Microeconomics (Christopher T.S. Ragan) (z-lib.org)

atmospheric concentration is the stock associated with the accumulation of the past actual net flows of GHG emissions. In the mi ...

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melting of the world’s glaciers, resulting in a loss of fresh-water supplies, especially in South Asia, China, and South America ...

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the long run (albeit at a higher average temperature than today’s), the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases must also ...

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The Case for Global Collective Action The emission of greenhouse gases is a negative externality. Many production and consumptio ...

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When such negative externalities occur within a community, bylaws can be enacted by local government to alter individuals’ behav ...

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Figure 17-7 Changes in Annual GHG Emissions, 1995–2014 The countries participating in the Kyoto Protocol agreed to an aggregate ...

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There is considerable variation across countries in terms of the change in annual emissions of greenhouse gases since 1995. The ...

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world’s largest emitters, including the United States, China, India, and Indonesia. In Durban, South Africa, in 2011, a UN-spons ...

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Energy Use, GDP, and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions The data in Figure 17-7 suggest that it is not easy for a country to achieve signi ...

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The value of this identity is that it shows us three essential components of the world’s annual emissions of greenhouse gases. E ...

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