Five Times Faster
Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change
(Sprache: Englisch)
Policy insider's compelling argument to reorganise our efforts in science, diplomacy, and economics to tackle climate change five times faster.
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Policy insider's compelling argument to reorganise our efforts in science, diplomacy, and economics to tackle climate change five times faster.
Klappentext zu „Five Times Faster “
We need to act five times faster to tackle climate change before it is too late. A policy insider, Simon Sharpe provides compelling ideas on how to rethink our strategies and reorganise our efforts in the fields of science, diplomacy, and economics to speed up progress in addressing climate change.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Five Times Faster “
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.
Autoren-Porträt von Simon Sharpe
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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Simon Sharpe
- 2023, 344 Seiten, Masse: 15,6 x 23,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 100932649X
- ISBN-13: 9781009326490
- Erscheinungsdatum: 31.03.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
'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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