Climate Crisis Economics - A Race of Tipping Points

This new edition of Climate Crisis Economics investigates the extent to which political, economic, business leaders are making to accelerate us towards a decarbonized economy and sustainable future. It will appeal to both scholars and professionals in politics, international political economy and international economics.

List of contents

Prologue 1. Crises as crucibles for change 2. Obscured horizons and middling models 3. Warning: Tipping points may be closer than they appear 4. Setting targets, bending the GHG curve toward zero 5. Pricing carbon: How to achieve that and how high to go 6. Demographics, the changing investment narrative landscape, and market incentives 7. Building a decarbonised world: Institutional innovations that reinforce market outcomes 8. A sector-by-sector shift and place-based industrial policies: Speeding diffusion and the achievement of net zero 9. A just transition: possible but difficult and unlikely 10. A race of tipping points

About the author

Stuart P. M. Mackintosh is an economist and financial author, and the Executive Director of the Group of Thirty, an influential international economic and financial think tank comprised of the most senior figures in central banking, finance, and academia. In 2016 he was elected by his peers as President of the National Association of Business Economics, the leading US organisation of professional economists. He is also a Visiting Fellow at Newcastle University, UK. He is the author of four other books on the global financial system, systemic risks, central banking, and climate change. He is a prolific newspaper columnist. www.stuartmackintoshauthor.info

Summary

This new edition of Climate Crisis Economics investigates the extent to which political, economic, business leaders are making to accelerate us towards a decarbonized economy and sustainable future. It will appeal to both scholars and professionals in politics, international political economy and international economics.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart P. M. Mackintosh, Stuart P. M. (Group of Thirty Mackintosh, Mackintosh Stuart P. M.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032782003
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3278200-3
• No. of pages: 354
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Climate Change, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Political structure & processes, Environmental Economics, Political Economy, Environmental policy & protocols, Development Studies, Political structure and processes, Environmental policy and protocols