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Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits

23 December 2010 TIMES Higher Education

Sweating over the heating bill Steven Yearley finds that cost-benefit analysis is of limited use when it comes to saving the planet Suppose the international community took climate change seriously and committed a quarter of a trillion dollars a year to the problem for the next decade: how would they best spend the money? (...) Read it online Book review Smart Sol 2010 Dec 23 Times Higher Education.pdf

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