The Global Carbon Crisis: Emerging Carbon Constraints and Strategic Management Options

ISBN-13: 9781906093617 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 224 str.

Busch, Timo

Opis

For at least a decade the science of climate change has warned us of the dire need for action - particularly by corporations who are the main engines of economic production and consumption. Yet managerial and corporate understanding of climate change and related energy issues remains fragmented and present actions lack the urgency this critical problem deserves. There is a whole new economy - the low-carbon economy - looming on the horizon. But our consumption and production patterns remain in a carbon-locked position. What we are risking is a global carbon crisis and a case of history repeating.

Spis treści

Foreword Introduction Part I: A Strategic View of Carbon Constraints 1. Two sides of the carbon coin 2. Emerging carbon constraints 3. Strategic benefits of carbon and climate strategies Part II: The Carbon Crisis: Physical Science, Economic and Equity Perspective 4. Evolution of carbon utilisation 5. Climate change and challenge ahead 6. Carbonomics and beyond 7. Intra- versus inter-generational equity Part III: Strategic Options for a Low-Carbon Economy 8. Lessons from the financial crisis 9. Macro level: industrial policies for climate change 10. Meso level: inter-firm breakthrough steps in a low-carbon future 11. Micro level: proactive carbon management strategies 12. The mitigation–adaptation nexus

O autorze

Busch, Timo; Shrivastava, Paul