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About this book
The influential book on the environmental challenges before us and what we must do to address them
Why are globe-spanning environmental problems on the rise and what can be done about them? Christopher Stone presents a concise and balanced overview of the risks, from climate change and ozone depletion to deforestation and biodiversity loss. Exploring the institutional framework, Stone shows why global problems do not always benefit from global solutions, how environmental diplomacy must account for the growing tensions between rich and poor nations, and why even checking population growth cannot heal the planet. At once theoretical and realistic, The Gnat is Older than Man a major contribution to our understanding of one of humanity’s greatest challenges.
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Publisher
Princeton University PressYear
2023Print ISBN
9780691001654, 9780691032504eBook ISBN
9780691258881Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Other Titles by Christopher D. Stone
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter I. Diagnosis: The Earth Has Cancer, and the Cancer Is Man
- Chapter II. The Condition of the Earth from the Legal Perspective
- Chapter III. Transboundary Pollution
- Chapter IV. Managing the Global Commons
- Chapter V. Treaties as Antidotes
- Chapter VI. The Economist’s Prescriptions: Taxes and Tradable Permits
- Chapter VII. Medicating the Earth: Preventatives and Remedies
- Chapter VIII. Taking Out Calamity Insurance
- Chapter IX. Paying the Bills: Toward a Global Commons Trust Fund
- Chapter X. The Spiritual and Moral Dimensions of the Environmental Crisis: Of Humankind and Gnats
- Notes
- Index to Topics and Institutions
- Index to Authors
- Index to Conventions
- Index to Legal Cases