Stopping Climate Change: Policies for Real Zero

Stopping Climate Change by Paul Ekins provides a comprehensive overview of what is required to achieve 'real zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050' and negative emissions thereafter. It describes the changes required in technologies, social institutions, and individual activities, and examines the economic implications. The evidence presented shows that decarbonisation is positive for the majority of countries and the world as a whole, with the global net benefits of decarbonisation unequivocal.

Format: Hardback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Written by one of the leading experts in the field, Paul Ekins, Stopping Climate Change provides a comprehensive overview of what is required to achieve 'real zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, and negative emissions thereafter, which is the only way to stop human-induced climate change. This will require innovation in socio-technical systems, and in human behavior, on an unprecedented scale. Stopping Climate Change describes the changes required to meet this goal: in technologies, social institutions, and individual activities. Paul Ekins examines in detail issues around the supply and demand of energy and materials, and the efficiency of their use. It also analyzes greenhouse gas removal technologies, offsetting, and geoengineering, and plots the reduction of the non-CO2 greenhouse gas-emitting activities. Having set out the changes required, Ekins considers the economic implications, in terms of both the innovation and investments that are necessary to bring them about, and the effects that these are likely to have on national economies. The evidence presented points clearly to the economic impacts of decarbonization being positive for the majority of countries, and for the world as a whole, even before considering the benefits of avoided climate change. When the health benefits of stopping the burning of fossil fuels are factored in, the global net benefits of decarbonization are unequivocal.

Drawing on examples from the UK and Europe, but with wider relevance at a global scale, Stopping Climate Change clearly shows how determined policy action at different levels could stop climate change. It will be of great interest to students, scholars, and policymakers researching and working in the field of climate change and energy policy.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032571409