Fast Forward : Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming.
Material type: TextSeries: Brookings FOCUS BookPublisher: New York, NY : Brookings Institution Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (156 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780815704751Subject(s): Environmental policy -- United States | Global environmental change -- Government policy -- United States | Global warming -- Government policy -- United States | United States -- Environmental conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fast Forward : Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global WarmingDDC classification: 363.738/740561 LOC classification: QC981.8.G56 -- A57 2010ebOnline resources: Click to ViewFront cover -- Front flap -- Title page -- Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: The Accidental Experiment -- Chapter 2: The Good News of Damnation -- Chapter 3: Three Presidents and a Process -- Chapter 4: Coalitions of the Willing -- Chapter 5: A Useful Disappointment -- Chapter 6: The Big Four -- Chapter 7: The Shadow of the Future -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- Back flap -- Back cover.
"Those of us alive today are the first generation to know that we live in the Age of Global Warming. We may also be the last generation to have any chance of doing something about it. Our forebears had the excuse of ignorance. Our descendants will have the excuse of helplessness. We have no excuse."—From Chapter One Fast Forward is equal parts science primer, history lesson, policy prescription, and ethical treatise. This pithy and compelling book makes clear what we know and don't know about global warming; why the threat demands prudent and urgent action; why the transition to a low-carbon economy will be the most difficult political and economic transaction in history; and how it requires nothing less than a revolution in our sense of civic responsibility. William Antholis and Strobe Talbott guide the reader through two decades of climate change diplomacy, explaining the national and international factors that have influenced and often impeded the negotiations. Their brisk narrative includes behind-the-scenes coverage of Barack Obama's impromptu meeting with key leaders in Copenhagen that broke a logjam and salvaged an agreement. The near-disaster of that summit demonstrated how the United Nations cannot move forward fast enough to produce a global deal. Instead, the "Big Four" of the United States, the European Union, China, and India must drive the next stage of the process. Antholis and Talbott also recommend a new international mechanism modeled on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that would monitor national commitments and create incentives for other countries to coordinate their efforts to cut emissions. Antholis and Talbott put their recommendations for immediate congressional and diplomatic action into the larger context of our obligation to future generations. They note that this theme is stressed by a diverse coalition of
religious leaders who are calling for ambitious political action on climate change. The.
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