| WHY ARE WE WAITING? The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change Nicholas Stern Richard Layard, M.P. (Fwd.) Cambridge: The MIT Press, April 2015 |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-262-02918-6 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-262-02918-9 | 406pp. | HC/GSI | $27.95 | |
| Foreword by Richard Layard | ix | |
| Preface | xi | |
| Acknowledgments | xxi | |
| Introduction | xxvii | |
| 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 | Politics 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 Intertemporal Values and Valuations | |
| 6 | Broad Approaches to Moral and Political Philosophy: Converging 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 |
| Notes | 327 | |
| Sources | 365 | |
| Index | 399 | |
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