Climate risks have always been amongst the most important faced by human societies. Today the concern has new elements: the global nature of possible changes and the fact that they are driven by human activity. The risks posed by climate change are therefore endogenous and so outside of the...

Environment and economy-no conflict -- Market mistakes and how unpaid-for external effects are killing us -- Climate change: "the greatest external effect in human history" -- How to deal with external effects -- Solving the climate problem -- Everyone's property is no one's property -- Natural...

In the decades since Geoffrey Heal began his field-defining work in environmental economics, one central question has animated his research: "Can we save our environment and grow our economy?" This issue has become only more urgent in recent years with the threat of climate change, the...

How can we determine if current growth patterns are sustainable, and what changes to we need to make to make them more so? This volume addresses these issues in a rigorous yet accessible fashion, presenting the current research of some of the world's leading scholars.

In the decades since Geoffrey Heal began his field-defining work in environmental economics, one central question has animated his research: “Can we save our environment and grow our economy?" This issue has become only more urgent in recent years with the threat of climate change, the...