Llavador, Humberto,

Sustainability for a warming planet / Humberto Llavador, John E. Roemer, Joaquim Silvestre. - 1 online resource (xi, 320 pages) : illustrations ; - EBL-Schweitzer .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Sustainability and Discounted Utilitarianism -- 2. An Introductory Model with Education and Skilled Labor -- 3. Sustainability for a Warming World -- 4. The "Climate-Change Economics" Literature: Nordhaus and Stern -- 5. Sustainability in a Warming, Two- Region World -- 6. Modeling Catastrophes: Two Extensions -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Calibration -- Appendix B: Mathematica Code -- References -- Index.

Human-generated greenhouse gas emissions imperil a global resource: a biosphere capable of supporting life as we know it. What is the fair way to share this scarce resource across present and future generations and across regions of the world? This study offers a new perspective based on the guiding ethics of sustainability and egalitarianism.


In English.

9780674286597 0674286596

10.4159/9780674286597 doi

22573/ctvjkjb09 JSTOR


Climate change mitigation.
Greenhouse gas mitigation.
Carbon sequestration.


Electronic books.

QC903 / .L53 2015

363.738/747