Global Sustainability

Interdisciplinary exploration of the best scientific and political strategies to attain global sustainability, from many Nobel Prize-winning and other high-profile authors.

Autorentext
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber has been Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) since its foundation in 1992. He is Chair of the German Advisory Council on Global Change and was appointed Chief Government Advisor on Climate and Related Issues by the German Federal Government for the G8 and EU presidencies in 2007. As a member of the High Level Expert Group he also advises the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso. From 2001 to 2005 he was engaged as Research Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and Professor at the Environmental Sciences School of the University of East Anglia in Norwich (UK). He is elected Member inter alia of the German and US National Academy of Sciences and the Max Planck Society. In 2004 he was awarded the title "Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II and in 2007 he received the German Environment Prize. Nicholas Stern, is IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. Lord Stern was head of the UK Government Economic Service from 2003-2007 and Chief Economist of the World Bank from 2000-2003. He authored the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change (Cambridge University Press, 2006), reporting to the UK Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2005-2007. Lord Stern is an adviser to the Global Chair of HSBC on Economic Development and Climate Change and is the 2009 President of the European Economic Association. He was knighted for services to economics in 2004 and made a cross-bench life peer as Baron Stern of Brentford in 2007. Veronika Huber is scientific personal assistant to Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. Previously, she undertook scientific research in the areas of limnology and theoretical ecology at the Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and at Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) and gained experience in the field of climate policy during an internship at the United Nation Environmental Program in Nairobi. She studied biology and ecology at Ecole normale superieure in Paris and at the universities of Konstanz and Potsdam. Susanne Kadner has a research background in biology, chemistry and oceanography. She has worked for the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) in London, the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), and as G8-consultant for Hans Joachim Schellnhuber in his position as German Chief Government Advisor on Climate and Related Issues. Susanne now works in the Technical Support Unit of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Working Group III.

Zusammenfassung
Written by Nobel Laureate experts and top-level representatives from politics and NGOs, this radically interdisciplinary book discusses the best scientific and political strategies for reconciling our civilization with its physical and ecological support systems. Delivering the latest insights from climate impact research, environmental economics, and other crucial fields.

Inhalt
Foreword Angela Merkel; Preface Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Mario Molina, Nicholas Stern, Veronika Huber and Susanne Kadner; Prologue: save the boot room Ian McEwan; Part I. The Great Transformation: 1. Transformations of the twenty-first century: transitions to greater sustainability Murray Gell-Mann; 2. Commentary: integrated sustainability and the underlying threat of urbanization Geoffrey B. West; 3. Commentary: earth system analysis and taking a crude look at the whole Wolfgang Lucht; 4. Making progress within and beyond borders Johan Rockström, Katrin Vohland, Wolfgang Lucht, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker and Tariq Banuri; 5. Towards a sustainable future James P. Leape and Sarah Humphrey; Part II. Climate Stabilization and Sustainable Development: 6. Scientific understanding of climate change and associated risks consequences for a global deal Stefan Rahmstorf, Jennifer Morgan, Anders Levermann and Karsten Sach; 7. Towards a global deal on climate change Nicholas Stern and Su-Lin Garbett-Shiels; 8. Commentary: the German contribution to a global deal Sigmar Gabriel; 9. A 'just' climate agreement: the framework for an effective global deal Sunita Narain; 10. Commentary: carbon justice and forestation the African perspective Wangari Maathai; 11. Carbon offsets, the CDM and sustainable development Diana Liverman; 12. Insights into the climate challenge Rajendra Pachauri; 13. Commentary: climate change learning from the stratospheric ozone challenge Mario Molina; 14. Climate change, poverty eradication and sustainable development Nitin Desai; 15. Commentary: development and sustainability: conflicts and congruence Kirit Parikh; Part III. Institutional and Economic Incentives: 16. Robust options for decarbonization Thomas Bruckner, Ottmar Edenhofer, Hermann Held, Markus Haller, Michael Lüken, Nico Bauer and Nebojsa Nakicenovic; 17. Price and quantity regulation for reducing greenhouse gas emissions Ottmar Edenhofer, Robert Pietzcker, Matthias Kalkuhl and Elmar Kriegler; 18. Commentary: controlling climate change economically James Mirrlees; 19. What is the top priority on climate change? Paul Klemperer; 20. Research and technology for sustainability a global cause Annette Schavan; 21. Commentary: energy research and technology for a transition toward a more sustainable future Nebojsa Nakicenovic; Part IV. Technological Innovation and Energy Security: 22. A world powered predominantly by solar and wind energy Walter Kohn; 23. Low cost 'plastic' solar cells: a dream becoming a reality Alan Heeger; 24. Smart grids, smart loads and energy storage Joachim Luther; 25. The SuperSmart Grid paving the way for a completely renewable power system Antonella Battaglini, Johan Lilliestam and Gerhard Knies; 26. Getting the carbon out of transportation fuels Felix Creutzig and Daniel Kammen; 27. Opportunities for technological transformations and the dawn of a CO2-negative industry: from climate change to climate management? Maria Magdalena Titirici, Dieter Murach and Markus Antonietti; Part V. A Global Contract between Science and Society: 28. Promoting science, technology and innovation for sustainability in Africa Mohamed Hassan; 29. Information flow: the basis for sustainable participation John Sulston; 30. Commentary: educating and motivating global society Susanne Kadner; 31. Commentary: democracy and participation Achim Steiner; Part VI. The Potsdam Memorandum: 32. Potsdam Memorandum; 33. Commentary: the Potsdam Memorandum: a remarkable outcome of a most important conference Klaus Töpfer; Appendix: glossary; Co-authors' biographies.

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