Climate Games – Experiments on How People Prevent Disaster Andrews Delton Kline

The University of Michigan Press

Climate GamesExperiments on How People Prevent Disaster\nAuthor(s): Talbot M. Andrews, Andrew W. Delton, Reuben Kline\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472056637, 978-0472056637\nSynopsis\nCan humanity work together to mitigate the effects of climate change? Climate Games argues we can. This book brings together a decade and a half of experimentation, conducted by researchers around the world, which shows that people can and will work together to prevent disasters like climate change. These experiments, called economic games, put money on the line to create laboratory disasters. Participants must work together by spending a bit of money now to prevent themselves from losing even more money in the future. Will people sacrifice their own money to prevent disaster? Can people make wise decisions? And can people decide wisely on behalf of others? The answer is a resounding yes. Yet real.