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.