Contents: Introduction -- section I: The political economy of climate change and climate policy -- 1. Distributional issues in climate policy: Air quality co-benefits and carbon rent / James K. Boyce -- 2. Evaluating policies to implement the Paris Agreement: A toolkit with application to China...

Across the globe, climate policy is increasingly using investment support instruments, such as grants, concessional loans, and guarantees – whereas carbon prices are losing importance. This development substantially increases the risk of inefficient public spending. In this paper, we examine...

Intro -- The Economics of the Yasuní Initiative -- CONTENTS -- PROLOGUE -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- Chapter 1: THERMODYNAMICS -- Chapter 2: THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS -- Chapter 3: THE WILLFUL IGNORANCE OF REALPOLITIK -- Chapter 4: THE...