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Author Jaccard, Mark Kenneth, author

Title The citizen's guide to climate success : overcoming myths that hinder progress / Mark Jaccard, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020

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Contents Cover -- Half-title page -- Reviews -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 The Role of Myths in Our Climate-Energy Challenge -- Chapter 2 The Art of Deluding Ourselves and Others -- Chapter 3 Climate Scientists Are Conspirators -- Chapter 4 All Countries Will Agree on Climate Fairness -- Chapter 5 This Fossil Fuel Project Is Essential -- Chapter 6 We Must Price Carbon Emissions -- Chapter 7 Peak Oil Will Get Us First Anyway -- Chapter 8 We Must Change Our Behavior -- Chapter 9 We Can Be Carbon Neutral -- Chapter 10 Energy Efficiency Is Profitable -- Chapter 11 Renewables Have Won -- Chapter 12 We Must Abolish Capitalism -- Chapter 13 The Simple Path to Success with Our Climate-Energy Challenge -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Sometimes solving climate change seems impossibly complex, and it is hard to know what changes we all can and should make to help. This book offers hope. Drawing on the latest research, Mark Jaccard shows us how to recognize the absolutely essential actions (decarbonizing electricity and transport) and policies (regulations that phase out coal plants and gasoline vehicles, carbon tariffs). Rather than feeling paralyzed and pursuing ineffective efforts, we can all make a few key changes in our lifestyles to reduce emissions, to contribute to the urgently needed affordable energy transition in developed and developing countries. More importantly, Jaccard shows how to distinguish climate-sincere from insincere politicians and increase the chance of electing and sustaining these leaders in power. In combining the personal and the political, The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success offers a clear and simple strategic path to solving the greatest problem of our times. A PDF version of this title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core at doi.org/10.1017/9781108783453
Analysis climate policy
energy policy
environmental economics
environmental politics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Energy policy.
Climatic changes -- Government policy.
Environmental policy.
Environmental responsibility.
Sustainable development.
environmental policy.
sustainable development.
Climatic changes -- Government policy.
Energy policy.
Environmental policy.
Environmental responsibility.
Sustainable development.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019029337
ISBN 9781108783453
1108783457