Description
Book SynopsisEarth at Risk shows what a world organized along the principles of sustainability could look like, building on the experience of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference. Though formidable obstacles remain, Claude Henry and Laurence Tubiana present the case for collective initiatives and change that build momentum for implementation and action.
Trade ReviewThe authors are ideally situated to understand the ins and outs of the climate crisis, and in this book they deliver an insightful overview, one that will be useful to any student of our dilemma. -- Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature In Earth at Risk, Claude Henry and Laurence Tubiana do more than explain why action is urgently needed to conserve the world's natural capital. They also explain why some previous efforts failed, why others succeeded, and how, drawing from the lessons of both kinds of experience, the world can achieve sustainable development in the future. -- Scott Barrett, Columbia University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. Erosion of Biological Diversity
2. The Ubiquitous Waste and Growing Scarcity of Water and Soil
3. Energy: As Little as Possible
4. Perspectives on Climate Change
5. Enlisting the Scientific Method
6. Sustainability at the Intersection of Science and Nature
7. Scientific Uncertainty, Fabricated Uncertainty, and the Vulnerability of Regulation
8. Producing and Disseminating Sustainability-Enhancing Innovations
9. Economic Instruments for Sustainable Development
10. Global Governance of Sustainable Development
11. The Geopolitics of Environment
12. The New Multipolarity of Sustainable Development
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
