Greening the global economy
By: Robert Pollin
Series: A Boston review book; Boston review book
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780262028233
Subjects: Economic aspects; Global warming; Energy policy
Description: "All too frequently, inaction on climate change is blamed on its potential harm to the economy. Pollin shows greening the economy is not only possible but necessary: global economic growth depends on it."--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-144) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.  The global green energy challenge; title: Prospects for fossil fuels and nuclear power; title: Prospects for energy efficiency; title: Prospects for clean renewable energy; title: How to hit the CO2 emissions reduction target; title: Expanding job opportunities through clean energy investments; title: A policy agenda that can work; title: Risk, ethics, and the politics of climate stabilization; title: Appendix 1. Estimating global costs for expanding clean renewable energy productive capacity; title: Appendix 2. Model for estimating global CO2 reductions through 20-year clean energy investment program.