Environment and Civilization
China: Why the Existing Economic Model Will Fail
Mounting Stresses, Failing States
A Civilizational Tipping Point
I. A Civilization in Trouble
2. Deteriorating Oil and Food Security
The Coming Decline of Oil
The Oil Intensity of Food
The Changing Food Prospect
Cars and People Compete for Crops
The World Beyond Peak Oil
Food Insecurity and Failing States
3. Rising Temperatures and Rising Seas
Rising Temperature and Its Effects
Melting Ice and Rising Seas
Cutting Carbon 80 Percent by 2020
4. Emerging Water Shortages
Scarcity Crossing National Borders
Water Scarcity Yields Political Stresses
5. Natural Systems Under Stress
Shrinking Forests: The Many Costs
Disappearing Plants and Animals
6. Early Signs of Decline
Our Socially Divided World
Throwaway Economy in Trouble
Population and Resource Conflicts
Environmental Refugees on the Rise
Mounting Stresses, Failing States
7. Eradicating Poverty, Stabilizing Population
Universal Basic Education
Reducing Farm Subsidies and Debt
A Poverty Eradication Budget
Protecting and Restoring Forests
Conserving and Rebuilding Soils
Protecting Plant and Animal Diversity
Planting Trees to Sequester Carbon
The Earth Restoration Budget
9. Feeding Eight Billion Well
Rethinking Land Productivity
Raising Water Productivity
Producing Protein More Efficiently
Moving Down the Food Chain
10. Designing Cities for People
Redesigning Urban Transport
Upgrading Squatter Settlements
11. Raising Energy Efficiency
Energy-Efficient Appliances
Restructuring the Transport System
The Energy Savings Potential
12. Turning to Renewable Energy
Wind-Powered Plug-in Hybrid Cars
Solar Cells and Collectors
Plant-Based Sources of Energy
River, Tidal, and Wave Power
The World Energy Economy of 2020
III. An Exciting New Option
13. The Great Mobilization
Shifting Taxes and Subsidies
Summing Up Climate Stabilization Measures
A Response to Failing States
Mobilizing to Save Civilization
