Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology, and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future

Cohan, Daniel S.

ISBN 10: 030025167X / ISBN 13: 9780300251678

Published by Yale University Press, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology, and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030025167X
• ISBN 13: 9780300251678
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

An atmospheric scientist explains why global climate change mitigation and energy decarbonization demand American diplomacy, technology, and policy
 
“Daniel Cohan makes a compelling case that the problem of climate change is solvable. Fixing the gridlock on global action requires fixing the gridlock here in the United States of America. Cohan shows how that can be done.”—David Victor, University of California, San Diego
 
Professor of environmental engineering Daniel Cohan argues that escaping the gravest perils of climate change will first require American diplomacy, technological innovation, and policy to catalyze decarbonization globally. Combining his own expertise along with insights from more than a hundred interviews with diplomats, scholars, and clean-technology pioneers, Cohan identifies flaws in previous efforts to combat climate change. He highlights opportunities for more successful strategies, including international “climate clubs” and accelerated development of clean energy technologies. Grounded in history and emerging scholarship, this book offers a forward-looking vision of solutions to confronting climate gridlock and a clear-eyed recognition of the challenges to enacting them.

About the Author

Daniel Cohan is an atmospheric scientist and associate professor of environmental engineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award.