We need to stop burning fossil fuels in order to halt human-induced climate change. Most experts tell us we need carbon taxes, globally binding treaties and lifestyle changes. This book explains why these experts are wrong, and examines the technology innovation policies that are already working to transform our energy use.
We need to stop burning fossil fuels in order to halt human-induced climate change. Most experts tell us we need carbon taxes, globally binding treaties and lifestyle changes. This book explains why these experts are wrong, and examines the technology innovation policies that are already working to transform our energy use.
Anthony Patt is Professor of Human-Environment Systems at ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. He had been a practicing environmental lawyer in the United States when his concern about climate change led him to Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, where he earned a PhD for research on the relationship between science, engineering and climate change governance. Since moving to Europe in 2006, he has turned his attention to the policy challenges associated with scaling up low-carbon technologies. In 2012 he received the prestigious European Research Council award to support his team's research on the environmental, social and institutional challenges of solar energy development. From 2011-14 he participated in numerous capacities in the preparation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report, including as Lead Author on the role of risk and uncertainty in climate policy, and as a member of the writing team of the Summary for Policymakers for the IPCC's Mitigation of Climate Change report.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword David G. Victor Part I. Setting the Stage: 1. From optimism to pessimism and back again 2. The natural and social science of climate change 3. The solution space and its distractions Part II. Failed Strategies to Reduce Emissions: 4. Getting the prices right 5. Striking a global bargain 6. Changing the way we live Part III. Successful Strategies to Move Us Away from Fossil Fuels: 7. Theories of transition 8. Strategic technologies 9. Energiewende in the German power sector 10. Policies beyond power 11. Pulling it all together Index.
Foreword David G. Victor Part I. Setting the Stage: 1. From optimism to pessimism and back again 2. The natural and social science of climate change 3. The solution space and its distractions Part II. Failed Strategies to Reduce Emissions: 4. Getting the prices right 5. Striking a global bargain 6. Changing the way we live Part III. Successful Strategies to Move Us Away from Fossil Fuels: 7. Theories of transition 8. Strategic technologies 9. Energiewende in the German power sector 10. Policies beyond power 11. Pulling it all together Index.
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