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Authors: Anthony Giddens

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Pearce, Fred
26
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7
,
30
peat bog methane
27
–
8
percentage principle
74
Peru
182
,
226
PetroChina
41
Pew Foundation
89
–
90
,
106
Philippines
179
,
180
planning
6
backcasting
100
–
2
communities
100
democratic processes and
99
–
100
energy needs 72 flexibility of
145
job creation
148
multi-level
95
previous experiences of
98
–
9
polar and glacial ice
Arctic resources
36
,
203
–
4
,
206
data of
13
–
14
dynamic and volatile
27
European climate and
167
IPCC controversy
22
–
3
predictions for
17
–
18
politics of climate change
absorption of green ideas
48
,
54
aiming for concord
116
–
19
concepts of
71
–
5
economic competition
150
foregrounding
112
–
16
future discounting
2
–
3
global scope
229
–
30
holistic approach
91
left-right thinking
7
,
49
,
91
,
116
measuring sustainability
65
Petropolitics
217
–
220
politicians awareness and
3
–
4
profound changes and
4
transcendence
74
urgency of
2
Pollin, Robert
149
polluter pays principle
121
adaptation and
165
carbon tax
148
,
152
ensuring state and
95
–
6
politics of
71
responsibility and
66
–
7
pollution and toxic substances
62
aluminium mining
126
economic impact
64
public right to know
121
right-to-know legislation
121
Popper, Karl
6
population
factor in adaptation
181
feeding billions
67
–
8
increase of
17
relation to poverty
214
Portugal
environmental performance
82
–
3
,
92
poverty
see
inequalities and poverty
power relations
of humans
229
–
230
relation to money
116
state sovereignty
209
–
13
UN intervention
211
world-view of
213
Pralle, Sarah
115
precautionary principle
arguments of
55
–
9
compared to adaptation
164
–
5
green movement and
51
rejection of
6
Protection of the Earth's Atmosphere
(German parliament)
79
public attitudes
accepting risk
231
Brazil
225
clusters of
105
–
8
concern about environment
103
–
5
developing vs developed states
104
–
5
emphasizing the positives
108
–
12
fatalism
115
foregrounding environment
112
–
16
Giddens's paradox
2
–
3
green presentation to
123
–
4
information and
104
interest groups and
114
planning and
102
reaction to weather events
10
right to know
121
shifting
107
–
10
US view on environment
89
–
90
see also
civil society
Putin, Vladimir
209
–
10
,
219
radicalism
active reaction to events
10
green viewpoints
26
–
31
lack in international agreements
194
‘of the centre'
116
political transcendence
74
renewed cause of
49
rainfall
see
droughts and floods
Rainforest Alliance
126
Rasmussen, Anders Fogh
191
Rasmussen, Lars Lokke
191
recycling and waste
126
carbon tax
155
,
156
jobs and
147
Reduced Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
193
Rees, William
53
regions
coalitions and collaborations
220
–
2
Kyoto agreements
220
see also
local governance
regulation
handicap for business
7
short-termism and
99
renewable energy
biofuels
70
–
1
Brazil
225
–
6
Chinese investment in
9
conservationists and
54
economic competition
7
EU and
195
feed-in tariffs
79
–
80
,
91
,
131
job creation
146
–
50
lobbying for
122
Portugal
82
–
3
smart grids
143
Spain and Portugal
82
–
3
,
92
status report on
138
turn towards
35
US-China cooperation
223
resources
see
environment and resources; fossil fuels
The Return of History and the End of Dreams
(Kagan)
209
–
13
Rice, Condoleezza
212
Rifkin, Jeremy
132
third industrial revolution
129
–
31
Rio conference
Carstedt and
127
green movement and
50
IPCC and
185
precautionary principle
55
success of
211
sustainable development
60
risk
assessing seriousness of
8
context of
59
coping with
6
cost-benefit analysis
58
–
9
ensuring state and
95
importance of global warming
32
investment and
150
precautionary principle
55
–
9
social perception of
57
–
8
vulnerabilities
164
Roberts, J. Timmons
178
–
9
Roberts, Simon
158
–
9
Rockefeller Foundation
177
Romania
197
Ross, Michael
218
Rousseff, Dilma
225
Rowntree Foundation
154
–
6
Royal Society
137
,
139
Russia
Arctic resources
203
–
4
asserts power
209
–
10
,
210
authoritarianism
77
,
208
,
209
fossil fuel resources
44
international agreements
213
Kyoto negotiations
186
,
187
oil and gas politics
207
,
218
resources of
39
see also
Soviet Union
Rwanda
212
Sarkozy, Nicolas
196
,
197
Saudi Arabia
215
China and
45
conservativism
217
supply of oil
39
sceptics
attacks on scientists
23
–
5
exaggerated risks and
8
–
9
media coverage of
3
public attitudes and
107
science and
20
,
31
support base
24
–
5
tactics of
25
–
6
viewpoints of
18
–
25
Scheer, Herman
79
Schröder, Gerhard
80
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
200
–
1
science
230
,
231
co-operative efforts
72
consensus of
25
green principles and
51
greens principles and
73
integrity of data
23
NGOs and
123
sceptics and
9
,
20
,
23
–
5
,
31
uncertainty of
26
see also
radicalism; sceptics; technology
sea level rise
Bangladesh
182
–
3
cause of
14
future building and
171
–
2
India
224
the Netherlands and
22
–
3
predictions of
17
UK coastal management
172
–
3
security
see
conflict and warfare
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
208
Shearman, David
The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure of Democracy
(with Smith)
76
Shellenberger, Michael
148
–
9
Sierra Club
50
Singer, Fred
18
The Skeptical Environmentalist
(Lomborg)
19
Slovakia
197
Smartgrids
(European Commission)
146
Smith, Joseph Wayne
The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure of Democracy
(with Shearman)
76
social justice
the bottom billion
213
–
14
green principles and
51
polluter pays
67

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