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Authors: Anthony Giddens

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Lovelock's view of
30
new paradigm of
43
–
5
planning
72
rising cost of
82
smart grids
131
storage of
145
–
6
see also
fossil fuels; nuclear power; renewable energy
energy companies
142
carbon trading
200
Energy Policy Conservation Act (USA)
35
–
6
Energy Watch
41
–
2
Enron
142
environment and resources
co-operative efforts
72
conflict over
18
ecological systems of
62
externalities
152
negative externalities
96
public attitudes towards
103
–
5
scarcities
17
sustainability
65
value of
4
Environmental Performance Index
77
Ethiopian drought
179
–
80
Europe
climate change in
166
–
7
see also
European Union
European Union
accepting climate change
49
adaptation
167
–
70
carbon tax
197
,
198
co-ordinated planning in
100
Copenhagen negotiations
192
developing countries and
169
energy policy
43
ETS
84
,
195
,
198
,
199
,
201
–
2
flood directives
169
imports gas from Russia
44
limited control
4
lowering emissions
17
,
69
,
195
–
8
precautionary principle
55
Russia and
210
,
219
Smartgrids
(European Commission)
146
Social Fund
169
Sustainable Development Strategy
60
transnational cooperation
209
,
210
see also individual countries
expert knowledge
pseudo-experts
25
see also
science
Fawcett, Tina
158
Finland
Arctic resources
203
–
4
carbon tax
153
environmental performance
77
nuclear power
133
fisheries and fishing
167
Fleming, David
157
Florida, Richard
110
–
11
Forest Focus programmes
169
forests and deforestation
Amazon
27
Brazilian rainforest
87
,
225
disasters and
178
economic impact
64
effect of biofuels
196
Emerson on
50
in Europe 167 fire warning systems
168
greenhouse gas emissions
68
–
70
IKEA and
126
North Asia
23
fossil fuels
renewables compete against
7
Sweden
78
see also
carbon emissions; coal;
gas; greenhouse gases; oil
Fourier, Jean-Baptiste Joseph
11
France
emissions targets
196
,
197
nuclear power
35
,
132
free-riding
104
,
107
Freeman, Christopher
141
Friedman, Thomas
217
–
18
Friel, Howard
The Lomborg Deception
19
Friends of the Earth
123
future discounting
2
–
3
future generations
rights of in democracy
120
G20
221
gas
dominance of
33
future generations and
120
North Sea
85
price of
7
,
156
from shale
40
–
1
state resources of
215
supply of
36
–
9
,
40
UK
83
Gates (Bill and Melinda)
Foundation
177
Gazprom
44
genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
precautionary principle
56
,
57
Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI)
64
geoengineering
present technology
131
,
137
–
8
geothermal energy
Kyoto projects
189
present technology
131
,
134
,
135
status of
138
Germanwatch
87
Germany
coal sources
41
–
2
Czech oil and
219
emissions and industry
196
environmental performance
79
–
81
,
91
geothermal energy
135
green movement in
5
,
50
–
1
Meseberg programme
80
public attitudes
105
reduces nuclear power
51
,
134
Giddens's paradox
defined
2
future discounting
2
–
3
public attitudes
108
reaction to weather events
10
Gimpel, Jean
161
glaciers
see
polar and glacial ice
Gladwell, Malcolm
111
Global Climate Change Alliance
169
Global Green Network
50
–
1
Global Partnership
221
global warming
see
climate change
Goodin, Robert
52
–
3
Gore, Al
199
The Great Global Warming Swindle
(television)
20
The Green Economy
(Jones)
149
Green, Inc
(MacDonald)
125
–
6
green movement
absorption into mainstream
48
,
54
anti-growth vs pro-market
60
concept of ‘green'
6
democracy and
53
hostility to industrialism
5
ideology
72
–
3
origins of
49
–
51
philosophical variety
51
–
5
return to nature
5
–
6
science and technology
51
value and agency
52
–
5
greenhouse gases
agriculture and
68
–
70
current trends of
9
effect of
1
emissions control
17
large polluters
220
market allowances
200
rise from developing states
7
theory of effect
11
–
12
Venus and
28
–
9
see also
carbon emissions; coal; gas; methane; oil
Greenpeace
123
Guardian
newspaper
191
Haiti
Climate Risk Index
179
disasters
178
Hamilton, Clive
24
Hannay, David
211
,
228
Hansen, James
30
Storms of My Grandchildren
28
–
9
Hayek, Friedrich von
98
health and disease
effect of climate change
166
Millennium Declaration
214
UN and
212
heat waves
115
Hedegaard, Connie
191
Heinberg, Richard
33
Helm, Dieter
43
Hillman, Mayer
158
Honduras
Climate Risk Index
179
housing and buildings
planning and
145
sea level rise and
171
–
2
sturdy insulation
168
UK tax incentives
154
–
5
Howell, David
36
Hu Jintao
190
,
223
Hubbert, Marion King
36
Hugo, Victor
113
Huhne, Chris
194
Hungary
197
hurricanes and typhoons
Andrew
176
insurance
174
–
5
Jeanne
178
Katrina
115
,
174
,
175
,
177
hydroelectric energy
127
Brazil
225
in Europe
167
Kyoto projects
189
Norway
81
present technology
131
status of
138
Sweden
78
,
81
hydrogen power
130
,
131
present technology
132
Iceland
carbon tax
153
geothermal energy
135
IKEA
126
Illarionov, Andrei
187
Implementing Sustainable Development
(Lafferty and Meadowcroft)
61
Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW)
65
India
231
climate change policies
224
–
5
Copenhagen negotiations
190
democracy of
209
economic growth of
46
,
214
increasing emissions from
7
Kyoto negotiations
188
public attitudes
105
Tata Nano car
46
weather events
180
inequalities and poverty
the bottom billion
213
–
16
carbon rationing
158
–
9
developing countries and
165
development and
62
–
3
intensification of
17
state traps for
214
–
16
taxes and
154
–
6
technology and
141
–
2
institutions

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