A Climate Policy Revolution
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A Climate Policy Revolution
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Author : Roland Kupers
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2020-04-07
A Climate Policy Revolution written by Roland Kupers and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-07 with Political Science categories.
Humanity’s best hope for confronting the looming climate crisis rests with the new science of complexity. The sheer complexity of climate change stops most solutions in their tracks. How do we give up fossil fuels when energy is connected to everything, from great-power contests to the value of your pension? Global economic growth depends on consumption, but that also produces the garbage now choking the oceans. To give up cars, coal, or meat would upend industries and entire ways of life. Faced with seemingly impossible tradeoffs, politicians dither and economists offer solutions at the margins, all while we flirt with the sixth extinction. That’s why humanity’s last best hope is the young science of complex systems. Quitting coal, making autonomous cars ubiquitous, ending the middle-class addiction to consumption: all necessary to head off climate catastrophe, all deemed fantasies by pundits and policymakers, and all plausible in a complex systems view. Roland Kupers shows how we have already broken the interwoven path dependencies that make fundamental change so daunting. Consider the mid-2000s, when, against all predictions, the United States rapidly switched from a reliance on coal primarily to natural gas. The change required targeted regulations, a few lone investors, independent researchers, and generous technology subsidies. But in a stunningly short period of time, shale oil nudged out coal, and carbon dioxide emissions dropped by 10 percent. Kupers shows how to replicate such patterns in order to improve transit, reduce plastics consumption, and temper the environmental impact of middle-class diets. Whether dissecting China’s Ecological Civilization or the United States’ Green New Deal, Kupers describes what’s folly, what’s possible, and which solutions just might work.
Climate Change The Fourth Industrial Revolution And Public Pedagogies
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Author : Mike Cole
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-10-08
Climate Change The Fourth Industrial Revolution And Public Pedagogies written by Mike Cole and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-08 with Business & Economics categories.
Climate Change, The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Public Pedagogies: The Case for Ecosocialism uses public pedagogy as a theoretical lens to examine climate change emergency and presents a solution to the issue in ecosocialism. The book addresses the climate’s relationship with capitalism and the role of activism in highlighting the climate change emergency. With respect to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Cole assesses the pro-capitalist arguments that this revolution can be considered a progressive force and critiques them from a Marxist perspective. A case is made for ecosocialism, a form of socialism that is informed by feminism, inclusivity and real democracy. Ecosocialism, it is argued, can address climate change destruction and harness the potential fruits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for the good of all. The book ends by addressing the other great threat to civilisation alongside climate change, with a postscript providing some final words of warning about the dual perils of climate change and nuclear warfare. This highly topical book will be of interest to scholars, postgraduate students and researchers, as well as to advanced undergraduate students in the fields of environmental studies, pedagogy, and sociology. It will also appeal to all readers who are concerned with the onward march of climate change destruction.
A Careful Revolution
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Author : Amelia Sharman
language : en
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
Release Date : 2019
A Careful Revolution written by Amelia Sharman and has been published by Bridget Williams Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Science categories.
‘I am 29 years old. I was born just before the Kyoto Protocol was signed, and since then global mean temperatures have risen by an estimated 0.2°C per decade . . . in my lifetime I am likely to experience a world that is 2°C warmer, perhaps as much as 4°C, and has more droughts, fires and floods.’ Sylvia Nissen Climate crisis is upon us. By choice or necessity, New Zealand will transition to a low-emissions future. But can this revolution be careful? Can it be attentive to the disruptions it inevitably creates? Or will carefulness simply delay and dilute the changes that future people require of us? This timely collection brings together eleven authors to explore the politics and practicalities of the low-emissions transition, touching on issues of justice, tikanga, trade-offs, finance, futurism, adaptation, and more.
Being The Change
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Author : Peter Kalmus
language : en
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Release Date : 2017-08-01
Being The Change written by Peter Kalmus and has been published by New Society Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-01 with House & Home categories.
“A plethora of insights about nature and ourselves, revealed by one man’s journey as he comes to terms with human exploitation of our planet.” —Dr. James Hansen, climate scientist and former director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies Life on one-tenth the fossil fuels turns out to be awesome. We all want to be happy. Yet as we consume ever more in a frantic bid for happiness, global warming worsens. Alarmed by drastic changes now occurring in the Earth’s climate systems, Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist and suburban father of two, embarked on a journey to change his life and the world. He began by bicycling, growing food, meditating, and making other simple, fulfilling changes. Ultimately, he slashed his climate impact to under a tenth of the US average and became happier in the process. Being the Change explores the connections between our individual daily actions and our collective predicament. It merges science, spirituality, and practical action to develop a satisfying and appropriate response to global warming. Part one exposes our interconnected predicament: overpopulation, global warming, industrial agriculture, growth-addicted economics, a sold-out political system, and a mindset of separation from nature. It also includes a readable but authoritative overview of climate science. Part two offers a response at once obvious and unprecedented: mindfully opting out of this broken system and aligning our daily lives with the biosphere. The core message is deeply optimistic: living without fossil fuels is not only possible, it can be better. “In this timely and provocative book, Peter Kalmus points out that changing the world has to start with changing our own lives. It’s a crucial message that needs to be heard.” —John Michael Greer, author of After Progress and The Retro Future
Climate Policy From Rio To Kyoto
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Author : Siegfried Fred Singer
language : en
Publisher: Hoover Press
Release Date : 2000
Climate Policy From Rio To Kyoto written by Siegfried Fred Singer and has been published by Hoover Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Climatic changes categories.
The Global Warming Revolution
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Author : Alan Reed
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-11-01
The Global Warming Revolution written by Alan Reed and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-01 with categories.
How Did We Get to Paris COP21? The evolution of a revolutionary global venture to control global warming began in 1972 at the Stockholm Conference and systematically penetrated public policy up to 2015's climactic Conference of Paries in Paris. This book is an epic tale of economic, social, cultural, political change, dramatic change, not realized by most of the Earth's people, but with revolutionary importance for everyone and all future generations. Science and Politics as Never Seen Before Do you wonder whether Global Warming is a real threat? Do you want to understand how scientists have become global political guides? Science and politics have become entangled on a huge scale, and Paris COP 2015 will be a dramatic show of which is stronger, science or geopolitics, or which will have the most successful proposals for the future. Written by an insider, this book will take you through the intricate geopolitical maneuvers of the past 43 years, the choices that made some countries bankers for the rest of the world, that drew a line between democratic industrial peoples and developing nations, and favored the worst polluters in the world over those trying to negotiate reductions in Greenhouse Gases. Quick and Easy to Understand The Global Warming Revolution is compact, readable and free of jargon. You don't need to be a scientist to understand and you sure don't need a political science degree. It is a good textbook for High School and College courses, but also a great way to catch up on a big part of your future when you have a few minutes to relax. You're concerned about global warming. You've heard about rising tides, extreme hurricanes, droughts that won't ever end. You need to know what the United Nations and your nation are trying to do about all of that in Paris next month. Alan Reed participated in the United Nations Conference of Parties and subsidiary bodies for ten years, at Bonn, Copenhagen, Marrakech, The Hague, Lyon and other conferences and seminars. He received a Ph.D. Degree from the University of Texas at Austin, served as an Analyst in American Foreign Policy for Congress, and now, as an Emeritus Professor of Government, researches and writes about the United Nations climate change activities. See his previous book: Precious Air: the Kyoto Protocol and Profit in the Global Warming Game. http: //www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=precious+air
Toward A New Climate Agreement
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Author : Todd Cherry
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-03-05
Toward A New Climate Agreement written by Todd Cherry and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-05 with Business & Economics categories.
Climate change is one of the most pressing problems facing the global community. Although most states agree that climate change is occurring and is at least partly the result of humans’ reliance on fossil fuels, managing a changing global climate is a formidable challenge. Underlying this challenge is the fact that states are sovereign, governed by their own laws and regulations. Sovereignty requires that states address global problems such as climate change on a voluntary basis, by negotiating international agreements. Despite a consensus on the need for global action, many questions remain concerning how a meaningful international climate agreement can be realized. This book brings together leading experts to speak to such questions and to offer promising ideas for the path toward a new climate agreement. Organized in three main parts, it examines the potential for meaningful climate cooperation. Part 1 explores sources of conflict that lead to barriers to an effective climate agreement. Part 2 investigates how different processes influence states’ prospects of resolving their differences and of reaching a climate agreement that is more effective than the current Kyoto Protocol. Finally, part 3 focuses on governance issues, including lessons learned from existing institutional structures. The book is unique in that it brings together the voices of experts from many disciplines, such as economics, political science, international law, and natural science. The authors are academics, practitioners, consultants and advisors. Contributions draw on a variety of methods, and include both theoretical and empirical studies. The book should be of interest to scholars and graduate students in the fields of economics, political science, environmental law, natural resources, earth sciences, sustainability, and many others. It is directly relevant for policy makers, stakeholders and climate change negotiators, offering insights into the role of uncertainty, fairness, policy linkage, burden sharing and alternative institutional designs.
Cities And Climate Change
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Author : Zaheer Allam
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-04-30
Cities And Climate Change written by Zaheer Allam and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-30 with Social Science categories.
This book explores climate change responsiveness policies for cities and discusses why they have been slow to gain traction despite having been on the international agenda for the last 30 years. The contributing role of cities in accentuating the effects of climate change is increasingly demonstrated in the literature, underscoring the unsustainable models on which urban life has been made to thrive. As these issues become increasingly apparent, there are global calls to adopt more sustainable and equitable models, however doing so will mean the disruption of economies that have historically relied upon pollution-generating industries. In order to address these issues the authors examine them from a cross-disciplinary perspective, bringing in regional, local and urban standpoints to subsequently propose an alternative short-term economic model that could accelerate the adoption of climate change mitigation infrastructures and urban sustainability in urban areas. This book will be of particular value to scholars and students alike in the field of urbanism, sustainability and resilience, as well as practitioners looking at avenues for economically incentivizing sustainable development in various geographical context.
Ninth Revolution The Transforming Food Systems For Good
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Author : Sayed Nader Azam-ali
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2021-06-18
Ninth Revolution The Transforming Food Systems For Good written by Sayed Nader Azam-ali and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-18 with Science categories.
We are at a critical point in human history and that of the planet. In this book, a world leader in agricultural research, Professor Sayed Azam-Ali, proposes a radical transformation of our agrifood system. He argues that agriculture must be understood as part of global biodiversity and that food systems have cultural, nutritional, and social values beyond market price alone. He describes the perilous risks of relying on just four staple crops for most of our food and the consequences of our current agrifood model on human and planetary health.In plain language for the wider public, students, researchers, and policy makers, Azam-Ali envisions the agrifood system as a global public good in which its practitioners include a new and different generation of farmers, its production systems link novel and traditional technologies, and its activities encompass landscapes, urban spaces, and controlled environments. The book concludes with a call to action in which diversification of species, systems, knowledge, cultures, and products all contribute to The Ninth Revolution that will transform food systems for good.Related Link(s)
Hot Flat And Crowded
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Author : Thomas L. Friedman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2009-11-05
Hot Flat And Crowded written by Thomas L. Friedman and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-05 with Business & Economics categories.
Thomas L. Friedman's phenomenal number-one bestseller The World is Flat has helped millions of readers see the world in a new way. In this essential new book, Friedman takes a fresh and provocative look at two of the biggest challenges we face today: the global environmental crisis and America's surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11. It is a groundbreaking account of where we stand now, and he shows us how the solutions to these two big problems are linked - how we can restore the world and revive America at the same time. Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the astonishing expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have produced a planet that is 'hot, flat, and crowded'. In just a few years, it will be too late to fix things - unless there is a worldwide effort to replace our wasteful, inefficient energy practices with a strategy for clean energy, energy efficiency, and conservation that Friedman calls Code Green. This is a great challenge, Friedman explains, but also a great opportunity, and one that we cannot afford to miss. He argues that this cannot happen without American commitment and leadership. In vivid, entertaining chapters, Friedman makes it clear that the green revolution we need is like no revolution the world has seen. It will be the biggest innovation project in history; it will be hard, not easy; and it will change everything, from what you put into your car to what you see on your electric bill. But the payoff will be more than just cleaner air. It will inspire us to summon all the intelligence, creativity, boldness and concern for the common good that are our greatest human resources. Hot, Flat, and Crowded is classic Thomas L. Friedman: fearless, incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the challenge - and the promise - of the future.