【2015新书】Natural Capital: Valuing the Planet
Book 图书名称:Natural Capital: Valuing the Planet
Author 作者: Dieter Helm
Publisher 出版社: Yale University Press
Page 页数: 296
Publishing Date 出版时间: Jun 23, 2015
Language 语言: English
Size 大小: 1 MB
Format 格式: pdf 文字版
ISBN: 0300210981, 9780300210989
Edition: 第1版 搜索过论坛,没有该文档
Natural capital is what nature provides to us for free. Renewables—like species—keep on coming, provided we do not drive them towards extinction. Non-renewables—like oil and gas—can only be used once. Together, they are the foundation that ensures our survival and well-being, and the basis of all economic activity. In the face of the global, local, and national destruction of biodiversity and ecosystems, economist Dieter Helm here offers a crucial set of strategies for establishing natural capital policy that is balanced, economically sustainable, and politically viable.
Helm shows why the commonly held view that environmental protection poses obstacles to economic progress is false, and he explains why the environment must be at the very core of economic planning. He presents the first real attempt to calibrate, measure, and value natural capital from an economic perspective and goes on to outline a stable new framework for sustainable growth. Bristling with ideas of immediate global relevance, Helm’s book shifts the parameters of current environmental debate. As inspiring as his trailblazing The Carbon Crunch, this volume will be essential reading for anyone concerned with reversing the headlong destruction of our environment.