Lauren Hartzell-Nichols

A Climate of Risk

Precautionary Principles, Catastrophes, and Climate Change

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers an in-depth discussion of how and why we ought to take a precautionary approach to climate policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 305g
• ISBN-13: 9780367371760
• ISBN-10: 0367371766
• Artikelnr.: 57145758

Autorenporträt

Lauren Hartzell-Nichols is an affiliate assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Washington. She has published widely on many topics in climate ethics, including precaution, adaptation, and geoengineering, both on her own and with diverse, interdisciplinary teams. Her work addresses the ethical challenges climate change poses. In particular, she addresses the complexity of ethical decision making in the face of significant, intergenerational risks.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Credits
Introduction
Chapter 1: How Climate Change is Harmful
Chapter 2: Making Sense of Precaution
Chapter 3: A Precautionary Approach to Threats of Catastrophe
Chapter 4: Precaution and the Economics of Climate Change
Chapter 5: Responding to the Threat of Climate Catastrophe
Appendix: Getting Around the Non-Identity Problem
Index