Dear colleagues, I'm writing to announce that I have published my first book *Aiming for Net Zero: Costa Rica's Green Elite and the Struggle to Mitigate Climate Change <https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262549769/aiming-for-net-zero/> *with The MIT Press.
Here's a brief summary: As atmospheric greenhouse gases continue their steep ascent, the world has never been more in need of policies designed to reduce emissions. Among those few nations that have committed to ambitious emission reduction plans is the small Central American country of Costa Rica, whose pioneering policies include a Payments for Environmental Services program, a carbon neutrality pledge, and a goal of decarbonizing the economy. This book explores why Costa Rican leaders have adopted more climate mitigation policies than leaders of other nations and how these leaders have introduced and developed these policies. Drawing on archival evidence and interviews conducted between 2013 and 2021 with three dozen people who have contributed to climate policy in Costa Rica, the book tells the story of Costa Rica’s climate mitigation policy development. Costa Rica’s historically egalitarian class structure and interconnected, green-minded urban elite prioritized investment in public welfare as the means to enhance the national level of development, leading to the advancement of climate mitigation policies during four historical moments: the late 1980s, the mid-1990s, the mid-2000s, and the late 2010s. I believe the book would be a good fit for graduate seminars on environmental sociology, political sociology, global environmental change, environment and development in Latin America, or climate change in Latin America. I also think the book would work well in upper-level undergraduate courses on environmental studies, environmental sociology, climate and society, or Latin American studies. If you are so inclined, the code PUBDAY30 will provide a 30% discount off the price today only from Penguin Random House <https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/763341/aiming-for-net-zero-by-julia-a-flagg/>. Today and beyond, the code READMIT20 should discount the price by 20% when purchased directly from MIT <https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262549769/aiming-for-net-zero/>. Thanks, Julia -- Julia A. Flagg, Ph.D. she/her Associate Professor Department of Sociology and Environmental Studies Program Director, Environmental Studies Program Connecticut College Winthrop 270 Mohegan Avenue New London, CT 06320 (860) 439-2284 Website <https://www.conncoll.edu/directories/faculty-profiles/julia-flagg/> Office location: Winthrop Annex Author, Aiming for Net Zero: Costa Rica's Green Elite and the Struggle to Mitigate Climate Change <https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262549769/aiming-for-net-zero/> (The MIT Press, October 2024) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAAjynNt71ucqbw-rzWYVNkLRuHZw5MuFT4p7PQyEsigCpyN67g%40mail.gmail.com.
