Why Are We Waiting? The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change

includes index and biblioraphy

Part I: A planet between Peril and prosperity 1 The science: How it shapes the economics, ethics, politics and the possible prognoses ....3 2 Building a new energy-industrial revolution ...33 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 ...91 4 How some economic analyses have distorted the issues ....131 5 The ethics of interemporal values and valuations ....151 6 Broad approaches to moral and political philosophy: Coverging perspectives ...185 Part III: Action around the world: Progress, collaboration. equity 7 Developments in climate action around the world ....211 8 Building national and international action ....247 9 Equity across peoples and nations ....275 10 Conclusion: How ideas change over time ....301