Global Sustainability: A Nobel Cause

Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Prologue: Save the boot room......Page 18
PART I: The Great Transformation......Page 24
1 Transformations of the twenty-first century: transitions to greater sustainability......Page 26
2 Commentary: Integrated sustainability and the underlying threat of urbanization......Page 34
3 Commentary: Earth system analysis and taking a crude look at the whole......Page 44
4 Making progress within and beyond borders......Page 58
5 Towards a sustainable future......Page 74
PART II: Climate stabilization and sustainable development......Page 90
6 Scientific understanding of climate change and consequences for a global deal......Page 92
7 Towards a global deal on climate change......Page 106
8 Commentary: The German contribution to a global deal......Page 126
9 A ‘just’ climate agreement: the framework for an effective global deal......Page 132
10 Commentary: Carbon justice and forestation – the African perspective......Page 148
11 Carbon offsets, the CDM, and sustainable development......Page 154
12 Insights into the climate challenge......Page 168
13 Commentary: Climate change – learning from the stratospheric ozone challenge......Page 180
14 Climate change, poverty eradication, and sustainable development......Page 190
15 Commentary: Development and sustainability: conflicts and congruence......Page 200
PART III: Institutional and economic incentives......Page 212
16 Robust options for decarbonization......Page 214
17 Price and quantity regulation for reducing greenhouse gas emissions......Page 230
18 Commentary: Controlling climate change economically......Page 252
19 What is the top priority on climate change?......Page 258
20 Research and technology for sustainability – a global cause......Page 268
21 Commentary: Energy research and technology for a transition toward a more sustainable future......Page 278
PART IV: Technological innovation and energy security......Page 286
22 A world powered predominantly by solar and wind energy......Page 288
23 Low-cost ‘plastic’ solar cells: a dream becoming a reality......Page 298
24 Smart grids, smart loads, and energy storage......Page 308
25 The SuperSmart Grid – paving the way for a completely renewable power system......Page 316
26 Getting the carbon out of transportation fuels......Page 334
27 Opportunities for technological transformations: from climate change to climate management?......Page 346
PART V: A global contract between science and society......Page 358
28 Promoting science, technology and innovation for sustainability in Africa......Page 360
29 Information flow: the basis for sustainable participation......Page 370
30 Commentary: Educating and motivating global society......Page 382
31 Commentary: Democracy and participation......Page 388
PART VI: The Potsdam Memorandum......Page 394
32 Potsdam Memorandum......Page 396
33 Commentary: The Potsdam Memorandum: a remarkable outcome of a most important conference......Page 400
APPENDIX......Page 404
Glossary......Page 406
Co-authors’ biographies......Page 416