Why are we waiting? : the logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change /
Stern, N. H.
Why are we waiting? : the logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change / Nicholas Stern. - xxxv, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - The Lionel Robbins lectures .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The science : how it shapes the economics, ethics, politics, and the possible prognoses -- Building a new energy-industrial revolution -- Policies for dynamic change and transition : lessons from economic history and economic theory -- How some economic analyses have distorted the issues -- The ethics of intertemporal values and valuations -- Broad approaches to moral and political philosophy : converging perspectives -- Developments in climate action around the world -- Building national and international action -- Equity across peoples and nations -- Conclusion: How ideas change over time.
9780262029186 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2014039907
Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
Climatic changes--Government policy.
Environmental policy--Economic aspects.
QC903 / .S833 2015
363.738/74
Why are we waiting? : the logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change / Nicholas Stern. - xxxv, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - The Lionel Robbins lectures .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The science : how it shapes the economics, ethics, politics, and the possible prognoses -- Building a new energy-industrial revolution -- Policies for dynamic change and transition : lessons from economic history and economic theory -- How some economic analyses have distorted the issues -- The ethics of intertemporal values and valuations -- Broad approaches to moral and political philosophy : converging perspectives -- Developments in climate action around the world -- Building national and international action -- Equity across peoples and nations -- Conclusion: How ideas change over time.
9780262029186 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2014039907
Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
Climatic changes--Government policy.
Environmental policy--Economic aspects.
QC903 / .S833 2015
363.738/74