Fighting Climate Change: Sinking Carbon and Raising Living Standards

SINKING CARBON AND RAISING LIVING STANDARDS

While many Californians consider buying hybrid cars and unplugging

their computer, most of the world's 6 billion people covet having any

kind of car and can only dream of having a laptop one day. Yet

fighting global climate change will require lifestyle changes by

everyone. How can that happen without slamming the world's poor, who

are most vulnerable to the health and weather effects of global

warming? How can California's innovation in climate policy and

technologies help by decoupling carbon emissions from GDP growth?