Five times faster
rethinking the science, economics, and diplomacy of climate change
- ISBN: 9781009326490
- Editorial: Cambridge University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2023
- Lugar de la edición: Cambridge. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 334
- Idiomas: Inglés
We need to act five times faster to avoid dangerous climate change. As Greenland melts, Australia burns, and greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, we think we know who the villains are: oil companies, consumerism, weak political leaders. But what if the real blocks to progress are the ideas and institutions that are supposed to be helping us? Five Times Faster is an inside story from Simon Sharpe, who has spent ten years at the forefront of climate change policy and diplomacy. In our fight to avoid dangerous climate change, science is pulling its punches, diplomacy is picking the wrong battles, and economics has been fighting for the other side. This provocative and engaging book sets out how we should rethink our strategies and reorganise our efforts in the fields of science, economics, and diplomacy, so that we can act fast enough to stay safe.
Looking up at the dam
Knowing the least about what matters most
Telling the boiling frog what he needs to know
Runaway tipping points of no return
The meaning of conservative
More than science
Tell the truth
Worse than useless
The allocation of scarce resources
The configuration of abundance
Not just fixing the foundations
Investing with our eyes open
Regulating for a free lunch
Stuck in first gear
Runaway tipping points of no return, revisited
Revolutionary
A foreseeable failure
The greatest public relations gamble in history
System change, not climate change
Better late than never
From coal to clean power
From oil to electric vehicles
From deforestation to sustainable development
The Breakthrough Agenda
Tipping cascades
