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Climate Change Remedies

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Carbon tax; Climate change; Emission trading scheme; Global public goods; Insurance

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Over the last decades, climate change has become a very important issue all over the world. The change in climate corresponds to an increase in the earth’s average atmospheric temperature, which is usually referred to as global warming. In response to the scientific evidence that human activities are contributing significantly to global climate change, and particularly through the emissions of greenhouse gas (GHG), decision-makers are devoting considerable attention to reduce the causes and to find remedies for the consequences.

Climate change is going to generate more and more environmental disasters, classified as “natural” if caused only by natural forces or “man-made” if associated with human activities. More precisely, given the role of greenhouse gas emitters, we can refer to the category of “unintended man-made” disasters (Posner 2004).

Due to the global impact of these...

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  1. Department of Management, Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

    Francesco De Masi & Donatella Porrini

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    Giovanni Battista Ramello

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De Masi, F., Porrini, D. (2021). Climate Change Remedies. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G.B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_616-2

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    Climate Change Remedies
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_616-2

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_616-1

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