Contemporary Climate Change Debates

Contemporary Climate Change Debates

A Student Primer

Hulme, Mike

Taylor & Francis Ltd

12/2019

252

Dura

Inglês

9781138332997

15 a 20 dias

646

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Introduction: Why and how to debate climate change; 1. Is climate change the most important challenge of our times?; PART I: What do we need to know?; 2. Is the concept of 'tipping point' helpful for describing and communicating possible climate futures?; 3. Should individual extreme weather events be attributed to human agency?; 4. Does climate change drive violence, conflict and human migration?; 5. Can the social cost of carbon be calculated?; PART II: What should we do?; 6. Are carbon markets the best way to address climate change?; 7. Should future investments in energy technology be limited exclusively to renewables?; 8. Is it necessary to research solar climate engineering as a possible backstop technology?; PART III: On what grounds should we base our actions?; 9. Is emphasising consensus in climate science helpful for policymaking?; 10. Do rich people rather than rich countries bear the greatest responsibility for climate change?; 11. Is climate change a human rights violation?; PART IV: Who should be the agents of change?; 12. Does successful emissions reduction lie in the hands of non-state rather than state actors?; 13. Is legal adjudication essential for enforcing ambitious climate change policies?; 14. Does the 'Chinese model' of environmental governance demonstrate to the world how to govern the climate?; 15. Are social media making constructive climate policymaking harder?
Marginal Abatement Costs;Climate change;Climate mitigation;Future Climate Simulations;Political roadblocks;National Academy;Public Engagement;EU Legislator;SRM Research;Renewable Based Energy Systems;EU ETS;Carbon Price;Climate Policy;Energy Policies;IPCC's Special Report;Paris Agreement;Emissions Reductions;Energy System;Consensus Messaging;Carbon Markets;Climate Consensus;Event Attribution;China's Environmental Governance;Chinese Government;UK's Climate Change Act;CAC Approach;Ambitious Climate Policies