{"product_id":"carbon-inequality-the-role-of-the-richest-in-climate-change-paperback","title":"Carbon Inequality: The Role of the Richest in Climate Change - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDario Kenner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a specific focus on the United States and the United Kingdom, \u003cem\u003e Carbon Inequality\u003c\/em\u003e studies the role of the richest people in contributing to climate change via their luxury consumption and their investments. In an innovative contribution, it attempts to quantify personal responsibility for shareholdings in large fossil fuel companies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the implications of the richest people's historic responsibility for global warming, the impacts of which affect them less than most others in global society. Kenner analyses how the richest people running large oil and gas companies have successfully used their political influence to lobby the US and UK government. This assessment of their growing political power is particularly pertinent at a time of increasing inequality and growing public awareness of the impact of climate change. The book also highlights the crucial role of the richest in blocking the low-carbon transition in the US and the UK, exploring how this could be countered to ensure fossil fuels are fully replaced by renewable energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of great relevance to scholars and policy makers with an interest in inequality, climate change and sustainability transitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDario Kenner is a visiting fellow at the Global Sustainability Institute based at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. This book builds on his 2015 working paper \u003ci\u003eInequality of Overconsumption: the Ecological Footprint of the Richest\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Anglia Ruskin University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 138\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42161983553671,"sku":"9780367727666","price":53.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5309ad7738348f6054c22a6993cb59cb.webp?v=1733285621","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/carbon-inequality-the-role-of-the-richest-in-climate-change-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}