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Physical Sciences and Mathematics

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Series

2009

Global warming

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Climate Change Economics 101, Adele C. Morris Nov 2009

Climate Change Economics 101, Adele C. Morris

Brookings Scholar Lecture Series

Outline of Talk:
- Climate change is a market failure
- Climate and energy facts
- Economically efficient policy design
- Economics of Domestic Legislation


Geopolitics Of Global Change: The Melting Of The Arctic, Charles K. Ebinger Oct 2009

Geopolitics Of Global Change: The Melting Of The Arctic, Charles K. Ebinger

Brookings Scholar Lecture Series

Arctic Melt:
- Climate change, feedback loops
- More than one million square miles of ice melted in 2007
- We could have ice-free Arctic summers as early as 2013 or 2015
- New environmental and strategic challenges