| Description |
xv, 304 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-295) and index. |
| Summary |
Uses scientific evidence to argue that the Earth's climate is very close to becoming beyond humankind's ability to restore and advocates an end to the "business as usual" approach to the global warming crisis. |
| Contents |
THE BIG MELT -- Losing the Arctic Sea ice -- Greenland's fate -- Trouble in the Atlantic -- A rising tide -- The quickening pace -- Most species, most ecosystems -- The price of reticence -- TARGETS -- What we are doing -- Where we are headed -- Target 2 degrees -- Getting the third degree -- Planning the alternative -- The safe-climate zone -- Putting the plan together -- THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY -- This is an emergency -- A systematic breakdown -- When "reasonable" is not enough -- The gap between knowing and not-knowing -- Making effective decisions -- The "new business as usual" -- Climate solutions -- Can "politics as usual" solve the problem? -- What does an emergency look like? -- The climate emergency in practice -- The safe climate economy -- In the end -- APPENDIX -- A climate Code Red scenario. |
| Subject |
Global warming.
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Global temperature changes.
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| Added Author |
Sutton, Philip.
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| ISBN |
9781921372209 paperback |
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1921372206 paperback |
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