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| Acknowledgements |
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Climate change: introducing some of the issues |
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1 | (24) |
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Air pollution and the modern economy |
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2 | (3) |
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Economic understanding of pollution |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (5) |
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A brief historical overview of developing awareness of the enhanced Greenhouse Effect |
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11 | (9) |
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Values and ethical concerns |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (4) |
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Scientific understanding of the enhanced Greenhouse Effect |
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25 | (35) |
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26 | (6) |
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Sources and sinks of greenhouse gases |
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32 | (8) |
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Greenhouse gas emission trends |
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40 | (8) |
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Past and future trends in global climate |
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48 | (5) |
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53 | (7) |
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Impacts of global climate change |
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60 | (37) |
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Regional impacts of greenhouse warming |
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63 | (13) |
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Intertemporal impacts of global warming |
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76 | (11) |
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87 | (10) |
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Weak uncertainty: risk and imperfect information |
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97 | (23) |
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The probability of the enhanced Greenhouse Effect |
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98 | (9) |
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Measuring and predicting climatic change |
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107 | (3) |
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110 | (5) |
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115 | (5) |
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Strong uncertainty: ignorance and indeterminacy |
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120 | (33) |
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Characterising future events |
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123 | (5) |
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Economic use of weak uncertainty |
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128 | (3) |
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How weak is weak uncertainty? |
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131 | (3) |
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From weak to strong uncertainty |
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134 | (7) |
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The changing perception of science |
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141 | (6) |
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147 | (6) |
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Calculating the cost and benefits of GHG control |
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153 | (31) |
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The theory behind economic assessment |
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154 | (6) |
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Studies using cost--benefit analysis |
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160 | (17) |
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177 | (7) |
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Loading the dice? Values, opinions and ethics |
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184 | (17) |
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Inconsistency and disputed values |
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185 | (7) |
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Strong uncertainty revisited |
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192 | (5) |
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197 | (4) |
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Dividing time and discounting the future |
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201 | (20) |
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203 | (6) |
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Can the future be treated as less important? |
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209 | (6) |
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215 | (6) |
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Economics, ethics and future generations |
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221 | (30) |
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Intergenerational ethical rules |
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223 | (3) |
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Distinguishing basic and compensatory transfers |
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226 | (5) |
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231 | (2) |
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Rights versus consequences |
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233 | (4) |
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Conflicting values and moral dilemmas |
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237 | (5) |
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242 | (9) |
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Science, economics and policy |
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251 | (32) |
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Science and political economy |
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252 | (6) |
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258 | (7) |
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Redefining economic inquiry |
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265 | (3) |
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Preferences, value and time |
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268 | (9) |
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277 | (6) |
| Glossary |
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283 | (3) |
| Index |
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