We need to act five times faster to avoid dangerous climate change. This is an inside story from Simon Sharpe, who has spent ten years at the forefront of climate change policy and diplomacy. In our fight to avoid dangerous climate change, science is pulling its punches, diplomacy is picking the wrong battles, and economics has been fighting for the other side. This provocative and engaging book sets out how we should rethink our strategies and reorganise our efforts in the fields of science, economics, and diplomacy, so that we can act fast enough to stay safe. This edition has been brought…mehr
We need to act five times faster to avoid dangerous climate change. This is an inside story from Simon Sharpe, who has spent ten years at the forefront of climate change policy and diplomacy. In our fight to avoid dangerous climate change, science is pulling its punches, diplomacy is picking the wrong battles, and economics has been fighting for the other side. This provocative and engaging book sets out how we should rethink our strategies and reorganise our efforts in the fields of science, economics, and diplomacy, so that we can act fast enough to stay safe. This edition has been brought up-to-date throughout, and includes a new chapter on how international cooperation on climate change can be reconciled with economic and geopolitical competition. It also includes a response to the question the book has most often provoked: 'How can I help?'
Simon Sharpe is Director of Economics for the Climate Champions Team and a Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute. He designed and led flagship international campaigns of the UK's Presidency of the UN climate change talks (COP 26) in 2020-2021; worked as the head of private office to a minister of energy and climate change in the UK Government; and has served on diplomatic postings in China and India. He has published influential academic papers and created groundbreaking international initiatives in climate change risk assessment, economics, policy, and diplomacy.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction Part I. Science: 2. Looking up at the dam 3. Knowing the least about what matters most 4. Telling the boiling frog what he needs to know 5. Runaway tipping points of no return 6. The meaning of conservative 7. More than science 8. Tell the truth Part II. Economics: 9. Worse than useless 10. The allocation of scarce resources 11. The configuration of abundance 12. Not just fixing the foundations 13. Investing with our eyes open 14. Regulating for a free lunch 15. Stuck in first gear 16. Runaway tipping points of no return, revisited 17. Revolutionary Part III. Diplomacy: 18. A foreseeable failure 19. The greatest public relations gamble in history 20. System change, not climate change 21. Better late than never 22. From coal to clean power 23. From oil to electric vehicles 24. From deforestation to sustainable development 25. The Breakthrough Agenda 26. Competition and cooperation 27. Tipping cascades 28. Epilogue. Appendix: How you can help.
1. Introduction; Part I. Science: 2. Looking up at the dam; 3. Knowing the least about what matters most; 4. Telling the boiling frog what he needs to know; 5. Runaway tipping points of no return; 6. The meaning of conservative; 7. More than science; 8. Tell the truth; Part II. Economics: 9. Worse than useless; 10. The allocation of scarce resources; 11. The configuration of abundance; 12. Not just fixing the foundations; 13. Investing with our eyes open; 14. Regulating for a free lunch; 15. Stuck in first gear; 16. Runaway tipping points of no return, revisited; 17. Revolutionary; Part III. Diplomacy: 18. A foreseeable failure; 19. The greatest public relations gamble in history; 20. System change, not climate change; 21. Better late than never; 22. From coal to clean power; 23. From oil to electric vehicles; 24. From deforestation to sustainable development; 25. The Breakthrough Agenda; 26. Tipping cascades; 27. Epilogue.
1. Introduction Part I. Science: 2. Looking up at the dam 3. Knowing the least about what matters most 4. Telling the boiling frog what he needs to know 5. Runaway tipping points of no return 6. The meaning of conservative 7. More than science 8. Tell the truth Part II. Economics: 9. Worse than useless 10. The allocation of scarce resources 11. The configuration of abundance 12. Not just fixing the foundations 13. Investing with our eyes open 14. Regulating for a free lunch 15. Stuck in first gear 16. Runaway tipping points of no return, revisited 17. Revolutionary Part III. Diplomacy: 18. A foreseeable failure 19. The greatest public relations gamble in history 20. System change, not climate change 21. Better late than never 22. From coal to clean power 23. From oil to electric vehicles 24. From deforestation to sustainable development 25. The Breakthrough Agenda 26. Competition and cooperation 27. Tipping cascades 28. Epilogue. Appendix: How you can help.
1. Introduction; Part I. Science: 2. Looking up at the dam; 3. Knowing the least about what matters most; 4. Telling the boiling frog what he needs to know; 5. Runaway tipping points of no return; 6. The meaning of conservative; 7. More than science; 8. Tell the truth; Part II. Economics: 9. Worse than useless; 10. The allocation of scarce resources; 11. The configuration of abundance; 12. Not just fixing the foundations; 13. Investing with our eyes open; 14. Regulating for a free lunch; 15. Stuck in first gear; 16. Runaway tipping points of no return, revisited; 17. Revolutionary; Part III. Diplomacy: 18. A foreseeable failure; 19. The greatest public relations gamble in history; 20. System change, not climate change; 21. Better late than never; 22. From coal to clean power; 23. From oil to electric vehicles; 24. From deforestation to sustainable development; 25. The Breakthrough Agenda; 26. Tipping cascades; 27. Epilogue.
Rezensionen
'Pace is truly what matters in the climate fight - and the idea in this book that intrigues me the most is that a certain kind of reductionism has blinded us to the common interests that need to guide our work if it's going to happen in time.' Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
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