Environmental economics

Effective policy is vital for creating greener economies, new jobs and industries, for securing energy supplies and for protecting the climate and environment.

Markets have been found to be an increasingly important source of the seeds of crops and varieties low income farmers need to improve their livelihoods, encompassing both the formal and informal seed sector.

Markets have been found to be an increasingly important source of the seeds of crops and varieties low income farmers need to improve their livelihoods, encompassing both the formal and informal seed sector.

Reducing your carbon emissions in an economic down-turn can be challenging, but saving the planet doesn't have to cost you more.

Reducing your carbon emissions in an economic down-turn can be challenging, but saving the planet doesn't have to cost you more.

Business is coming under increasing pressure from government, customers and campaigning groups to improve its environmental performance.

Business is coming under increasing pressure from government, customers and campaigning groups to improve its environmental performance.

In recent decades agricultural commodity surpluses in the developed world have contributed to a mantra of 'land surplus' in which set-aside, extensification, alternative land uses and 'wilding' have been key terms in debates over land.

In recent decades agricultural commodity surpluses in the developed world have contributed to a mantra of 'land surplus' in which set-aside, extensification, alternative land uses and 'wilding' have been key terms in debates over land.

Around the world, a growing number of businesses are taking steps to reduce their climate impact by managing their greenhouse gas emissions.

Around the world, a growing number of businesses are taking steps to reduce their climate impact by managing their greenhouse gas emissions.

Scarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition.

Scarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition.

Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature.

Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature.

This textbook has two main objectives.

This textbook has two main objectives.

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study is a major international initiative drawing attention to local, national and global economic benefits of biodiversity, to highlight the growing costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, the benefits of investing in natural capital, and to draw together expertise from the fields of science, economics and policy to enable practical actions.

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study is a major international initiative drawing attention to local, national and global economic benefits of biodiversity, to highlight the growing costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, the benefits of investing in natural capital, and to draw together expertise from the fields of science, economics and policy to enable practical actions.

The majority of recent publications on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union address current issues and specific applications.

The majority of recent publications on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union address current issues and specific applications.

Recent developments in international policy on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation in Developing countries (REDD) open the way for crediting of carbon saved by rural communities through management of the forests in their vicinity.

Recent developments in international policy on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation in Developing countries (REDD) open the way for crediting of carbon saved by rural communities through management of the forests in their vicinity.

The purpose of this book is to assess a variety of economic issues as they relate to agro-biodiversity and show how addressing these issues can assist in agro-biodiversity policy-making.

The purpose of this book is to assess a variety of economic issues as they relate to agro-biodiversity and show how addressing these issues can assist in agro-biodiversity policy-making.

Agricultural systems are no longer evaluated solely on the basis of the food they provide, but also on their capacity to limit impacts on the environment, such as soil conservation, water quality and biodiversity conservation, as well as their contribution to mitigating and adapting to climate change.

Agricultural systems are no longer evaluated solely on the basis of the food they provide, but also on their capacity to limit impacts on the environment, such as soil conservation, water quality and biodiversity conservation, as well as their contribution to mitigating and adapting to climate change.

Thousands of surveys on rural livelihoods in developing countries are being done every year.

Thousands of surveys on rural livelihoods in developing countries are being done every year.

The Sustainability Transformation is a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of what is happening to our world - and wanting to change it for the better.

The Sustainability Transformation is a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of what is happening to our world - and wanting to change it for the better.

How should we be putting a price on carbon, particularly in developing countries?

How should we be putting a price on carbon, particularly in developing countries?

Claims to land and territory are often a cause of conflict, and land issues present some of the most contentious problems for post-conflict peacebuilding.

Claims to land and territory are often a cause of conflict, and land issues present some of the most contentious problems for post-conflict peacebuilding.

Climate change brings about a new set of major economic risks arising from changing weather patterns, extreme weather events and rising sea levels.

Climate change brings about a new set of major economic risks arising from changing weather patterns, extreme weather events and rising sea levels.

The impending threats of catastrophic climate change and peak oil are driving our society towards increased use of biomass for energy, chemical compounds and other materials - the beginnings of a biobased economy.

The impending threats of catastrophic climate change and peak oil are driving our society towards increased use of biomass for energy, chemical compounds and other materials - the beginnings of a biobased economy.

As the world reels from the credit crunch and fall into recession of late 2008, the search is on for a better way to do business.

As the world reels from the credit crunch and fall into recession of late 2008, the search is on for a better way to do business.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets have long been promoted as an important element of a comprehensive climate policy approach.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets have long been promoted as an important element of a comprehensive climate policy approach.

Hydrogen could be a significant fuel of the future, with the potential to make a major contribution to the resolution of pressing social and environmental problems such as carbon emissions, energy security and local air pollution.

Hydrogen could be a significant fuel of the future, with the potential to make a major contribution to the resolution of pressing social and environmental problems such as carbon emissions, energy security and local air pollution.

Drastic reduction of carbon emissions is vital if we are to avoid a catastrophe that devastates large parts of the world.

Drastic reduction of carbon emissions is vital if we are to avoid a catastrophe that devastates large parts of the world.

What America does - or fails to do - in the next few years to solve the problem of climate change will largely determine the fate of the earth and humanity for centuries to come.

What America does - or fails to do - in the next few years to solve the problem of climate change will largely determine the fate of the earth and humanity for centuries to come.

Despite increasing public awareness of climate change, our behaviours relating to consumption and energy use remain largely unchanged.