CARBON SHOCK: A TALE OF RISK AND CALCULUS ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE DISRUPTED GLOBAL ECONOMY
Book ID/图书代码： 03830514B72448
English Summary/英文概要： As the world moves toward making more and more polluters pay to emit carbon, a financial mystery unfolds: What are the costs? Who has the responsibility to pay for them? Who do you pay? How do you pay? And what are the potential impacts?
These are the questions veteran journalist Mark Schapiro attempts to answer as he illuminates the struggle to pinpoint carbon’s true costs and allocate them fairly—all while bumping up against the vagaries of the free market, the lobbying power of corporations, the political maneuverings of countries, and the tolerance of everyday consumers buying a cup of coffee, a tank of gas, or an airplane ticket.
Along the way, Schapiro tracks the cost of carbon through the drought-ridden farmland of California, where higher temperatures are driving up the price of the food we eat, the prices farmers pay for crop insurance, and the impact on taxpayers. Through the jungles of Brazil, where foreign polluters pay to keep trees standing—as offsets to absorb CO2—at a fraction of the cost they are worth to the struggling communities around them, who engage in logging or other uses. Through the world’s greatest manufacturing center, asking who should pay for the pollution generated there—the Chinese who operate the factories or the Westerners who consume the goods they produce? Through the skies, where recent efforts to put a price tag on the carbon left by airplanes in the no-man’s land of the atmosphere created what amounted to a quiet but powerful global trade war. Through the carbon-trading capital of Europe, where economists try to establish a price for a bizarre new commodity—a ton of carbon that will not be emitted—literally selling the air in an effort to curtail emissions. And, finally, through the high-tech crime world the new carbon markets have inspired, and the emerging nations that—as they amp up manufacturing, put more cars on their streets, and up their consumption—teeter on the brink of this wild, new carbon economy.
For almost two decades, the primary topic of global climate negotiations has been to find a way to pay for the costs of carbon, slow greenhouse gas emissions, and stimulate a shift away from fossil fuels in order to shrink the earth’s carbon footprint. The key tool to date—the international carbon trade—has foundered in a sea of questions deftly explored by Schapiro, and in the turmoil of a global recession. As we approach the next climate negotiations in 2015, will nations stick to business as usual? Or will the world come to terms with the real price for carbon, and figure out a sensible way to pay for it?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当世界让越来越多的污染者为碳排放付费时，一个金融奥秘展现了：成本是什么？谁负责支付呢？你支付给谁？你怎么支付？有哪些潜在的影响？
些都是资深记者马克·夏皮罗为确定碳的真实成本和公平分配而奋斗时试图回答的问题——所有都将撞上了自由市场的变幻莫测，企业的游说力量，国家的政治手腕，和普通的消费者买一杯咖啡，一罐煤气，或一张飞机票的耐受性。
一路上，夏皮罗追踪碳成本，他穿过干旱的加利福尼亚耕地，那里较高的温度下提高了我们所吃食物的价格，农民支付农作物保险的价格，以及对纳税人的影响。穿过巴西丛林，那里外国污染者支付保护森林的费用——作为补偿对CO2的吸收——当以低成本从事伐木或其他用途时是值得与周围的社区争斗的。穿过世界上最大的制造业中心质问谁应该为产生的污染支付——经营工厂的中国人或者消费他们生产的商品的西方人？穿过天空，人们最近试图为 飞机在无人区大气中留下的碳贴上价格标签，这产生了一个安静而强大的全球贸易战。穿过欧洲的碳交易资本，经济学家试图为奇怪的新商品建立价格——将不会被发射 的一吨碳——为了努力减少排放空气被随便售卖。最后穿过新的碳市场启发的高科技犯罪世界和新兴国家——但他们发展制造业，把更多的汽车在街道上并提高他们的消费—— 新的低碳经济正在这个疯狂的边缘。
近二十年来，全球气候谈判的主要议题已经找到一种方法来支付碳的成本，减缓温室气体排放，以及为了缩小地球的碳足迹刺激化石燃料的转变。目前的关键工具——国际碳贸易——夏皮罗已经在一个巧妙地问题和全球经济衰退的风暴中探索发现了。当我们迈向下一个2015年气候谈判，国家依然坚持商业？还是世界承认碳的实际价格，并找出一个合理的支付方式？(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“有着作为一个作家的技巧和作为一个调查记者的长期经验，马克·夏皮罗为我们这个时代最重要的故事带来了一些生动和意想不到的角度。我原以为我知道碳和气候变化的基本知识，但阅读这生动、有趣的书让我意识到有许多我不知道的既有趣又令人不安的东西。”——亚当·霍克希尔德，《结束所有战争》的作者
“在他强大的新书《碳冲击》中，马克·夏皮罗超越了著名的肇事者和气候变化影响的标准的讨论，带领我们进行一个对碳排放的全球性经济成本的痛苦的和国际化的探索。在他的开创性论文里，夏皮罗暴露跨国企业对这些成本的混淆视听；促使华尔街交易但没有量化财务费用或公共风险，解决核心问题或者为社会提供更便宜更环保做法的局部伪解的愚蠢；相对于欧盟形成长期的补救措施而言，美国俄罗斯和中国落后的政策。夏皮罗不仅在这本令人敬畏的书中迫使全球努力阻止联合经济和掠夺地球环境的情况，他还熟练地概述了怎样去做。”——罗米·普林斯，《所有总统的银行家》和《它采取了掠夺》的作者
“能说服化石火焰的守护者如果我们不碳化就会面临险境吗？为了更加清洁的未来建立货币桥梁，然后文明——至少它的公民部分包括每个人的工作——会被拯救，这是不切实际的想象吗？当我们面对肯定是人类最大的挑战时，政府仍在收费吗？我们应该感激马克·夏皮罗引导了一些可怕的领域——全球金融的奥秘——清楚地展示了我们到底到目前为止究竟走到了哪一步，哪些失败了，为什么失败了，哪些可能起作用，以及令人惊讶的希望到底在哪里。”——艾伦·韦斯曼，《没有我们的世界和倒计时：对地球的未来最后和最好的希望》的作者
About the Author/作者介绍： 记者马克·夏皮罗探讨了环境，经济，政治力量的交叉口，最近作为记者在新闻调查中心工作。他的作品已发表在“哈珀斯镇”，“大西洋”，“耶鲁大学360”和其他出版物上。他曾为PBS新闻杂志前线/世界报道新闻，现在和比尔·莫耶斯做公共广播电台的市场，他也是《暴露：日常用品的有毒化学》和《美国力量的支撑》的作者。他获得的奖项包括职业新闻工作者协会，杜邦，环境新闻协会的报道奖，国家杂志奖以及国际报道的库尔特朔尔克奖。夏皮罗住在加利福尼亚的旧金山。
Journalist Mark Schapiro explores the intersection of the environment, economics, and political power, most recently as a correspondent at the Center for Investigative Reporting. His work has been published in Harpers, The Atlantic, Yale 360, and other publications. He has reported stories for the PBS newsmagazine Frontline/World, NOW with Bill Moyers, and public radio’s Marketplace, and is the author of Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What’s at Stake for American Power. His awards include the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi, a DuPont, the Society of Environmental Journalists Reporting Award, a National Magazine Award, and a Kurt Schork Award for International reporting. Schapiro lives in San Francisco, California.
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