Carbon footprint wars : what might happen if we retreat from globalization? / Stuart Sim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sim, Stuart.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global warming.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Climate change is acknowledged to be the major problem currently facing the human race, and the need to reduce our carbon footprint becomes ever more urgent as the scientific predictions of the effects of climate change become increasingly dire. Whether we are fully aware of the social and political consequences of striving for a significant reduction is more questionable. The Carbon Footprint Wars identifies the many dangers inherent in the projected solutions - such as retreating from the spread of globalization, the current socio-economic paradigm for world trade. The war of words that is b

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I The Problems; 1 Introduction The Carbon Footprint Wars: What is at Stake?; 2 Global Warming: The Evidence For; 3 Global Warming: The Arguments Against; 4 The Globalization Paradigm: Defenders and Detractors; Part II The Solutions; 5 Reducing Our Carbon Footprint: Altering Lifestyles; 6 Living With Our Carbon Footprint: The Technological Response; Part III The Consequences; 7 Worst-Case Scenarios:Economic; 8 Worst-Case Scenarios:Socio-Political; 9 Worst-Case Scenarios: Technological and Environmental

Part IV Reassessing Global Priorities10 Reconstructing Geopolitical Relationships: The Ethical Dimension; 11 Reconstructing Geopolitical Narratives: A Radical Democratic Globe?; 12 Conclusion: Survival, Disaster, Trade-Off; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-223) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-13658-5

9786612136580

0-7486-3767-2

OCLC:

430821168