Intro
Preface
Why I'm writing this book
Useful information when reading this book
The overall scheme
International viewpoint
The Anthropocene
The metric system
Acronyms
Chapter 1
Climate Ethics
Life on Earth
The big picture
An existential decision
Philosophy must be the framework
No taboos
Animals in the moral universe
Humans or Earth - which is more important?
Human nature
Eugenics
Other ways to improve human nature
Humanism is speciesist
Human divisions
Near and far
Competition versus cooperation
Individual vs. collective decisions
Patriotism
Money, money, money
The value of human life
Are all lives worth living?
What should we do?
Conclusion
Chapter 2
Climate Change
How science works
How climate change works
Sources of information
The greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Higher temperatures correlate with increased GHG concentrations
The ocean and global heating
The carbon cycle
Albedo
Land-use change
Aerosols
Contributions to global heating
Feedback loops
Tipping Points
Earth's climate history
Mitigation vs. adaptation
Modelling Earth's climate
Emissions scenarios
Impacts of climate change
Heat waves
Increased storm events
Melting ice
Sea level rise
Ocean impacts
Floods and droughts
Wildfires
Tree mortality
Cities
Agriculture and other food production
Migration and displacement
Human health impacts
Species loss
Who is affected most by climate change?
Negative emissions: Carbon sequestration, removal, and storage
Forests and agriculture
Geoengineering
A plus four degree world
The Gap Reports
Big picture future
Chapter 3
Sustainable Earth
What is sustainability?
History of humanity in three stages
Future timescales.

Existential risks
The moral weight of future humans
Exponential growth is not sustainable
Population ( consumption = GDP
Population
Ethics: The value of a person
Optimal global population
Unsustainable resource depletion
Consumption is not all bad
Nuclear power
Land use planning
SER framework
UN sustainable development goals
Conclusion
Chapter 4
Economics
Introduction
Sources
An economic analysis framework
GDP
Externalities
Paths to net zero
Costs vs. investments
Economic growth
Discounting
Distribution
Climate damages
Adaptation costs
Cost of mitigation
Total climate costs
GHG reduction policies
Conclusion
Chapter 5
Law
My law practice: CEQA litigation
Marquee climate litigation
Climate lawsuits against governments
Climate lawsuits against oil majors
Public trust
Private enforcement
Other climate litigation
Treaties
International dispute resolution
International climate law - the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement
International human rights law
Rights
Human rights
Right to a clean and healthy environment.
National legal systems
Common law vs. civil law
Types of domestic law
United States
European Union
China
An international constitution
Conclusion
Chapter 6
Politics
Liberalism
Progressivism
The dialectic
Socialism and communism
Zero-sum game or labor theory of value?
Environmental justice
Are corporations more powerful than States?
Do we love where we live?
Internationalization v. nationalism
The decline of the US
American exceptionalism
Who are the bad actors?
Motivation for change
Chapter 7
What We Need to Do
Axioms
Fossil Fuels
Forestry and agriculture
Research and development
Help for developing countries
Global action.

Global climate treaty
Fossil fuels under the GCT
Deforestation under the GCT
GCT finance
Research and development
Climate policies
What can individuals do?
Conclusion
Sources
Acknowledgements.