Managing the Planet

At the dawn of the third millennium, we are at a watershed of history. A new kind of politics is emerging. The ideological politics of recent centuries is giving way to a politics in which not only nations, but businesses and other groups, are having to work together to deal with planet-wide problems such as resource depletion and climate change. It is a nexus where politics, technology, economics and the environment all meet, and new alliances and new mechanisms are being created in response. Just as with the advent of nuclear weapons, traditional approaches are no longer adequate.

Norman Moss

Dedication Introduction Chapter 1 Midgley's Children Chapter 2 The Climate of the Times Chapter 3 Who Does What? Chapter 4 Some Nitty-gritty Chapter 5 What Price the World? Chapter 6 Some More Nitty-gritty Chapter 7 New Ways of Doing Things Chapter 8 Near Future, Far Future Appendix Political News from a Warmer World: Items from the US Press in the Year 2060 Notes Bibliography Acronyms and Abbreviations Index