the-art assessments of the IPCC. Our current knowledge of the basic science of climate change is described, before moving on to future scenarios of development within the context of climate change. $108.00 (Z) (was $135.00) |
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Sustainable Development in Practice Mohan Munasinghe This book provides a practical analysis of current sustainable development prospects by applying the innovative sustainomics framework. It explains the key principles underlying sustainomics, illustrates the methodology with wide-ranging empirical and policy-relevant case studies, and is useful for students, researchers, policy analysts and development practitioners. $60.00 (Z) (was $75.00) |
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Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy: Implementing Architectures for Agreement Edited by Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements is a global, multi-disciplinary effort intended to help identify the key design elements of a scientifically sound, economically rational, and politically pragmatic post-2012 international policy architecture for addressing the threat of climate change. $56.00 (Z) (was $70.00) |
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Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy: Summary for Policymakers Edited by Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins This book provides a thorough overview of The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements and points the way forward through the full range of options concerning migration, adaptation, technology, and finance. $26.39 (Z) (was $32.99) |
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Architectures for Agreement Edited by Joseph E. Aldy, Robert N. Stavins The Kyoto Protocol serves as an initial step through 2012 to mitigate the threats posed by global climate change but many have begun debating the structure of a suitable successor. This book contributes to this debate by examining the merits of six alternative international architectures for climate policy. $29.59 (Z) (was $36.99) |
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Allocation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme Edited by A. Denny Ellerman, Barbara K. Buchner, Carlo Carraro This book provides the first in-depth description and analysis of the process by which rights to emit carbon dioxide were created and distributed in the European Union. It consists of contributions from those who were responsible for putting the allocation into practice in ten representative member states and at the European Commission. $107.19 (R) (was $133.99) |
