Climate Games : Experiments on How People Prevent Disaster / Talbot M. Andrews, Andrew W. Delton and Reuben Kline.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- One. Understanding the Challenges of Climate Change -- Two. Creating Worlds in the Lab -- Three. Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty -- Four. Deciding for Others -- Technical Appendix -- Five. Flirtin' with (Self-Created) Disaster -- Six. Trusting Each Other -- Technical Appendix -- Seven. Looking Beyond the Lab -- Bibliography -- Index.

Yet real climate change is a complex social dilemma involving the world's nearly eight billion inhabitants. In the real world, the worst effects of climate change are likely to be felt by developing countries, while most of the decisions will be made by rich, industrialized countries. And while the world as a whole would be better off if all nations reduced their greenhouse gas emissions, any given nation could decide it would be even better off if it continued emitting and let other nations take care of the problem. These disaster experiments test how real people respond to climate change's unique constellation of challenges and deliver a positive message: People will prevent disaster.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2025. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.