A Climate Policy Revolution : : What the Science of Complexity Reveals about Saving Our Planet / / Roland Kupers.

Dealing with climate change means accepting tough tradeoffs: giving up certain energy sources, products, and conveniences, all of which have economic impacts. Politicians balk, but there are solutions. Roland Kupers turns to the new science of complexity to show how we can untangle a knotty global e...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (176 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
1. Time’s Up --
PART I: COMPLEXITY IDEAS --
2. Getting Unstuck --
3. Network Literacy --
4. Non-equilibrium Is the Source of Order --
5. Top-Down and Bottom-Up Order --
PART II: REVOLUTION POLICIES --
6. Kicking the Coal Habit --
7. Wrong for the Right Reason? --
8. Norms Policy --
9. Kicking the Consumption Habit --
10. Beyond Incumbent Industry --
11. Who Pays for Learning? --
12. Autonomous Cars as a Climate Policy --
Conclusion: Beyond a Blueprint for the Climate Revolution --
Epilogue --
Notes --
References --
Acknowledgments --
Index
Summary:Dealing with climate change means accepting tough tradeoffs: giving up certain energy sources, products, and conveniences, all of which have economic impacts. Politicians balk, but there are solutions. Roland Kupers turns to the new science of complexity to show how we can untangle a knotty global economy and start making progress.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674246812
9783110690057
DOI:10.4159/9780674246812
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Roland Kupers.