Five Times Faster : Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change

Sharpe, Simon

ISBN 10: 1009568515 / ISBN 13: 9781009568517

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Five Times Faster : Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009568515
• ISBN 13: 9781009568517
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

We need to act five times faster to avoid dangerous climate change. This is an inside story from Simon Sharpe, who has spent ten years at the forefront of climate change policy and diplomacy. In our fight to avoid dangerous climate change, science is pulling its punches, diplomacy is picking the wrong battles, and economics has been fighting for the other side. This provocative and engaging book sets out how we should rethink our strategies and reorganise our efforts in the fields of science, economics, and diplomacy, so that we can act fast enough to stay safe. This edition has been brought up-to-date throughout, and includes a new chapter on how international cooperation on climate change can be reconciled with economic and geopolitical competition. It also includes a response to the question the book has most often provoked: 'How can I help?'

About the Author

Simon Sharpe is Managing Director of S-Curve Economics, and Director of Economics for the Climate Champions Team. He designed and led flagship international campaigns of the UK's Presidency of the UN climate change talks (COP26) in 2020–2021; worked as the head of private office to a minister of energy and climate change in the UK government; and has served on diplomatic postings in China and India. He has published influential academic papers and created groundbreaking international initiatives in climate change risk assessment, economics, policy, and diplomacy.