The Climate Casino, William D. Nordhaus
The Climate Casino, William D. Nordhaus
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The Climate Casino
Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World

Author: William D. Nordhaus

Narrator: Graham Winton

Unabridged: 10 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/25/2019

Synopsis

The 2018 Nobel laureate for economics analyzes the politics and economics of the central environmental issue of today and points the way to real solutions Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the Climate Casino and are rolling the global-warming dice, warns economist William Nordhaus. But there is still time to turn around and walk back out of the casino, and in this essential book the author explains how. Bringing together all the important issues surrounding the climate debate, Nordhaus describes the science, economics, and politics involved-and the steps necessary to reduce the perils of global warming. Using language accessible to any concerned citizen and taking care to present different points of view fairly, he discusses the problem from start to finish: from the beginning, where warming originates in our personal energy use, to the end, where societies employ regulations or taxes or subsidies to slow the emissions of gases responsible for climate change. Nordhaus offers a new analysis of why earlier policies, such as the Kyoto Protocol, failed to slow carbon dioxide emissions, how new approaches can succeed, and which policy tools will most effectively reduce emissions. In short, he clarifies a defining problem of our times and lays out the next critical steps for slowing the trajectory of global warming.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Keith on December 10, 2014

This is a good but problematic book. Everyone concerned about climate change should be aware of it and the ideas it has, but some of these ideas are flawed, most notably what Nordhaus says about economic growth. What follows is my lengthy commentary. The world has serious problems, such as climate ch......more

Goodreads review by Gustavo on March 02, 2019

For those who actually want to change the world instead of just complaining about environmental politics. William Nordhaus takes a very objective approach to the science, economics and politics of climate change in a very easy to read way and good figures that illustrate the trends of our climate and......more

Goodreads review by David on July 27, 2015

I think this is a very solid intro to some of the challenges surrounding dealing with climate change, but it has some flaws. The biggest issue with it is really just that it's not capable of changing minds, though Nordhaus is very upfront about that in the beginning. But I think a bigger concern is......more

Goodreads review by George F Greenwald on November 05, 2018

Having just been awarded the Nobel Prize for economics, William Nordhaus undoubtedly has a very good reputation in the field of economics. However, as an author, and as a scientist, he definitely shows off his weak sides to the reader. He makes very good arguments for global climate change taking fro......more

Goodreads review by Jukka on November 15, 2019

An excellent book on Climate Change. Not quite new but explains the economist view on Climate Change in a way accessible to an educated reader. I am not 100% convinced on everything - my priorities are higher on protecting ecosystems than optimizing the well-being of other people. But I highly appre......more

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