{"product_id":"carbon-paperback-softback-9781509501120","title":"Carbon (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509501120","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCarbon\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKate Ervine (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509501120, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 August 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 14.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carbon is both an old resource and a highly novel one. Ervine provides us with a fantastically crisp and clear account of both the old carbon economy of coal, oil, and gas, and the new carbon economy of carbon markets and carbon accounting. A great introduction to the resource that will ultimately determine the fate of the planet and all of us who live on it.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMatthew Paterson, University of Manchester\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCarbon\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive analysis of emissions-reduction initiatives that reproduce fossil-fuel power structures, with highly unequal global climate change impacts. Detailing the centrality of carbon in our lives, Kate Ervine's didacticism inspires collective actions beyond individual green consumption.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePhilip McMichael, Cornell University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Kate Ervine has written a superbly insightful and accessible book on carbon dioxide. Through lucid prose, Ervine guides us through the everyday life of carbon to its global dimensions. This is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in understanding more fully one of the most pressing issues in contemporary times: climate change.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSusanne Soederberg, Queen's University, Canada\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Ervine offers a useful volume - precisely because of its brevity the key points stand out, chief among them the tight links between energy use and increased economic growth, and between economic growth, inequality, and injustice.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBill McKibben in \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An accessible and trenchant introduction.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Books Network\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCarbon is the political challenge of our time. While critical to supporting life on Earth, too much carbon threatens to destroy life as we know it, with rising sea levels, crippling droughts, and catastrophic floods sounding the alarm on a future now upon us. How did we get here and what must be done?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this incisive book, Kate Ervine unravels carbon's distinct political economy, arguing that, to understand global warming and why it remains so difficult to address, we must go back to the origins of industrial capitalism and its swelling dependence on carbon-intensive fossil fuels – coal, oil, and natural gas – to grease the wheels of growth and profitability. Taking the reader from carbon dioxide as chemical compound abundant in nature to carbon dioxide as greenhouse gas, from the role of carbon in the rise of global capitalism to its role in reinforcing and expanding existing patterns of global inequality, and from carbon as object of environmental governance to carbon as tradable commodity, Ervine exposes emerging struggles to decarbonize our societies for what they are: battles over the very meaning of democracy and social and ecological justice.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Problem of Carbon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarbon as life\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarbon dioxide as greenhouse gas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA perilous path\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe inequality of climate change\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Global Political Econ\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo grow or die\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe age of growth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe politics of climate governance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Trading Carbon to Cool the World?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is carbon trading?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarbon trading: a history\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowing what we don’t know in the making of markets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe political economy of carbon market design\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Carbon Transitions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe yellow brick road\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere the grass may be greener\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe next chapter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Future of Carbon Politics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho am I? Catastrophic climate change and the role of the individual\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLessons for the future\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimate justice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Readings\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Agriculture \u0026amp; farming [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Agriculture \u0026amp; farming\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Agriculture%20\u0026amp;%20farming%20%5BTV%5D%22\"\u003eTV\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501198373144,"sku":"9781509501120","price":16.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509501120.jpg?v=1786216619","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/carbon-paperback-softback-9781509501120","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}