TY - CHAP

T1 - Climate protection requirements - The economic impact of climate change

AU - Kemfert, Claudia

PY - 2009/12/1

Y1 - 2009/12/1

N2 - In order to avoid severe climate change, it is necessary to stabilize global greenhouse gas concentrations at about today's level. Significant emission reduction would require the countries that are primarily responsible to implement emissions- reducing measures immediately. The sooner a policy of climate protection is implemented, the less climate change damage humankind will face in future decades. The impacts of climate change are highly uncertain. However, the recent UN climate report confirms that more severe extreme climate impacts will cause economic damage. Future climate policy needs ideally to be global and long term.

AB - In order to avoid severe climate change, it is necessary to stabilize global greenhouse gas concentrations at about today's level. Significant emission reduction would require the countries that are primarily responsible to implement emissions- reducing measures immediately. The sooner a policy of climate protection is implemented, the less climate change damage humankind will face in future decades. The impacts of climate change are highly uncertain. However, the recent UN climate report confirms that more severe extreme climate impacts will cause economic damage. Future climate policy needs ideally to be global and long term.

KW - Economics

KW - climate change

KW - climate protection

KW - economic impacts

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84889959034&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-79349-6_42

DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-79349-6_42

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:84889959034

SN - 978-3-540-79348-9

SP - 725

EP - 739

BT - Handbook Utility Management

A2 - Bausch, Andreas

A2 - Schwenker, Burkhard

PB - Springer

CY - Berlin, Heidelberg

ER -