This collection of nine articles on global climate change examines national and international policy as it relates to Korea and explores lessons learned in other regions that are applicable to economic and political structures in the country. Essays discuss topics such as tradable carbon allowances and the experience of the European Union, the political economy of climate change, low carbon green growth and energy policy in Korea, and establishing a carbon market in Korea. Articles include numerous tables and charts. Contributors are economists and energy sector experts from Korea, the US and Europe. Annotation ⓒ2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

1.Responding to climate change: introduction and overview 2.Sustaining growth and mitigating climate change: are the costs of mitigation underestimated? 3.Tradable carbon allowances: the experience of the European Union and lessons learned 4.Energy and climate change policy: perspectives from the International Energy Agency 5.The political economy of climate change 6.Climate change meets trade in promoting green growth: potential conflicts and synergies 7.Terms of trade in Korea: causes of decline since the mid-1990s and implications for green growth 8.Low carbon green growth and energy policy in Korea 9.issues in establishing a carbon market in Korea