TY - BOOK AU - Van Kooten,G.C. TI - Climate change economics: why international accords fail SN - 1843768127 U1 - 363.738'745 PY - 2004/// CY - Cheltenham, UK ; , Northhampton, MA : PB - Edward Elgar, KW - Climatic changes KW - Environmental policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-163) and index N2 - This book examines the economic case for policy to mitigate climate change, and to investigate the types of policies that should be implemented if any.It is a seriously flawed agreement and as such does not offer much hope in terms of the international communiy's ability to find a policy` prescription that might slow or even prevent anthropogenic emissions of so called greenhouse gasses from rising in the future. ER -