Opportunities beyond carbon : looking forward to a sustainable world / edited by John O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Brien, John, editor.

Series:

MUP Academic Monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 356 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Opportunities Beyond Carbon presents climate change as potentially the 'best crisis we ever had'. It maps the many opportunities for communities large and small, local and international, making the transition to a low carbon economy. John O'Brien has compiled essays by key politicians, investors, business people, activists and academics on how to make the most of the current predicament. This fresh, lucid and practical optimism for the future offers a foundation for an entirely new and proactive attitude to climate change.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Part I: Setting the Scene

1 When Words Fail: Climate Change Activists Have Chosen a Magic Number

2 What Holds Us Back from the Big Shift? Time to Stop the Hand-Wringing and Start Envisioning What We Really Want

3 Towards a Fossil Fuel-Free Future

4 Communicating Complexity in the Carbon-Aware World

Part 2: Community Opportunities

5 Building Better Communities

6 The Carbon Economy: A New Imperative for Acting Locally

7 Assumption Traps and a Future Vision

8 Transport Opportunities: Towards a Resilient City

Part 3: Business Opportunities

9 The Business Case for Going Beyond Carbon

10 The Cleantech Opportunity

11 Water Industry Cleantech Solutions

12 Branding Beyond Carbon

13 Reasons to Be Cheerful

Part 4: Investor Opportunities

14 The Instrumentalisation of Carbon

15 The Fund Manager's Perspective

16 Coming into View: Environmental, Social and Governance Sustainability for Institutional Investors

17 Riding Out along the Clean Energy Efficient Frontier

18 Green Investing: Towards a Clean Energy Infrastructure

Part 5: National Opportunities

19 Building Australia as a Solar Nation

20 Building Blocks for a Clean Future

21 Things Aren't Always What They Seem: Jumping Hurdles to a Post-Carbon Lifestyle

22 The Best Crisis We Ever Had!

23 Pursuing Clean Energy Business in India: Overcoming Barriers, Finding Solutions

Part 6: Global Opportunities

24 Protecting Today, Promising Tomorrow

25 Student Visions of the Opportunities Beyond Carbon

26 The Looming Peak Coal and Peak Phosphate Crises: Disaster or Opportunities for Innovation?

27 Australia's Emissions Contribution: Does It Matter?

28 The Way We Were: Looking Back from 2100

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Copyright.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780522859959

052285995X