Accounting and climate change : the two degrees target and financing the transition to a low-carbon economy

This thesis investigates the emergence of the long-term climate target to hold the increase in global average temperature below two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. This ‘two degrees target’ is shown to be the product of efforts to embed climate science, ‘cost-effective’ GHG control, and...

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Main Author: Charnock, Robert
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.700968