The Climate Solutions Consensus

ISLAND PRESSISBN: 9781597266741

What We Know and What To Do About It

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By National Council for Science and the Environment, Edited by David Blockstein, Leo Wiegman
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Preface
Thirty-nine Reasons Why We Have to Act Now
Introduction: This Is Not Global Warming!
 
PART I. Background
Chapter 1. The Dance of the Mice and Elephants
Chapter 2. Three Questions Every Citizen Should Ask 
Chapter 3. Human Carbon as the Smoking Gun 
Chapter 4. Rising Carbon, Rising Oceans 
 
PART II. From Science to Policy
Chapter 5. The Five Horsemen of Extinction
Chapter 6. The Cheapest Carbon 
Chapter 7. No Silver Bullet, but Many Silver Wedges 
Chapter 8. Energy and Material Life Cycles 
Chapter 9. The Efficiency and Intensity of Energy Use 
 
PART III. Engaging Key Stakeholders
Chapter 10. Carbon Meets Wall Street 
Chapter 11. Public Support for Action 
Chaptre 12. Think Globally, Incubate Locally 
Chapter 13. Where the Scientist, Policymaker, and Public Meet 
Chapter 14. Scaling Up Amidst the Curse of Knowledge 
Chapter 15. All of the Above! Solutions in Perspective 
 
PART IV. Thirty-five Tasks for Immediate action
-Action Items 1–20: Strategies for Stabilization, Mitigation, and Adaptation
-Action Items 21–28: Guiding and Fostering Multidisciplinary Research
-Action Items 29–35: Expanding Understanding'Information, Education, and Communication
Appendix 1: Climate Change Time Line

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"The Climate Solutions Consensus will be of value to all—for the public it offers a pathway towards improved quality of life; for policy makers it provides technically feasible and economically beneficial solutions; for educators it synthesizes both the information and motivation needed for social change; and for researchers it frames disciplinary knowledge in the interdisciplinary context of long-term prosperity and security."

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