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Tickell is a UK physicist, journalist, and broadcaster specializing in the environment, and is the son of Sir Crispin Tickell, a British diplomat, environmentalist, and adviser to UK governments. After reviewing recent evidence for accelerated global warming, Tickell describes serious flaws in the existing, "best-that-could-be-achieved" Kyoto agreement to control carbon emissions. He discusses the California energy plan and major control strategies like the Climate Neutral Network, Contraction and Convergence, Cap and Share, and Cap and Dividend. Finally, Tickell offers his Kyoto2 plan based on energy producer controls. Tickell's background helps him pack an astonishing wealth of data and nontrivial analyses of complex issues into this small volume. His breadth, insights, and clear, unpolemic way of presenting the pros and cons of proposed mechanisms, including explanations of specialized terms such as "Pigouvian taxes," makes this reviewer think of Jared Diamond, Andrew Revkin, and Thomas Friedman rolled into one. Subtitles, quotes, and bulleted lists abound. Detailed references stay unobtrusive as tiny superscript numbers. Kyoto2 is winning raves from UK reviewers. This volume will be valuable for undergraduate and graduate students in environmental science and policy, and essential for faculty and professionals. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Academic, public, and professional libraries, all levels. F. T. Manheim George Mason University
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