Why are we waiting? : the logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change / Nicholas Stern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stern, N. H. (Nicholas Herbert), author.

Series:

Lionel Robbins lectures.

Lionel Robbins Lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Economic aspects.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Environmental policy--Economic aspects.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (443 pages) : illustrations, charts, graphs, tables.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780262329217

0262329212

9780262529983

026252998X