Adapt and Be Adept: Market Responses to Climate Change
Intro -- Advance Praise for Adapt and Be Adept -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Accepted but Ineffective Climate Policies -- Market Adaptation to Climate Change -- Filling Missing Market Niches -- To Adapt or Not to Adapt -- Conclusion -- 2. Hydrocarbons Are Here to Stay -- Physics Realities of Wind and Solar -- More Hidden Costs -- Batteries Cannot Save the Grid or the Planet -- Moore's Law Misapplied -- The Physics Limits of Green Dreams and Energy Revolutions -- Digitalization Won't Uberize the Energy Sector -- Energy Revolutions Are Still beyond the Horizon -- Energy Productivity and Wealth: Keys for Adaptation to Everything -- 3. The Political Realities of Climate Policy -- The Political Economy of Top-Down Climate Policy -- Polarized Views Make Reconciliation Difficult -- Turning to Markets -- Conclusion -- 4. Merging Trade and Climate Policy -- Climate Policy Options and Trade -- The Threat of Trade Linkage -- A Snapshot of World Carbon Trade -- Balancing the Way Forward -- Conclusion -- 5. Subsistence in Alaska Native Villages: Adapting in the Face of Climate Change and Government Regulations -- The Nature of Subsistence -- Adaptation Strategies -- How State and Federal Regimes Hinder Adaptation to Climate Change -- Maximizing ANV Adaptation under Existing Law and the Potential for Legal and Institutional Change -- Conclusion -- 6. Improving Price Discovery to Accelerate Adaptation to Climate Change -- Background -- Theory -- Supply and Demand for Information and Price Discovery -- Incentives Induced by Information and Price Dynamics -- Adaptation Tools -- The Role of Government in Private Adaptation -- Conclusion -- 7. Can Fire Insurance Manage Wildfire Risks in California? -- Epilogue: Adaptation-Simple but Effective -- Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index.