Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Trapped?; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The physical challenges -- energy, resources and climate; 1.3 Evidence and theory: energy and economy; 1.4 Evidence and theory: costing the climate; 1.5 Trapped?; Notes; References; 2 The Three Domains; 2.1 Three conceptions of risk and opportunity; 2.2 Three fields of theory; 2.3 Three economic processes; 2.4 Three realms of opportunity; 2.5 Three pillars of response; 2.6 Domain alignments. 2.7 ConclusionsNotes; References; Pillar I Standards and engagement for smarter choices; 3 Energy and emissions: technologies and systems; 3.1 The energy system; 3.2 Smarter buildings: efficiency and heat supply; 3.3 Cleaner production: manufacturing and materials; 3.4 Purer power: electricity without carbon; 3.5 Tackling transport: transforming vehicles and fuels; 3.6 Resources; 3.7 Smarter systems and scenarios; 3.8 Conclusions; Notes; References; 4 Why so wasteful?; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Evidence: trends and potentials; 4.3 How much more? 4.4 Explanations: barriers to and drivers of change4.5 Behavioural realities: individuals; 4.6 Behavioural realities: organisations; 4.7 Better buildings: a dynamic view of long-term potential; 4.8 Conclusions; Notes; References; 5 Tried and tested: four decades of energy-efficiency policy; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 From exhortation to institutions; 5.3 The end-use toolbox; 5.4 Integration and application to buildings; 5.5 A measured (but inadequately measured) success; 5.6 Bounding rebound; 5.7 Better buildings: prospects and trade-offs; 5.8 Missing pieces. 5.9 Conclusions: beyond the efficiency paradoxNotes; References; Pillar II Markets and prices for cleaner products and processes; 6 Pricing pollution: of truth and taxes; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Why price matters; 6.3 First steps first: reforming energy subsidies; 6.4 Pricing for energy security: gasoline taxes; 6.5 Pricing for pollution: the principles; 6.6 Carbon costs, 'co-benefits' and 'double dividend'; 6.7 Response options in the Second Domain; 6.8 Tax versus cap-and-trade: which is more efficient?; 6.9 Pricing pollution in practice; 6.10 The politics of pricing; 6.11 Conclusions; Notes. 8.4 Tackling 'carbon leakage' -- an evolutionary approach to production, consumption and trade.