The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success
Overcoming Myths that Hinder Progress

Shows readers how we can all help solve the climate crisis by focusing on a few key, achievable actions.

Mark Jaccard (Author)

9781108742665, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 February 2020

296 pages, 27 b/w illus. 3 tables
22.7 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.46 kg

'The title of Jaccard's latest, The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success, is reassuringly upbeat (success!) and promises practicality (a guide!) for readers …' John Geddes, Maclean's

Sometimes solving climate change seems impossibly complex, and it is hard to know what changes we all can and should make to help. This book offers hope. Drawing on the latest research, Mark Jaccard shows us how to recognize the absolutely essential actions (decarbonizing electricity and transport) and policies (regulations that phase out coal plants and gasoline vehicles, carbon tariffs). Rather than feeling paralyzed and pursuing ineffective efforts, we can all make a few key changes in our lifestyles to reduce emissions, to contribute to the urgently needed affordable energy transition in developed and developing countries. More importantly, Jaccard shows how to distinguish climate-sincere from insincere politicians and increase the chance of electing and sustaining these leaders in power. In combining the personal and the political, The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success offers a clear and simple strategic path to solving the greatest problem of our times. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

1. The role of myths in our climate-energy challenge
2. The art of deluding ourselves and others
3. Climate scientists are conspirators
4. All countries will agree on climate fairness
5. This fossil fuel project is essential
6. We must price carbon emissions
7. Peak oil will get us first anyway
8. We must change our behavior
9. We can be carbon neutral
10. Energy efficiency is profitable
11. Renewables have won
12. We must abolish capitalism
13. The simple path to success with our climate-energy challenge
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Energy & natural resources law [LNCR], International environmental law [LBBP], Environmental economics [KCN]