Why Are We Waiting?: The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change

by Nicholas Stern

Book Overview

An urgent case for climate change action that forcefully sets out, in economic, ethical, and political terms, the dangers of delay and the benefits of action.

The risks of climate change are potentially immense. The benefits of taking action are also clear: we can see that economic development, reduced emissions, and creative adaptation go hand in hand. A committed and strong low-carbon transition could trigger a new wave of economic and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262029189
• ISBN13: 9780262029186
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher