Hacia el Futuro (eBook)
XIV, 236 Seiten
Springer Netherlands (Verlag)
978-1-4020-4771-8 (ISBN)
The book focuses on the impact of energy policies on fossil fuel use, environmental quality, and economic growth in Mexico for the next 20 years. It examines the Mexican energy sector and its link to international trade, government revenues, economic welfare and environmental pollution.
It also develops a Computable General Equilibrium model of the Mexican economy, paying attention to the energy sector and its links with other aspects of the aggregate economy.
The past 25 years have witnessed an increasing worldwide concern over the issue of climate change and the specter of immense environmental and economic damage which would accompany unmitigated global warming trends. National governments in the industrialized world along with numerous multinational organizations have made a strong case for curbing the use of fossil fuels as an energy source, and agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol have come about largely due to their efforts. Many groups of researchers in both the natural and social sciences have made great strides in understanding this complicated issue. To date, however, the vast majority of climate change literature has addressed the topic from a European, North American, or global perspective, and the implications for developing countries have largely received only cursory treatment. This book represents a major step forward in addressing the issue of climate from the perspective of a country in the developing world. It highlights the climate change concerns for a particular developing country - Mexico, and analyses the economic impacts of different policies designed to mitigate the use of fossil fuels in the context of economic development and growth. The effects of energy pricing policies, technological change, carbon sequestration, and tradable permits are all economically modeled and discussed at length by the authors. Of particular interest are the issues that these authors raise for policy makers, such as the tradeoffs between environmental concerns, economic growth, and income distribution.
PART 1: Chapter 1. Introduction.- 1. Structure of the Book.- 2. Chapter Content.-3. To the Users.- Chapter 2. Greenhouse Gass Emissions and Climate Change.- 1. The Chemistry of Climate Change in Brief.- 2. Economic Activity and Climate Change.- 3. The Politics of Climate Change.- 4. Conclusions.- Chapter 3. Forecasting the Impact of Climate Change.- 1. Emissions from Latin America.- 2. Emissions and Economic Activity.- 3. Possible Effects on Mexico.- 4. Conclusions.- Chapter 4. Energy Use in Mexico.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Demography and Urbanization.- 3. Economic Growth and Structural Change.- 4. Brief Overview of Energy Use.- 5. Energy Pricing and Fiscal Policy.- 6. Energy in Other Latin American Countries.- 7. Conclusions.- Chapter 5. Economic Theory, Emission Control, and Kyoto.- 1. Environmental Control Mechanisms.- 2. The Economics of Climate Change.- Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.- 4. Economic Instruments.- 5. Latin America and the Kyoto Protocol.- 6. Conclusions.- Appendix.- PART 2: Chapter 6. The Dynamic General Equilibrium Model.- 1. The General Equilibrium Framework.- 2. Recent Modeling Efforts.- 3. Overall Structure of the Present Model.- 4. Calibration and Data.- Appendix.- Chapter 7. Simulation Results Under Perfect Competition.- 1. Features of the Model.- 2. Results.- 3. Conclusions.- Appendix.- Chapter 8. Simulation Results Under Imperfect Competition.- 1. Introducting Imperfect Markets.- 2. Results.- 3. Conclusions.- Appendix.- Chapter 9. Emissions Trading: Intersectoral and International.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Background.- 3. Modeling Structure.- 4. Results.- 5. Conclusions.- Chapter 10. Conclusions.- 1. Environmental and Economic Effects.- 2. Future energy Policies.- References.- Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.9.2006 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Advances in Global Change Research |
| Zusatzinfo | XIV, 236 p. |
| Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie | |
| Technik | |
| Wirtschaft | |
| Schlagworte | Control • Energy • Environment • Greenhouse Gas • Modeling |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4020-4771-1 / 1402047711 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4020-4771-8 / 9781402047718 |
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