Survival governance : energy and climate in the Chinese century / Peter Drahos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drahos, Peter, 1955- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Government policy--China.

Sustainable development.

Energy policy--China.

Energy policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

To deal with the climate crisis we need a new paradigm of technological and social development aimed at the restoration of ecological systems - the bio-digital energy paradigm. How do we get to this paradigm? The book draws on more than 250 interviews across 17 key countries to present a practical answer this question. We need a strong state to lead. There are four possible leaders - the EU, US, China and India. China is best placed to lead. It is building experimental cities like eco-cities and sponge cities out of which could grow the climate survival governance that the world badly needs.

Contents:

Preface

The argument in summary

Choosing among implausible leaders

Technology choices

The geo-energy trilemma and its mis-management

'Winners' and 'losers' in hotter worlds

China's limits to growth

Backing the bio-digital energy paradigm?

City pathways to the bio-digital energy paradigm

India, the Janus energy sovereign

Survival Governance.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-753477-5

0-19-753478-3

0-19-753476-7