Climate protection requirements - The economic impact of climate change
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Handbook Utility Management. ed. / Andreas Bausch; Burkhard Schwenker. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2009. p. 725-739.
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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 -