A persuasive and practical guide that offers solutions to-and hope in the face of-the undeniable threat of global warming.
Last year, awareness about global warming reached a tipping point. Now one of the most dynamic writers and one of the most respected scientists in the field of climate change offer the first concise guide to both the problems and the solutions. Guiding us past a blizzard of information and misinformation, Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King explain the science of warming, the most cutting-edge technological solutions from small to large, and the national and international politics that will affect our efforts.
While there have been many other books about the problem of global warming, none has addressed what we can and should do about it so clearly and persuasively, with no spin, no agenda, and no exaggeration. Neither Walker nor King is an activist or politician, and theirs is not a generic green call to arms. Instead they propose specific ideas to fix a very specific problem. Most important, they offer hope: this is a serious issue, perhaps the most serious that humanity has ever faced. But we can still do something about it. And they'll show us how.
Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 363.738/74
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Co-published by the David Suzuki Foundation Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781926812519 9781553653714
- LCCN
- QC981.8.G56
- LCCN Item number
- W35 2008eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (ix, 276 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00228687 (OCoLC)793385421 (CaOOCEL)427623
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- PART I 11
- THE PROBLEM 11
- WARMING WORLD 13
- WHODUNNIT 29
- FEELING THE HEAT 42
- IN THE PIPELINE 57
- CLIMATE WILD CARDS 74
- PART II 89
- TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS 89
- WHAT SHOULD WE AIM FOR 91
- MORE FROM LESS 107
- PLANES TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES 120
- POWER TO CHANGE 136
- PART III 155
- POLITICAL SOLUTIONS 155
- ITS THE ECONOMY STUPID 157
- THE ROAD FROM KYOTO 176
- RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NATIONS 188
- INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS 198
- HOW YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD 224
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 239
- APPENDIX 241
- Climate Myths Half-Truths and Misconceptions 241
- SELECTED GLOSSARY 251
- NOTES 255
- INDEX 277
