Reason in a dark time: why the struggle against climate change failed, and what it means for our future

The Nature of the Problem. The development of climate science ; Climate change as public issue ; The age of climate diplomacy.

Obstacles to Action. Scientific ignorance ; Politicizing science ; Facts and values ; The science/policy interface ; Organized denial ; Partisanship ; Political institutions ; The hardest problem.

The Limits of Economics. Economics and climate change ; The Stern Review and its critics ; Discounting ; Further problems ; State of the discussion.

The Frontiers of Ethics. The domain of concern ; Responsibility and harm ; Fault liability ; Human rights and domination ; Differences that matter ; Revising morality.

Living With Climate Change. Life in the anthropocene ; It doesn't matter what I do ; It's not the meat, it's the motion ; Ethics for the anthropocene ; Respect for nature ; Global justice.

Politics, Policy, and the Road Ahead. The rectification of names ; Adaptation: the neglected option? ; Why we need more than adaptation ; The category formerly known as geoengineering ; The way forward.

Introduction

The nature of the problem : The development of climate science ; Climate change as a public issue ; The age of climate diplomacy

Obstacles to action : Scientific ignorance ; Politicizing science ; Facts and values ; The science/policy interface ; Organized denial ; Partisanship ; Political institutions ; The hardest problem

The limits of economics : Economics and climate change ; The Stern Review and its critics ; Discounting ; Further problems ; State of the discussion

The frontiers of ethics : The domain of concern ; Responsibility and harm ; Fault liability ; Human rights and domination ; Differences that matter ; Revising morality

Living with climate change : Life in the anthropocene ; It doesn't matter what I do ; It's not the meat, it's the motion ; Ethics for the anthropocene ; Respect for nature ; Global justice

Politics, policy, and the road ahead : The rectification of names ; Adaptation: the neglected option? ; Why we need more than adaptation ; The category formerly known as geoengineering ; The way forward.