Unsustainable : the urgent need to transform society and reverse climate change /

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This book shows the way to a more sustainable planet in this critique of approaches to the climate crisis. The authors set out the changes that are needed to social, economic and political values and behaviours, and the roles of governments, corporates and communities, if we are to achieve genuine p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Joy, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2021.
Temas:
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects.
Sustainability.
Climat > Changements > Aspect social.
Climat > Changements > Aspect économique.
Durabilité de l'environnement.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects
Climatic changes > Social aspects
Sustainability
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Testimonials page
  • Unsustainable: The Urgent Need to Transform Society and Reverse Climate Change
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Preface
  • PART 1 The State of the World
  • 1 Setting the Context
  • Chapter summary
  • The basic problem
  • Parts per million
  • Carbon budget
  • Average global temperatures
  • Is human activity to blame?
  • The Paris Climate Conference, 2015
  • The need for urgent action
  • A matter of terminology
  • Growth
  • Development
  • Sustainable
  • The need for a new socio-economic model
  • 2 The State of the World
  • Chapter summary
  • Introduction
  • Cause and effect
  • The decline of species
  • Land degradation
  • The challenge for the UN
  • Limitations on the UN
  • Climate change and UN agencies
  • Sustainable development goals
  • Are we destined to fail?
  • The need for a new socio-economic model
  • A new age of unrest
  • 3 Implications of COVID-19
  • Chapter summary
  • Did you have a good lockdown?
  • Warning signs
  • Evidence-driven decision-making
  • Delayed and ineffective response
  • Hyperbole and self-delusion
  • Government ideology and paradigms
  • Social change
  • Structural economic change
  • Economic recovery
  • Entering a post-capitalist era
  • Summary of key issues
  • Two alternative scenarios for a post-COVID-19 world
  • PART II The Process of Change
  • 4 Preparing for Change
  • Chapter summary
  • Towards a new socio-economic model
  • Changing attitudes and behaviours
  • Creating a vision for a sustainable future
  • The process of transition
  • Expectations and the reality gap
  • Growing inequality
  • The current political process is failing
  • The analogy of the global financial crash
  • A hard change is going to come
  • Moving towards a sustainable future
  • Goals
  • Targets
  • Plan
  • Drivers
  • Visibility
  • Regulation
  • Enforcement
  • Mandate
  • Norms
  • 5 Effective Government Intervention
  • Chapter summary
  • Introduction
  • The need for government intervention
  • Enablers
  • Drivers
  • Behaviours
  • Outcomes
  • 1. Goals and strategies
  • 2. Success criteria
  • 3. New economic model
  • 4. Values, attitudes and behaviours
  • 5. New skills and capabilities
  • Change is inevitable
  • Prevarication is not an option
  • 6 The Energy Transition
  • Chapter summary
  • The scale of the threat
  • UK government emissions target
  • UK government policies
  • Current prospects look bleak
  • Confusing and contradictory policies
  • Growth in renewables
  • Renewables as a share of final energy use
  • Energy intensity
  • Parts per million (ppm)
  • Carbon emissions (carbon budget)
  • 7 Moving Away from Growth and Profit
  • Chapter summary
  • Introduction
  • The failure of our generation
  • The inability of the individual to affect change
  • Influence and power
  • Status
  • Attitudes and beliefs
  • Disconnect from the impact of environmental damage
  • Visibility and linkage
  • The pursuit of profit

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