Table of Contents
Section 1 Climate of Fear
Introduction 3
1 Why Do We Get Climate Change So Wrong? 19
2 Measuring the Future 38
Section 2 The Truth about Climate Change
3 A Fuller Story on Climate Change 49
4 Extreme Weather or Extreme Exaggeration? 60
5 What Is Global Warming Going to Cost Us? 77
Section 3 How Not To Fix Climate Change
6 You Can't Fix Climate Change 89
7 Why the Green Revolution Isn't Here Yet 101
8 Why the Paris Agreement Is Failing 111
9 Pick a Path: Which Future Is Best? 124
10 How Climate Policy Hurts the Poor 135
Section 4 How to Fix Climate Change
11 Carbon Tax: The Market-Based Solution 151
12 Innovation: What Is Needed Most 167
13 Adaptation: Simple but Effective 183
14 Geo engineering: A Backup Plan 195
15 Prosperity: The Other Climate Policy We Need 202
Section 5 Tackling Climate Change and All the World's Other Challenges
16 Conclusion: How to Make the World a Better Place 211
Epilogue 223
Acknowledgments 233
Notes 235
Bibliography 261
Index 309