Cool Cities: Urban Sovereignty and the Fix for Global Warming - Hardcover

Benjamin R. Barber is a distinguished senior fellow at the Fordham Law School Urban Consortium, the founder of the Global Parliament of Mayors, and the author of Jihad Versus McWorld,If Mayors Ruled the World, and other books.

“Here [Barber] builds on themes that underpinned his 1995 bestseller, Jihad vs McWorld, arguing for more decentralised models of democracy that empower local organisations and give less weight to nation-states.”—Pilita Clark, Financial Times
"Cool Cities is a worthy sequel to If Mayors Ruled the World.  Ben Barber shows how cities can and must lead on the climate crisis in the face of national drift and denial.  The world is being remade from the bottom up."—Bruce Katz, Centennial Scholar, Brookings Institution
"Nation states have failed us; cities and mayors are the way forward.  In this timely and important book, Benjamin Barber charts the way to the devolution and local empowerment that will save our planet and ensure further human progress."—Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class
"Benjamin Barber’s book is an important and timely testimonial of the power of our cities, their governments, and their mayors to undertake the vital work of dramatically lowering our greenhouse gas emissions."—David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto, 2003-2010, and C40 Cities Chair, 2008-2010
“Ben Barber is the theoretician of a quiet revolution in global governance that is now breaking out of city halls and into the mainstream. Mayors and activists alike will be reading his new book to find out what is next.”—Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40
"Cool Cities is a worthy sequel to If Mayors Ruled the World.  Ben Barber shows how cities can and must lead on the climate crisis in the face of national drift and denial.  The world is being remade from the bottom up."—Bruce Katz, Centennial Scholar, Brookings Institution (Bruce Katz)

"Nation states have failed us; cities and mayors are the way forward.  In this timely and important book, Benjamin Barber charts the way to the devolution and local empowerment that will save our planet and ensure further human progress."—Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class (Richard Florida)

"Benjamin Barber’s book is an important and timely testimonial of the power of our cities, their governments, and their mayors to undertake the vital work of dramatically lowering our greenhouse gas emissions."—David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto, 2003-2010, and C40 Cities Chair, 2008-2010 (David Miller)

“Ben Barber is the theoretician of a quiet revolution in global governance that is now breaking out of city halls and into the mainstream. Mayors and activists alike will be reading his new book to find out what is next.”—Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40 (Mark Watts)

“In this cautionary and prescriptive volume, CUNY senior research scholar Barber (If Mayors Ruled the World) lays out a strong argument for civic engagement and personal responsibility in the ongoing fight against climate change. . . . Offering pragmatic ideas to solve complicated issues, Barber challenges readers to exert influence on their localities and gives them reasons to be hopeful.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review (Publishers Weekly)

“Here [Barber] builds on themes that underpinned his 1995 bestseller, Jihad vs McWorld, arguing for more decentralised models of democracy that empower local organisations and give less weight to nation-states.”—Pilita Clark, Financial Times (Pilita Clark Financial Times 2017-06-10)