Martin Parry

The Economic Implications of Climate Change in Britain (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Duncan, Rachel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Climate change could have a substantial economic impact, particularly on coastal states where seas level rises will be felt most strongly. Among these, the British Isles are likely to be significantly affected, and they provide an excellent case study of the consequences for specific sectors of the economy. In this book, leading experts - including several authors of reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the UK Climate Change Impacts Review Group - examine the background and alternative scenarios for change, as well as its implications. They look in detail at water supply and management, agriculture and land use, energy, and the finance and insurance sector. In each case, they show how current activities will have to adapt and they conclude by evaluating the arguments for prevention now vs adaptation later. The changes in store could be huge, requiring the attention of academics and professionals from a wide range of disciplines and industries, as well as government action. This book makes a major contribution to understanding what is at stake.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134168651
• Artikelnr.: 41208829

Autorenporträt

Martin Parry, Rachel Duncan

Inhaltsangabe

The implications for agriculture and land use ? implications for water
supply and management ? the effects and costs of sea level rise ?
implications for the energy sector - impacts, costs and policies ? changes
in the frequency of damaging events and the implications for the British
financial and insurance sector ? policies and costs of mitigation - when is
the best time to act?