Primer on climate change and sustainable development : facts, policy analysis and applications

Title:

Personal Author:

Munasinghe, Mohan, 1945-

Publication Information:

Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2005

ISBN:

9780521810661

Subject Term:

Sustainable development

Climatic changes

Added Author:

Swart, R. J.

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Climate change and variability has become the primary environmental concern of the 21st Century. The potential impacts and mitigation of climate change need to be analyzed within the context of sustainable development. Primer on Climate Change and Sustainable Development presents a condensed and accessible review of the latest state-of-the-art assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The book begins with a foreword from the chair of the IPCC. Our current knowledge of the basic science of climate change is described, before moving on to future scenarios of development within the context of climate change. Possible adaptation and mitigation measures, including cost and benefit analysis, are discussed. The book will be an invaluable textbook for students of environmental science and policy, and researchers and policy makers involved in all aspects of climate change.

Author Notes

An outstanding authority and author in energy economics and international development, Mohan Munasinghe received his undergraduate education in engineering at Cambridge University and went on to McGill University, receiving a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1973. He then turned his attention to economics, receiving an M.A. at Concordia College (Montreal) in 1975. Since that year, he has been division chief for environmental policy at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. His work at the World Bank has related to projects in developing countries concerning energy, electricity, transportation, water, urban infrastructures, and telecommunications. He has been a prolific author, writing nearly 200 technical papers and numerous books and monographs.

In addition, Munasinghe has been active in the affairs of his native country, Sri Lanka, where he has served as senior energy advisor to the president, a board member of the Natural Resources, Energy, and Science Authority, governor of the Arthur Clarke Center for Modern Technologies, and founder of the Energy Managers Association. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka, the Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK), and the Institute of Engineers of Sri Lanka. Munasinghe's honors include the Surha Gold Medal, 1985 (Lions International); International Award, 1987 (International Association of Energy Economists); and the Prize for Outstanding Contribution, 1988 (Fifth Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Power and Energy).

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Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
1 Climate change: scientific background and introduction	p. 1
1.1 Objectives and background	p. 1
1.2 Chapter outline	p. 5
1.3 Historical record, recent observations, and climate system outlook	p. 8
1.4 Impacts and vulnerability	p. 36
1.5 Rationale for action: adaptation and mitigation as part of a sustainable development strategy	p. 49
2 Future scenarios of development and climate change	p. 56
2.1 Introduction and methodology	p. 56
2.2 IPCC Scenarios	p. 57
2.3 Sustainability scenarios: the Global Scenario Group	p. 85
2.4 Other scenarios	p. 90
3 Framework for making development more sustainable (MDMS): concepts and analytical tools	p. 99
3.1 Preliminary ideas	p. 99
3.2 Key elements of sustainomics	p. 104
3.3 Integration of economic, social and environmental considerations	p. 112
3.4 Making development more sustainable: decision criteria and analytical tools	p. 121
3.5 Improving the sustainability of conventional growth	p. 131
4 Interactions between climate and development	p. 143
4.1 Circular relationship between climate change and sustainable development	p. 143
4.2 Principles for applying the sustainomics framework to climate change	p. 145
4.3 Sustainable development and adaptation	p. 149
4.4 Sustainable development and mitigation	p. 150
4.5 Climate change and sustainable development: Interactions at the global level	p. 153
4.6 Climate change and sustainable development: interactions at the national and subnational levels	p. 159
5 Adaptation to climate change: concepts, and linkages with sustainable development	p. 172
5.1 Introduction to adaptation	p. 172
5.2 Adaptive capacity	p. 185
5.3 Future costs and benefits of adaptation	p. 192
6 Vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation by sectors and systems	p. 207
6.1 Hydrology and water resources	p. 207
6.2 Managed and natural ecosystems	p. 210
6.3 Coastal zones and marine ecosystems	p. 215
6.4 Energy, industry, and settlements	p. 217
6.5 Financial resources and services	p. 220
6.6 Human health	p. 221
7 Vulnerability, impacts, and adapation by geographic region	p. 231
7.1 Africa	p. 231
7.2 Asia	p. 238
7.3 Australia and New Zealand	p. 243
7.4 Europe	p. 246
7.5 Latin America and the Caribbean	p. 249
7.6 North America	p. 251
7.7 Polar regions	p. 256
7.8 Small island states	p. 258
8 Mitigating climate change: concepts and linkages with sustainable development	p. 269
8.1 Review of basic concepts and methodology	p. 269
8.2 Long-term mitigation and stabilization scenarios	p. 278
8.3 Links with development, equity, and sustainability issues	p. 296
9 Mitigation measures: technologies, practices, barriers, and policy instruments	p. 304
9.1 Scope for greenhouse gas emissions reduction technologies	p. 304
9.2 Scope for biological greenhouse gas mitigation methods	p. 334
9.3 Scope for structural economic changes and behavioural options	p. 346
9.4 Barriers and scope for practical implementation	p. 350
9.5 Policies, measures, and instruments	p. 357
9.6 Special issues in developing countries	p. 370
10 Assessment of mitigation costs and benefits	p. 381
10.1 Costing models of greenhouse gas abatement	p. 381
10.2 Sectoral costs and benefits of both domestic and international mitigation policies and related measures	p. 385
10.3 National, regional, and global costs and benefits of both domestic and national polices and related measures	p. 401
10.4 No regrets, co-benefits, double dividend, spillover effects, leakages and avoided damages	p. 408
10.5 Costs of meeting a range of stabilization targets	p. 415
11 Climate change and sustainable development: a synthesis	p. 426
11.1 Summary of main findings	p. 426
11.2 Developing a science of sustainable development and applying the knowledge base to climate change	p. 432

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