CHAPTER SEVEN. Improving Paris: Credibility, Technology, and Conservation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction 1
6. PART ONE: The Energy Transition and Its Consequences
7. CHAPTER ONE. Reducing Energy Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Meet Our Climate Goals: An Overview 15
8. CHAPTER TWO. Transitional Risks and the Safe Carbon Budget Rick van der Ploeg 44
9. PART TWO: Carbon Pricing and Dealing with Uncertainty
10. CHAPTER THREE. Fighting Climate Change and the Social Cost of Carbon 57
11. CHAPTER FOUR. How Should Countries Price Fossil Fuels? 73
12. CHAPTER FIVE. Should Carbon Pricing Be Different Across Countries? 89
13. CHAPTER SIX. Needed: Robustness in Climate Economics 104
14. PART THREE: Implementing Climate Agreements
15. CHAPTER SEVEN. Improving Paris: Credibility, Technology, and Conservation 117
16. CHAPTER EIGHT. Can a Uniform Carbon-Price Commitment Help to Resolve the Global Warming Problem? 129
17. CHAPTER NINE. Addressing Climate Change: Does the IMF Have a Role? 143
18. CHAPTER TEN. Post-Paris Clean Energy Options for China 149
19. PART FOUR: Finance and Sustainable Infrastructure
20. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Financing Sustainable Infrastructure 167
21. CHAPTER TWELVE. Climate Change: A Policy-Making Case Study of Capital Markets’ Mobilization for Public Good 179
22. Contributors 201
23. Index 205