{"product_id":"carbon-change-9781459750517","title":"Carbon Change","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn investigation into the scale and costs of transitioning our energy systems to achieve net-zero emissions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanada and the rest of the developed world have committed to decarbonizing basic energy systems, but do this country's citizens and governments truly understand the sacrifices ahead and are we willing to accept those sacrifices in the name of reducing the impact of climate change? Will the rest of the developed world take on the necessary costs, and will Canada forge ahead with decarbonization, even if other countries do not? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarbon Change\u003c\/em\u003e explores this most visceral of public policy choices for Canada, with a deep dive into recent North American energy and climate policy, the enduring impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and political processes across the developed world with respect to dealing with climate change risks. It offers a dispassionate analysis of the scale and cost of trying to realize the aspiration of decarbonization. De\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis McConaghy's treatise provides a wonderful review of the evolution of climate policy in Canada. While most Canadians support the eventual energy transition, McConaghy makes clear that decarbonization by 2050 will be expensive and unlikely feasible. Whether one agrees or not, his book challenges us to consider an alternative approach with an objective to keep temperatures rising no more than three celsius by the end of the century. \u003c\/p\u003e -- Jack Mintz, President's Fellow School of Public Policy, University of Calgary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe must-read book about Net Zero by 2050, the massive “energy transition” that without workable technologies requires decarbonization. This can only be achieved by government control and fossil fuel rationing, dramatically affecting everyone. What makes McConaghy’s analysis timely is the last big undertaking by central planning, COVID pandemic lockdowns. Benefits indeed, but at what cost? Not a climate change denier, McConaghy proposes carbon taxes and markets as the only fair and workable solution to this global challenge.\u003c\/p\u003e -- David Yager, Calgary oil service executive, oil writer, energy policy analyst and author of From Miracle\u003cbr\u003eA thoughtful and relevant contribution to the climate change discussion. * Energy Now *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003ePart One: The Climate and Energy Context\u003cbr\u003e1 The UN Climate Process: How We Got to Decarbonization 11\u003cbr\u003e2 The Orthodoxy: From Climate Sensitivity to Carbon Budgets to Decarbonization 19\u003cbr\u003e3 Reality: The Grim Cost of Decarbonization 29\u003cbr\u003e4 Before the Fall: Canadian Energy Developments from the Beginning of 2019 to March 2020 43\u003cbr\u003e5 Early 2020: The Advent of Covid-19 63\u003cbr\u003e6 The Descent to Glasgow 79\u003cbr\u003ePart Two: Reconsidering Climate Policy\u003cbr\u003e7 Covid-19 Sacrifice as Predicate for Decarbonization? 119\u003cbr\u003e8 Reconsidering Decarbonization: Not a Hoax…but Not an Apocalypse 141\u003cbr\u003e9 Oh, Canada! 159\u003cbr\u003e10 Hope and Realism 171\u003cbr\u003eAfterword 177\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements 179\u003cbr\u003eNotes 181\u003cbr\u003eSuggested Reading 183\u003cbr\u003eIndex 187\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author 199\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Group Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885723398487,"sku":"9781459750517","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/carbon-change-9781459750517","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}