The Economics of Climate Change in China: Towards a Low-Carbon Economy

by Ottmar Edenhofer, Nicholas Stern, Fan Gang

China faces many modernization challenges, but perhaps none is more pressing than that posed by climate change. China must find a new economic growth model that is simultaneously environmentally sustainable, can free it from its dependency on fossil fuels, and lift living standards for the majority of its population. But what does such a model look like? And how can China best make the transition from its present macro-economic structure to a low-carbon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849711747
• ISBN13: 9781849711746
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"