Preface

Research in economics and finance of climate change require knowledge on various disciplines. Despite a growing body of research on these subjects, having a global picture of the issue remains a challenge. This may be due to the specifications of each field, with their own methodologies, vocabulary and cultural background.

This book aims to highlight some key figures and core ideas of these different fields. It is destinated to both researchers, professionals and politicians, as an introduction or as a reminder. Most of our content is based on existing research. Our goal is to select the more relevant results and to harmonize them and to simplify them at the maximum. We therefore prefer comparability over specificity, rounded over precision, aggregation over exhaustivity. References to source documents will always be available for the one interested in a deeper study.