Book contents
- Five Times Faster
- Reviews
- Five Times Faster
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Science
- 2 Looking Up at the Dam
- 3 Knowing the Least About What Matters Most
- 4 Telling the Boiling Frog What He Needs to Know
- 5 Runaway Tipping Points of No Return
- 6 The Meaning of Conservative
- 7 More Than Science
- 8 Tell the Truth
- Part II Economics
- Part III Diplomacy
- Appendix How You Can Help
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
7 - More Than Science
from Part I - Science
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2024
- Five Times Faster
- Reviews
- Five Times Faster
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Science
- 2 Looking Up at the Dam
- 3 Knowing the Least About What Matters Most
- 4 Telling the Boiling Frog What He Needs to Know
- 5 Runaway Tipping Points of No Return
- 6 The Meaning of Conservative
- 7 More Than Science
- 8 Tell the Truth
- Part II Economics
- Part III Diplomacy
- Appendix How You Can Help
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Science can only tell us a part of what we need to know about the risks of climate change. We also need to make judgements about politics, technology, and international security. To tell truth to power, we need to bring these fields of knowledge together.
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- Five Times FasterRethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change – Updated Edition, pp. 77 - 85Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024