Dealing with Climate Change: Setting a Global Agenda for Mitigation and Adaptation

Climate change is the most important existential threat that humanity faces at the moment. There is an urgent need for a framework for international cooperation, research and development, technology, finance, market mechanisms, as well as consensus on the role of business in addressing the issue. This book presents authoritative contributions that address the issues, the options, and the prospects of mitigation and adaptation. A total of 9 included essays have been authored by a cross section of economists, financial analysts, lawyers, academicians, researchers and administrators, acknowledged internationally as experts in the areas of climate change and sustainable development.