03556nam 2200733Ia 450 991096280880332120251117062735.01-282-13658-597866121365800-7486-3767-210.1515/9780748637676(CKB)1000000000765930(EBL)448750(OCoLC)430821168(SSID)ssj0000117741(PQKBManifestationID)11143702(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000117741(PQKBWorkID)10050203(PQKB)11127702(MiAaPQ)EBC1962243(MiAaPQ)EBC448750(Au-PeEL)EBL1962243(CaPaEBR)ebr10309058(CaONFJC)MIL213658(OCoLC)903858687(Au-PeEL)EBL448750(DE-B1597)615621(DE-B1597)9780748637676(OCoLC)1306542014(EXLCZ)99100000000076593020090324d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCarbon footprint wars what might happen if we retreat from globalization? /Stuart Sim1st ed.Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press20091 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-3766-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-223) and index.Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I The Problems; 1 Introduction The Carbon Footprint Wars: What is at Stake?; 2 Global Warming: The Evidence For; 3 Global Warming: The Arguments Against; 4 The Globalization Paradigm: Defenders and Detractors; Part II The Solutions; 5 Reducing Our Carbon Footprint: Altering Lifestyles; 6 Living With Our Carbon Footprint: The Technological Response; Part III The Consequences; 7 Worst-Case Scenarios:Economic; 8 Worst-Case Scenarios:Socio-Political; 9 Worst-Case Scenarios: Technological and EnvironmentalPart IV Reassessing Global Priorities10 Reconstructing Geopolitical Relationships: The Ethical Dimension; 11 Reconstructing Geopolitical Narratives: A Radical Democratic Globe?; 12 Conclusion: Survival, Disaster, Trade-Off; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; IndexClimate change is acknowledged to be the major problem currently facing the human race, and the need to reduce our carbon footprint becomes ever more urgent as the scientific predictions of the effects of climate change become increasingly dire. Whether we are fully aware of the social and political consequences of striving for a significant reduction is more questionable. The Carbon Footprint Wars identifies the many dangers inherent in the projected solutions - such as retreating from the spread of globalization, the current socio-economic paradigm for world trade. The war of words that is bGlobal warmingClimatic changesClimatic changesGovernment policyGlobalizationEconomic aspectsGlobal warming.Climatic changes.Climatic changesGovernment policy.GlobalizationEconomic aspects.363.73874MF 9150rvkSim Stuart144074MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962808803321Carbon footprint wars4462840UNINA