TY - BOOK AU - Stern,N.H. TI - Why are we waiting?: the logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change T2 - The Lionel Robbins lectures SN - 9780262029186 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - QC903 .S833 2015 U1 - 363.738/74 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - MIT Press KW - Climatic changes KW - Economic aspects KW - Government policy KW - Environmental policy N1 - 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 ER -