The hot topic : how to tackle global warming and still keep the lights on / Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King.
Publisher: London ; Berlin ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2008Description: 1 online resource (309 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resource001: EBC5223173ISBN: 9781408806913 (e-book)Other title: How to tackle global warming and still keep the lights onSubject(s): Global warming | Pollution prevention | Sustainable living | Sustainable developmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hot topic : how to tackle global warming and still keep the lights on.DDC classification: 363.738746 LOC classification: QC981.8.G56 | .W355 2008Online resources: Click to View| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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'A model of clarity, comprehensiveness and, above all, sanity. It truly does find a middle ground in the climate debate - and in the process, probably counts as the single most important book on the subject' New Statesman 'In a world full of misinformation, The Hot Topic is a beacon of clarity' Al GoreWe 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
Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-295) and index.
The problem: Warming world ; Whodunnit? ; Feeling the heat ; In the pipeline ; Climate wild cards -- Technological solutions: What should we aim for? ; More from less ; Planes, trains, and automobiles ; Power to change -- Political solutions: It's the economy, stupid ; The road from Kyoto ; Rapidly developing nations ; Industrialized nations ; How you can change the world -- Appendix: Climate myths, half-truths and misconceptions.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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