Benefits of Environmental Policy

About this book

Environmental policy may produce effects which go beyond the scope of the specific policy's initial aim. Reforestation, for example, generates positive benefits not only in the shape of climate protection but also in the shape of the combat of biodiversity loss and it may also raise the attractiveness of a region for tourists. There are several examples of environmental policies, generating initially unintended co-effects. These co-effects are not always positive, of course.

This book addresses the wide range of (co-)effects associated with environmental policies which may increase or decrease the attractiveness of these policies. Therefore, the book's scope goes beyond the standard economic analyses, which regularly postulate a specific cause-and-effect chain. The complexity and wide range of benefits is investigated from different perspectives and by means of different methodologies. Among the environmental policies discussed are climate mitigation policies as well as adaptation policies.

Contents

1. Different Benefit Dimensions in Environmental Economics 2. Co-Effects of Environmental Policy 3. Ancillary Benefits of Adaptation to Climate Change 4. Climate Policy Providing Public and Private Goods 5. Environmental Policy in India 6. The Integrative Sustainability Triangle as a New Approach to the Design of a Sustainability Strategy 7. Discussion

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CICERO, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, Norway Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany