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877066
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Stern, N. H., (Nicholas Herbert)
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Why are we waiting? : : the logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change /\ Nicholas Stern.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :: MIT Press,, [2015]
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, ©2015
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| Series Statement
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The Lionel Robbins lectures
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1 online resource (xxxv, 406 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0262329204
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: 0262329212
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0262029189
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026252998X
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9780262029186
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9780262529983
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-398) and index.
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| Contents
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Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I A Planet between Peril and Prosperity; 1 The Science: How It Shapes the Economics, Ethics, Politics, and the Possible Prognoses; 2 Building a New Energy-Industrial Revolution; Part II The Principles and Logic of Policy for Change: Economics and Ethics; 3 Policies for Dynamic Change and Transition: Lessons from Economic History and Economic Theory; 4 How Some Economic Analyses Have Distorted the Issues; 5 The Ethics of Intertemporal Values and Valuations.
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6 Broad Approaches to Moral and Political Philosophy: Converging PerspectivesPart III Action around the World: Progress, Collaboration, Equity; 7 Developments in Climate Action around the World; 8 Building National and International Action; 9 Equity across Peoples and Nations; 10 Conclusion: How Ideas Change over Time; Notes; Sources; Index.
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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.
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Climatic changes-- Economic aspects.
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Climatic changes-- Government policy.
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Environmental policy-- Economic aspects.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.
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Changement climatique.
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Climatic changes-- Economic aspects.
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Climatic changes-- Government policy.
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Coopération internationale.
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Economie de l'environnement.
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Environment and ecology.
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Environment and Ecology.
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Environmental policy-- Economic aspects.
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Innovations technologiques.
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Klimatförändringar-- ekonomiska aspekter.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Environmental Policy.
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Politique de l'environnement.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.738/74
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| LC Classification
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QC903.S833 2015eb
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43.47bcl
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43.47.bcl
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| Parallel Title
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Logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change
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