The Hot Topic
How to Tackle Global Warming and Still Keep the Lights on
1st Edition
Published on 17. August 2009
320 pages
978-1-4088-0691-3 (ISBN)
Description
We all know that global warming is a problem, but the blizzard of information and misinformation on the subject makes it hard to know what to do. The Hot Topic is the first book to set out the problems and the solutions in a straightforward way - no hidden agenda, no breast-beating, no hair shirts.
- Science - how the climate is already changing and what the future is likely to bring
- Adaptation - preparing for the changes we can't stop
- Technological solutions - new, clean ways to live, travel and keep the lights on
- Political solutions - the inside track on what it will take to bring the whole world to the same negotiating table, and how to deal with the 'problem' countries - China, India, Russia and the US
- Personal and local solutions - what you can do and why it will make a difference
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-0691-3 (9781408806913)
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01/2009
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Persons
Gabrielle Walker has a PhD in chemistry from Cambridge University and has taught at both Cambridge and Princeton universities. She is a consultant to New Scientist, contributes frequently to BBC radio and writes for many newspapers and magazines. She presented BBC Radio 4's Planet Earth Under Threat, and lives in London and France. Sir David King, until the end of 2007 the British Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, is widely credited with persuading the UK government to act on climate change and with getting key states (including China, Russia, the USA and India) around the negotiating table. He is Director of the new School for Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University.
Content
- Cover
- THE HOT TOPIC
- ALSO BY GABRIELLE WALKER
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- For Rosa Malloy and Jane Lichtenstein
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I: THE PROBLEM
- 1 WARMING WORLD
- 2 WHODUNNIT?
- 3 FEELING THE HEAT
- 4 IN THE PIPELINE
- 5 CLIMATE WILD CARDS
- Part II: TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS
- 6 WHAT SHOULD WE AIM FOR?
- 7 MORE FROM LESS
- 8 PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES
- 9 POWER TO CHANGE
- Part III: POLITICAL SOLUTIONS
- 10 IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID
- 11 THE ROAD FROM KYOTO
- 12 RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NATIONS
- 13 INDUSTRIALISED NATIONS
- 14 HOW YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
- APPENDIX: CLIMATE MYTHS, HALF-TRUTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS
- Glossary
- Useful Websites
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Index
