pt. 1. Understanding the challenge -- Climate change : state of the science / Stefan Rahmstorf -- The world energy outlook 2010 : where is the world heading after Copenhagen? / Raffaella Centurelli and Timur Gül -- The impacts of a world in transformation on the prospects for maritime transport / R. Martin Lees -- Transport costs, trade, and climate change / Andreas Kopp -- pt. 2. Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping -- International maritime transport under the UNFCCC process / Iulian Florin Vladu and Bernd Hackmann -- Climate change : a challenge for IMO too / Andreas Chrysostomou and Eivind S. Vågslid -- A rebate mechanism for an equitable maritime emission reduction scheme / Andre Stochniol -- Market-based instruments to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from ships : taxonomy and assessment / Marc D. Davidson and Jasper Faber -- Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from shipping : potential, cost and strategies / Philippe Crist -- pt. 3. Industry perspectives and initiatives -- International shipping and climate change / Peter Hinchliffe -- Controlling greenhouse gases : for love or money? / Paul Gunton -- Climate initiatives of the world's ports / Satoshi Inoue -- pt. 4. Adapting ports and other coastal infrastructure to the impacts of climate change -- Extreme flood events and port cities through the 21st century : implications of climate change and other drivers / Susan Hanson and Robert J. Nicholls -- Climate change and ports in America's Gulf Coast : planning for change / Michael J. Savonis, Alan Meyers and Joanne R. Potter -- Investigation of potential climate change impacts on ports and maritime operations around the southern African coast / Marius Rossouw and Andre Theron -- Approach to climate change adaptation in the port of Rotterdam / Tiedo Vellinga and Michiel de Jong.

xxvii, 327 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781849712385 (hardback : alk. paper)
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