Call number:
IASS 20.95235
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- List of abbreviations -- Glossary -- Introduction: Why and how to debate climate change -- 1. Is climate change the most important challenge of our times? -- YES: Because climate change is changing everything -- NO: Because we cannot address climate change without addressing inequality -- PART I: What do we need to know? -- 2. Is the concept of 'tipping point' helpful for describing and communicating possible climate futures? -- YES: It draws attention to the possibility of inadequate response to non-incremental change -- NO: It misleads as to the nature of climate change -- 3. Should individual extreme weather events be attributed to human agency? -- YES: Attribution provides a realistic view of the impacts of climate change and can improve local decision-making and planning -- NO: Attributing individual extreme events to anthropogenic factors is not as useful as you might think -- 4. Does climate change drive violence, conflict and human migration? -- YES: Historically it does, over large scales of time and space -- NO: Other social, economic and political factors are nearly always more important -- 5. Can the social cost of carbon be calculated? -- YES: The social cost of carbon is a simple and practical tool -- NO: There are fundamental problems with cost-benefit analysis when applied to climate change -- PART II: What should we do? -- 6. Are carbon markets the best way to address climate change? -- YES: Markets are flexible, efficient and politically feasible -- NO: Carbon markets are theoretically flawed and practically ineffective -- 7. Should future investments in energy technology be limited exclusively to renewables?.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
xxvii, 251 Seiten
ISBN:
9781138333024
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429446252
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429446252
Language:
English
Branch Library:
RIFS Library
