Talbot M Andrews,Andrew W Delton,Reuben Kline
Climate Games: Experiments on How People Prevent Disaster
Climate Games: Experiments on How People Prevent Disaster
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Climate Games argues that humanity can work together to mitigate the effects of climate change through economic games that put money on the line to prevent disasters. Experiments have shown that people can and will work together to prevent disasters, but real climate change is a complex social dilemma involving the world's nearly eight billion inhabitants.
Format: Hardback
Length: 216 pages
Publication date: 05 March 2024
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Climate Games is a book that explores the potential for human cooperation in mitigating the effects of climate change. The book brings together a decade and a half of research conducted by researchers around the world, which demonstrates that people can and will work together to prevent disasters like climate change. The experiments, known as economic games, involve putting money on the line to create laboratory disasters. Participants must work together by spending a bit of money now to prevent themselves from losing even more money in the future. The book asks whether people will sacrifice their own money to prevent disaster, whether they can make wise decisions, and whether they can decide wisely on behalf of others. The answer is a resounding yes. However, real climate change is a complex social dilemma involving the world's nearly eight billion inhabitants. In the real world, the worst effects of climate change are likely to be felt by developing countries, while most of the decisions will be made by rich, industrialized countries. And while the world as a whole would be better off if all nations reduced their greenhouse gas emissions, any given nation could decide it would be even better off if it continued emitting and let other nations take care of the problem. These disaster experiments test how real people respond to climate change's unique constellation of challenges and deliver a positive message: People will prevent disaster.
Weight: 272g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780472076635
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