1st Edition

Blueprint 4 Capturing Global Environmental Value

By D.W. Pearce Copyright 1995
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

Blueprint 4 continues the theme of Blueprint 2 in looking at the opportunities for using market forces for environmental ends. It assesses a range of possible imaginative 'global bargains', which give all parties a self-interested incentive to improve the global environment. The book begins by reviewing the principle global issues to be addressed, and then explains the mechanisms of resource... Read more
Part I Global Issues: The Global Commons * Climate Change * The Ozone layer * Biological Diversity * Part II Explaining Resource Degradation: The Failure of Economic Systems * International Trade and the Environment * Population and Poverty * 'Overconsumption' * Part III Capturing Global Value: Global Bargains * The Global Environment Facility and Rio Conventions * Incremental Costs * Joint Implementation * References * Index

Biography

Pearce, D.W.

'Required reading for anyone with an interest in the field.' Millennium - Journal of International Studies