The book includes a chapter by prominent climate economist Richard Tol, who has been a contributing, lead, principal, and convening author for the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In his chapter, Tol shows why grand promises of drastic, immediate carbon cuts are such a flawed strategy.
该书的其中一章由联合国政府间气候变化研究小组的主要研究执笔人，著名气候经学家理查德·托尔执笔。在该章中托尔阐述了庞大而迅速的碳排放削减方案究竟有何缺陷。