Confronting Climate Gridlock

"Author Daniel S. Cohan, an atmospheric scientist in the US,...makes a convincing case for setting up smaller, nimbler coalitions of countries keen to advance climate action, rather than waiting for laggards to catch up...His ideas may sound far-fetched today, but as the hunger for new ways of tackling the climate problem grows, they are also very welcome."— Pilita Clark, Financial Times 'Best New Books on Climate and the Environment'
 

“Daniel Cohan makes a compelling case that the problem of climate change is solvable. Fixing the gridlock on global action requires fixing the gridlock here in the United States of America. Cohan shows how that can be done.”—David Victor, Professor of Innovation and Public Policy, the School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS), UC San Diego

“Daniel Cohan offers an up-to-date and well-researched review of many policy options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What separates Confronting Climate Gridlock from other books is its unusual and effective combination of engineering and social science expertise with a policy-heavy focus.”—Michaël Aklin, author of Renewables: The Politics of a Global Energy Transition

“Confronting Climate Gridlock is innovative in how it proposes solutions to climate problems using technology, diplomacy, and policy. This topic is timely and evolving.”—Venkat Lakshmi, Professor of Engineering Systems and Environment, University of Virginia

“Where an abundance of research narrowly focuses on politics, innovation, governance, and policy, Confronting Climate Gridlock embraces them all, and in doing so makes substantial contributions to critical ongoing debates about decarbonization, negative emissions, timing, scaling, and even justice, equity, and ethics.”—Benjamin K. Sovacool, author of Global Energy Justice

“Cohan maps out a way forward with an eye toward problem-solving rather than finger-pointing, blaming, or shaming. The inspiration and skills that gave us the benefits of modern energy—necessity as the mother of invention combined with innovation, geology, chemistry, physics, engineering, enabling policies, and modern market designs—might also be what is needed to get us out of this mess.”—From the foreword by Michael E. Webber