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Preface
mitigate and adapt to global warming’s consequences within their jurisdictions.
Ramos and Chisari evaluate the costs and benefits of a unilateral carbon tariff in
Argentina. The authors conclude that it is an expensive policy for developing
economies that usually face persistent unemployment, inequality, and external and
fiscal imbalances, and volatile capital flows.
In the last chapter of this part, Belfiori provides a general view of the essential
elements of optimal climate policy. The author questions the role of renewable
energy subsidies and explains some paradoxes connected to the political tendency
to subsidize renewables instead of taxing carbon.
Finally, Carlos Winograd closes the book with a discussion about the key
challenges that Latin America will face in the coming decades. The chapter
examines the prospects of a development path based on the region’s response to an
increase in world food demand. The author analyzes the environmental and social
tensions that can arise from such a development path.
This compilation of articles is intended for academics, researchers, policy-makers,
and a general audience interested in the economics of climate change and the steps
that countries can take to move forward. It has been written not only for social
scientists but also, and especially, for people around the world interested in climate
change impacts, adaptation strategies, and climate policy.
Younger generations are showing higher awareness of the climate problem. They
are the hope that the world is getting closer to solving this critical issue. This book
is written for them, too, trusting that it will bring to the table the tools and analytical
framework that they need to support their views and visions.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
July 2020
Maria Elisa Belfiori
Mariano Javier Rabassa
Preface
mitigate and adapt to global warming’s consequences within their jurisdictions.
Ramos and Chisari evaluate the costs and benefits of a unilateral carbon tariff in
Argentina. The authors conclude that it is an expensive policy for developing
economies that usually face persistent unemployment, inequality, and external and
fiscal imbalances, and volatile capital flows.
In the last chapter of this part, Belfiori provides a general view of the essential
elements of optimal climate policy. The author questions the role of renewable
energy subsidies and explains some paradoxes connected to the political tendency
to subsidize renewables instead of taxing carbon.
Finally, Carlos Winograd closes the book with a discussion about the key
challenges that Latin America will face in the coming decades. The chapter
examines the prospects of a development path based on the region’s response to an
increase in world food demand. The author analyzes the environmental and social
tensions that can arise from such a development path.
This compilation of articles is intended for academics, researchers, policy-makers,
and a general audience interested in the economics of climate change and the steps
that countries can take to move forward. It has been written not only for social
scientists but also, and especially, for people around the world interested in climate
change impacts, adaptation strategies, and climate policy.
Younger generations are showing higher awareness of the climate problem. They
are the hope that the world is getting closer to solving this critical issue. This book
is written for them, too, trusting that it will bring to the table the tools and analytical
framework that they need to support their views and visions.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
July 2020
Maria Elisa Belfiori
Mariano Javier Rabassa