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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Deichmann, Uwe
Zhang, Fan
Titre(s) : Growing green [Texte électronique] : the economic benefits of climate action / Uwe Deichmann and Fan Zhang
Publication : Washington, DC : World Bank, [2013]
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (xxxiv, 385 pages)
Collection : Eastern Europe and Central Asia Reports
Note(s) : Pollution from fossil fuels and degraded natural lands are raising the earth's temperature.
The evidence of the causes of global warming is clear, as are its consequences. The
economic impacts of climate change are already apparent and they threaten development
gains. Extreme weather events have brought severe droughts to Central Asia, heat waves
and forest fires to Russia, and floods to Southeastern Europe. Unchecked emissions
will come at rising economic cost and increasing risk to individuals. There is a clear
case for all of the world's economies to move to a low-carbon growth path. Yet, climate
action has been inadequate, especially in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA). With
prospects of a global climate agreement uncertain, this report identifies the actions
that governments in the region can take to reduce the carbon footprints of their economies.
It shows that many of these actions will more than pay for themselves--and quite quickly
when indirect benefits such as better health and increased competitiveness are considered.
To realize these benefits, policy makers in ECA need to quickly move on three sets
of priorities: use energy much more efficiently, gradually move to cleaner energy
sources, and increase carbon capture in soils and forests. This will require transformations
in power generation, industrial production, mobility, city living, and in farming
and forestry. Policy makers are justifiably worried that climate action may jeopardize
economic performance and strain the budgets of poorer families. The report shows how
well-designed growth and social policies can make climate action growth-enhancing
while protecting the living standards of less-well-off households.
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Banque internationale pour la reconstruction et le développement. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Politique de l'environnement -- Aspect économique -- Europe
Changements climatiques -- Aspect économique
Changements climatiques -- Politique publique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780821397923
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43698472p
Notice n° :
FRBNF43698472
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Foreword -- ; Acknowledgments -- ; Abbreviations -- ; Key Country Groups (45 European
Countries) -- ; 1.. Introduction -- ; A Third Transition -- ; Costs of Climate Action
-- ; The Elements of a Climate Action Strategy -- ; Outline of the Report -- ; Spotlights
-- ; Notes -- ; References -- ; Spotlight 1.. The Climate Challenge -- ; Notes --
; References -- ; 1.. Priorities for a Low-Carbon Transformation -- ; 2.. Energy Efficiency
-- ; Energy Intensities Still High but Converging With Growth after Transition, Improvements
in Energy Intensity -- ; Lower Energy Intensity Insufficient to Reduce Greenhouse
Gas Emissions -- ; Why Promoting Energy Efficiency Is Often Difficult -- ; Policies
that Have Worked -- ; Environmental Taxes -- ; Financing the Energy Transition --
; Notes -- ; References -- ; 3.. Cleaner Energy -- ; Supplying Reliable, Sustainable,
and Affordable Power -- ; Uncertainties: Regulation, Technology, and Climate -- ;
Notes -- ; References -- ; Spotlight 2. Emission Trends in the Europe and Central
Asia Region --. Notes -- ; References -- ; II.. Promoting Growth and Ensuring Social
Inclusion -- ; 4.. Economic Growth -- ; Foreign Investment and Trade -- ; Innovation
-- ; Notes -- ; References -- ; 5.. Social Inclusion -- ; Labor Markets -- ; Distributional
Impacts of Energy Price Reform -- ; Health Impacts -- ; Notes -- ; References -- ;
Spotlight 3.. Why Climate Action Is a Harder Sell in ECA -- ; Notes -- ; References
-- ; III.. Sectoral Priorities -- ; 6.. Power -- ; Natural Gas -- ; Carbon Capture
and Storage -- ; Nuclear Power -- ; Renewable Energy -- ; Notes -- ; References --
; 7.. Production -- ; ECA's Industrial Energy Intensities -- ; A Region Catching Up
-- ; Structural or Efficiency Change -- ; Industrial Energy Efficiency: Where Are
the Low-Hanging Fruits? -- ; Closing the Efficiency Gap -- ; Notes -- ; References
-- ; 8.. Mobility -- ; Emissions from the Transport Sector -- ; The Broader Benefits
of Sustainable Mobility -- ; Climate-Smart Mobility Policies -- ; Multimodal Mobility
-- ; Notes -- ; References -- ; 9.. Cities -- ; Buildings -- ; Public Services --
; Urban Form -- ; Notes -- ; References -- ; 10.. Farms and Forests -- ; Agriculture
-- ; Forests -- ; The Way Forward -- ; Notes -- ; References.