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Climate change mitigation, technological innovation and adaptation. A new perspective on climate policy / ed. by Valentina Bosetti, Carlo Carraro, Emanuele Massetti, Massimo Tavoni. Edward Elgar, 2014, 224 p. - Hardback 978 1 84980 949 8 ebook isbn 978 1 78347 717 3http://www.e-elgar.com/bookentry_main.lasso?id=14279Description (© E. Elgar) :This book presents provides a rigorous yet accessible treatment of the main topics in climate change policy using a large body of research generated using WITCH (World Induced Technical Change Hybrid), an innovative and path-breaking integrated assessment model.The authors give a particular emphasis to the analysis of technological change necessary to build low-carbon economies. The WITCH model can track all of the actions which impact the level of mitigation – such as R&#38;D expenditures, investments in carbon-free technologies and adaptation, purchases of emission permits, or expenditures for carbon taxes – thus allowing for the evaluation of equilibrium responses stimulated by different climate policy tools... read moreContents :1. A Climate-Constrained World / Emanuele Massetti2. Shifting the Boundary: The Role of Innovation / Lea Nicita3. Getting to Yes / Alessandra Sgobbi4. Coping with Uncertainty / Massimo Tavoni5. Climate Policy and the Forestry Sector: The Role of Non-energy Emissions / Valentina Bosetti6. Adaptation and Mitigation: What is the Optimal Balance? / Enrica De Cian7. A Focus on the Latest Developments in the Modelling of Mitigation Options / Thomas Longden and Fabio Sferra8. Conclusions / Emanuele Massetti and Massimo Tavoni9. Complete List of Publications that Use WITCH