Why are we waiting? the logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change
An urgent case for climate change action that forcefully sets out, in economic, ethical, and political terms, the dangers of delay and the benefits of action.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England :
The MIT Press
2015.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Lionel Robbins lectures.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009863822706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I A Planet between Peril and Prosperity
- 1 The Science: How It Shapes the Economics, Ethics, Politics, and the Possible Prognoses
- 2 Building a New Energy-Industrial Revolution
- Part II The Principles and Logic of Policy for Change: Economics and Ethics
- 3 Policies for Dynamic Change and Transition: Lessons from Economic History and Economic Theory
- 4 How Some Economic Analyses Have Distorted the Issues
- 5 The Ethics of Intertemporal Values and Valuations
- 6 Broad Approaches to Moral and Political Philosophy: Converging Perspectives
- Part III Action around the World: Progress, Collaboration, Equity
- 7 Developments in Climate Action around the World
- 8 Building National and International Action
- 9 Equity across Peoples and Nations
- 10 Conclusion: How Ideas Change over Time
- Notes
- Sources
- Index.
