Why Are We Waiting?
The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change
Published on 29. July 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-262-52998-3 (ISBN)
Description
Argues that we must act against climate change now, and explains why it's been so difficult to tackle it effectively.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
21 figures, 4 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
716 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-52998-3 (9780262529983)
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Person
Lord Stern is I. G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics, past President of the British Academy, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, and former Chief Economist at the World Bank. He was the lead author of the influential Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, the findings of which he adapted in his book for general readers, The Global Deal: Climate Change and the Creation of a New Era of Progress and Prosperity (also known as A Blueprint for a Safer Planet).