Economic choices in a warming world / Christian de Perthuis.

"The English version of this book is the translation of the second edition of Et pour quelques degrés de plus, translated by Michael Westlake"--P. [v].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224) and index.

Introduction: Manaus opera house -- Climate risk -- Some like it hot: adaptation to climate change -- Building a low-carbon energy future -- Pricing carbon: the economics of cap-and-trade -- Intensifying agricultural to safeguard forests -- The price of carbon: the economics of projects -- Macroeconomic impacts: sharing carbon rent -- International climate change negotiations -- Conclusion: both action and inaction entail risks -- Thirty key sets of figures -- Greenhouse gas emissions in the world.

Economists have started to ask questions about climate change: Should we act now or tomorrow? What is the best theoretical carbon price to reach long-term abatement targets? How do we discount the long-term costs and benefits of climate change? This book argues that these are the wrong questions because they don't take into account the policies that have already been implemented. Provides an innovative new perspective on how a post-Kyoto international climate regime could emerge.