We measure the gains from phasing out coal as the social cost of carbon times the quantity of avoided emissions. By comparing the present value of the benefits from avoided emissions against the present value of costs of ending coal plus the costs of replacing it with renewable energy, our baseline estimate is that the world can realize a net gain of 77.89 trillion USD. This represents around 1.2% of current world GDP every year until 2100. The net benefits from ending coal are so large that renewed efforts, carbon pricing, and other financing policies we discuss, should be pursued.
Follow the adventures of Ivory Green. A very competitive, independent woman determined to make a success of her summer resort lodge, nestled on a nearly deserted mountain. Just when everything is going her way she finds the love of a stranger can be dangerous. Immediately unexplained things begin to happen and when a prison plane crashes in a nearby town the bodies start adding up. All the while leading straight to the lodge. Can Lee Banks the town sheriff, who is secretly in love with Ivory, protect her from this evil which has surrounded his town? Will Ivory lose everything she had worked so hard to build? Who really is this stranger who has fallen for Ivory and can he be the root of this evil?
Examining the regulation of technologies, this book explores how the drive to harmonize regulatory policies across the world is at odds with the increasingly diverse local settings in which they are implemented. The authors use a 'framings' approach that starts with the concerns and experiences of technology users and works 'upwards' in order to examine how best to improve regulation. The book centres around two in-depth case study topics: regulation of transgenic cotton seed and regulation of antibiotics, compared across situations in China and Argentina. The authors examine how high-level initiatives in regulatory harmonization and regulatory capacity building compare with national policies, day-to-day enforcement realities on the ground, and with the way poorer users experience these technologies. Through these studies the authors offer ways to rethink regulation in order to realign the power and politics at play and create more effective regulation for technology users around the world. Published in association with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
FAME offers a broad examination of strong and influential personalities who are influencing culture. In this collected edition learn about the top pop stars of the decade. Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber & Britney Spears. This series has been featured from TIME magazine to TIGER BEAT.
We all know that bees dance to show their hive mates where the good flowers are. It turns out that the bees may not know that. Wenner (natural history, U. of California, Santa Barbara) and Wells (biology, Occidental College, Los Angeles) are no longer trying to gain recognition for their findings th
If you think you know the Brown, LeMay Bursten Chemistry text, think again. In response to market request, we have created the third Australian edition of the US bestseller, Chemistry: The Central Science. An extensive revision has taken this text to new heights! Triple checked for scientific accuracy and consistency, this edition is a more seamless and cohesive product, yet retains the clarity, innovative pedagogy, functional problem-solving and visuals of the previous version. All artwork and images are now consistent in quality across the entire text. And with a more traditional and logical organisation of the Organic Chemistry content, this comprehensive text is the source of all the information and practice problems students are likely to need for conceptual understanding, development of problem solving skills, reference and test preparation.
Are there personality types characteristic of criminals? Is there a cancer-prone personality? Do extroverts have better sex than neurotics? This book looks at these questions and more, surveying the role of personality in many aspects of everyday social behavior. Taking a topic-led rather than theory-based approach, the authors provide a comprehensive acount of the field. Topics include health, creativity, learning, humor, ideology, work, relationships, leisure, and consumption.
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