What we need to do now : for a zero carbon society / Chris Goodall.
Publisher: London : Profile Books, 2021Description: 215 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0046266138ISBN: 9781788164771Subject(s): Carbon dioxide mitigation -- Great Britain | Green technology -- Great Britain | Environment and Ecology | The environment | Politics & government | Climate change
| Applied ecology | Central / national / federal government policies | Energy industries & utilities | Energy resourcesDDC classification: 363.7387460941 LOC classification: TD885.5.C3Summary: A manifesto for groups around the world that are seeking urgent action on climate breakdown and other threats. The UK has declared a 'climate emergency' and pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. So how do we get there? Drawing on actions, policies and technologies already emerging around the world, Chris Goodall sets out the ways to achieve this. His proposals include: -Building a huge over-capacity of wind and solar energy, storing the excess as hydrogen. -Using hydrogen to fuel our trains, shipping, boilers and heavy industry, while electrifying buses, trucks and cars. -Farming - and eating - differently, encouraging plant-based alternatives to meat -paying farmers to plant and maintain woodlands. -Making fashion sustainable and aviation pay its way, funding synthetic fuels and genuine offsets. -Using technical solutions to capture CO2 from the air, and biochar to lock carbon in the soil. What We Need To Do Now is an urgent, practical and inspiring book that signals a green new deal for Britain.
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A manifesto for groups around the world that are seeking urgent action on climate breakdown and other threats.
Originally published: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A manifesto for groups around the world that are seeking urgent action on climate breakdown and other threats. The UK has declared a 'climate emergency' and pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. So how do we get there? Drawing on actions, policies and technologies already emerging around the world, Chris Goodall sets out the ways to achieve this. His proposals include: -Building a huge over-capacity of wind and solar energy, storing the excess as hydrogen. -Using hydrogen to fuel our trains, shipping, boilers and heavy industry, while electrifying buses, trucks and cars. -Farming - and eating - differently, encouraging plant-based alternatives to meat -paying farmers to plant and maintain woodlands. -Making fashion sustainable and aviation pay its way, funding synthetic fuels and genuine offsets. -Using technical solutions to capture CO2 from the air, and biochar to lock carbon in the soil. What We Need To Do Now is an urgent, practical and inspiring book that signals a green new deal for Britain.
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