Worst-Case ScenariosHarvard University Press, 2007 - 340 pages Nuclear bombs in suitcases, anthrax bacilli in ventilators, tsunamis and meteors, avian flu, scorchingly hot temperatures: nightmares that were once the plot of Hollywood movies are now frighteningly real possibilities. How can we steer a path between willful inaction and reckless overreaction? |
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... significant chance of imposing serious hardships on many nations , including not just the United States but India and China as well . Perhaps those hardships would entail significant increases in unemploy- ment and hence poverty . If ...
Cass R. Sunstein. significant steps to reduce greenhouse gases unless the perceived costs of risk reduction are much decreased , an available incident triggers fear of significant and imminent harm , or sustained analysis suggests that ...
... significant reductions in their poverty . The issue of relative wealth and poverty should play a significant role in distributing the costs of emissions reductions . " If China is asked to make large reductions in a way that harms its ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Of Terrorism and Climate Change | 17 |
A Tale of Two Protocols | 71 |
Copyright | |
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