Table of Contents

Entire book (pdf)
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Time for Plan B: Cutting Carbon Emissions 80% by 2020 (pdf)

Preface (pdf)

1. Entering a New World (pdf)
    Introduction
    A Massive Market Failure
    Environment and Civilization
    China: Why the Existing Economic Model Will Fail
    Mounting Stresses, Failing States
    A Civilizational Tipping Point
    Plan B—A Plan of Hope   
Chapter 1 Data (xls)

PART I. A CIVILIZATION IN TROUBLE

2. Deteriorating Oil and Food Security (pdf)
    Introduction
    The Coming Decline of Oil
    The Oil Intensity of Food
    The Changing Food Prospect
    Cars and People Compete for Food
    The World Beyond Peak Oil      
    Food Insecurity and Failing States
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3. Rising Temperatures and Rising Seas (pdf)
    Introduction
    Rising Temperature and Its Effects
    The Crop Yield Effect
    Reservoirs in the Sky
    Melting Ice and Rising Seas
    More Destructive Storms
    Cutting Carbon 80 Percent by 2020
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4. Emerging Water Shortages (pdf)
    Introduction
    Water Tables Falling
    Rivers Running Dry
    Lakes Disappearing
    Farmers Losing to Cities
    Scarcity Crossing National Borders
    Water Scarcity Yields Political Stresses
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5. Natural Systems Under Stress (pdf)
    Introduction
    Shrinking Forests: The Many Costs
    Losing Soil
    From Grassland to Desert
    Advancing Deserts
    Collapsing Fisheries
    Disappearing Plants and Animals
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6. Early Signs of Decline (pdf)
    Introduction
    Our Socially Divided World
    Health Challenge Growing
    Throwaway Economy in Trouble
    Population and Resource Conflicts
    Environmental Refugees on the Rise
    Mounting Stresses, Failing States
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PART II. THE RESPONSE – PLAN B

7. Eradicating Poverty, Stabilizing Population (pdf)
    Introduction
    Universal Basic Education
    Stabilizing Population
    Better Health for All
    Curbing the HIV Epidemic
    Reducing Farm Subsidies and Debt
    A Poverty-Eradication Budget
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8. Restoring the Earth (pdf)
    Introduction
    Protecting and Restoring Forests
    Conserving and Rebuilding Soils
    Regenerating Fisheries
    Protecting Plant and Animal Diversity
    Planting Trees to Sequester Carbon
    The Earth Restoration Budget
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9. Feeding Eight Billion Well (pdf)
    Introduction
    Rethinking Land Productivity
    Raising Water Productivity
    Producing Protein More Efficiently
    Moving Down the Food Chain
    Action on Many Fronts
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10. Designing Cities for People (pdf)
     Introduction
     The Ecology of Cities
     Redesigning Urban Transport
     Reducing Urban Water Use
     Farming in the City
     Upgrading Squatter Settlements
     Cities for People
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11. Raising Energy Efficiency (pdf)
     Introduction
     Banning the Bulb
     Energy-Efficient Appliances
     More-Efficient Buildings
     Restructuring the Transport System
     A New Materials Economy
     The Energy Savings Potential
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12. Turning to Renewable Energy (pdf)
     Introduction
     Harnessing the Wind
     Wind-Powered Plug-In Hybrid Cars
     Solar Cells and Collectors
     Energy from the Earth
     Plant-Based Sources of Energy
     River, Tidal, and Wave Power
     The World Energy Economy of 2020
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PART III: AN EXCITING NEW OPTION

13. The Great Mobilization (pdf)
     Introduction
     Shifting Taxes and Subsidies
     Summing Up Climate Stabilization Measures
     A Reponse to Failing States
     A Wartime Mobilization
     Mobilizing to Save Civilization
     What You and I Can Do
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Notes (pdf)
Index (pdf)
Acknowledgements & About the Author (pdf)
Plan B 3.0 Data