Aviation and Climate Change In Search of a Global Market Based Measu
The book addresses the most critical issue faced by aviation and climate change: namely the development of a market based measure to control aircraft engine emissions. It discusses the current market economic trends as they impact to aviation and suggests
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Ruwantissa Abeyratne
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Ruwantissa Abeyratne
Aviation and Climate Change In Search of a Global Market Based Measure
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Ruwantissa Abeyratne Global Aviation Consultancies Inc. Cote Saint Luc, QC Canada
ISSN 2192-855X ISBN 978-3-319-08442-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08443-5
ISSN 2192-8568 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-08443-5 (eBook)
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Preface
The Stern Review of October 2006 titled The Economics of Climate Change stated that if no action is taken to reduce emissions, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could reach double its preindustrial level as early as 2035, virtually committing us to a global average temperature rise of over 2 degrees centigrade. The David Suzuki Foundation, in its official website says that ‘‘for a relatively small industry, aviation has a disproportionately large impact on the climate system. It presently accounts for 4–9 % of the total climate change impact of human activity.’’ A Rep
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