This book presents new research related to climate change policies and effects. It discusses the implications of climate change on issues pertaining to international relations and economic development, and the question of how climate change could jeopardize the international system as we have known it until today. It aims to provide an empirical basis and epistemological framework to discuss the effects of climate change on economic growth, social development and welfare as a global phenomenon influenced by policies carried out transnationally and by national governments. Case studies from around the globe are presented.

Autorentext
Tiago Neves Sequeira owns a PhD in Economics (Macroeconomics) from NOVA School of Business and Economics (Lisbon, Portugal). He has been an active researcher on the theory and empirics of Economic Growth and has been published in recognized international journals such as Ecological Economics, Research Policy, Regional Studies, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation, Oxford Economics Papers, Macroeconomic Dynamics, among many other.
Liliana Reis Ferreira owns a PhD in International Relations and Politcal Science from University of Minho (Braga, Portugal). She has been awarded with the José Medeiros Ferreira Award (from the European Institute) for one of the best thesis on International Relations of Portuguese Universities linked to the European integration process. She has published a book A Contruc*ão* do Ator Securitário Europeu: A Hora das Escolhas and several chapters and articles in topics such as global governance, and UE common policies.

Inhalt
Introduction.- A Market Approach.- Global Development and Climate Change: A Game Theory Approach.- On the Edge of Climate Change: In a Search of an Adequate Agent-Based Methodology to Model Environmental Dynamics.- Greenhouse Gas, Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Threshold Effect.- Effects of Climate Change to Industrial Outputs and Employment in Asian Emerging Economies.- The Role of Carbon Markets in the Paris Agreement: Mitigation and Development.- The Role of Global Players.- The European Union as a Leading Environmental Player? A Critical Analysis on the Policy and Commitments Towards Global Development and Climate Change.- The European Union Accession and Climate Change Policies in the Western Balkan Countries.- The BRICS Commitment on Climate Change: Process Towards an Effective Approach in the Path of Sustainable Development.- Reducing Catastrophic Climate Risk by Revolutionizing the Amazon: Novel Pathways for Brazilian Diplomacy.- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Africa: Strategies, Synergies, and Constraints.- Climate Change Mitigation: Micro Evidence.- Climate Change Mitigation Through the Application of LCA Methodology on the Environmental Performance of Two Vehicles with Distinct Engines.- The Role of Marketing in Reducing Climate Change: An Approach to the Sustainable Marketing Orientation.- Madeira Island: Tourism, Natural Disasters and Destination Image.- Conclusion.