Introduction : the global environmental tragedy
A shadowy and evolving tragedy
The tyranny of the contemporary
An intergenerational arms race?
A global test for contemporary political institutions and theories
Jane Austen vs. climate economics
Geoengineering in an atmosphere of evil
Some initial ethics of the transition
Appendix 1 : the population tragedy
Appendix 2 : epistemic corruption and scientific uncertainty in Michael Crichton's State of fear.
