Book contents
- Five Times Faster
- Reviews
- Five Times Faster
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Science
- Part II Economics
- Part III Diplomacy
- 18 A Foreseeable Failure
- 19 The Greatest Public Relations Gamble in History
- 20 System Change, Not Climate Change
- 21 Better Late Than Never
- 22 From Coal to Clean Power
- 23 From Oil to Electric Vehicles
- 24 From Deforestation to Sustainable Development
- 25 The Breakthrough Agenda
- 26 Tipping Cascades
- 27 Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
26 - Tipping Cascades
from Part III - Diplomacy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 March 2023
- Five Times Faster
- Reviews
- Five Times Faster
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Science
- Part II Economics
- Part III Diplomacy
- 18 A Foreseeable Failure
- 19 The Greatest Public Relations Gamble in History
- 20 System Change, Not Climate Change
- 21 Better Late Than Never
- 22 From Coal to Clean Power
- 23 From Oil to Electric Vehicles
- 24 From Deforestation to Sustainable Development
- 25 The Breakthrough Agenda
- 26 Tipping Cascades
- 27 Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In the economy as in ecosystems, one tipping point can lead on to another. Creating cascades of change throughout the global economy is perhaps the only imaginable way we could make the transition to zero emissions at the pace required. This should be the focus of climate change diplomacy throughout this decade. If enough of the world joins in, we might just have a chance.
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- Five Times FasterRethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change, pp. 281 - 294Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023