5. Reducing Our Carbon Footprint: Altering Lifestyles

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Preface ix
5. Part I: The Problems
6. 1. Introduction The Carbon Footprint Wars: What is at Stake? 3
7. 2. Global Warming: The Evidence For 19
8. 3. Global Warming: The Arguments Against 40
9. 4. The Globalization Paradigm: Defenders and Detractors 61
10. Part II. The Solutions
11. 5. Reducing Our Carbon Footprint: Altering Lifestyles 83
12. 6. Living With Our Carbon Footprint: The Technological Response 100
13. Part III: The Consequences
14. 7. Worst-Case Scenarios: Economic 119
15. 8. Worst-Case Scenarios: Socio-Political 131
16. 9. Worst-Case Scenarios: Technological and Environmental 142
17. Part IV: Reassessing Global Priorities
18. 10. Reconstructing Geopolitical Relationships: The Ethical Dimension 159
19. 11. Reconstructing Geopolitical Narratives: A Radical Democratic Globe? 166
20. 12. Conclusion: Survival, Disaster, Trade-Off 178
21. Postscript 193
22. Notes 195
23. Bibliography 215
24. Index 224