Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-398) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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6 Broad Approaches to Moral and Political Philosophy: Converging PerspectivesPart 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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
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JSTOR
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OverDrive, Inc.
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22573/ctt17kkdgm
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9A751821-6A76-4BE9-8D3B-E555823E3267
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Title
Why are we waiting?
International Standard Book Number
9780262029186
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Climatic changes-- Economic aspects.
Climatic changes-- Government policy.
Environmental policy-- Economic aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.
Changement climatique.
Climatic changes-- Economic aspects.
Climatic changes-- Government policy.
Coopération internationale.
Economie de l'environnement.
Environment and ecology.
Environment and Ecology.
Environmental policy-- Economic aspects.
Innovations technologiques.
Klimatförändringar-- ekonomiska aspekter.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Environmental Policy.