Economic versus Climate Change
December 19, 2007 by amathew , Brian Butler | Filed under: Industrialized vs Developing Economies,Literature Review
Pizer.William; Economic versus Climate Change; February 2006; RFF DP 06-04
This is a discussion paper sponsored by “Resources for the Future”. In this case the author, William A. Pizer, discusses the topic economics versus climate change. Conflicting with earlier “themes” in the research for the project topic, where we see a global-commitment and coordination covered as underlying assumptions and understandings, this paper talks about not using a globally-coordinated approach to addressing one of the problems – climate change. In the author’s opinion an international agreement is not necessary for national governments to embrace mandatory policies. The Kyoto Protocol is used an example confirming the author’s idea that since the US has not agreed to the protocol it is still actively participating in the approach towards the end goal.This reference once again is covering a specific approach to one specific problem. The list of references could be unlimited if one were to select this approach for every possible global environmental debate related to developing and industrialized economies. It is recommended to review this reference and using it as a check and balance baseline.