The No-nonsense Guide to Climate Change

by Godrej, Dinyar

• ISBN13: 9781904456414
• ISBN10: 1904456413
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-01
• Publisher: New Internationalist Pubns Inc

Summary

Instances of extreme weather are becoming more frequent, and there is a greater awareness of the disproportionate effect climate change has on poorer communities and countries in the South.   So climate chaos is impossible to ignore . . . or is it? Most governments have responded slowly, if at all. An attitude of denial means a reluctance to make the radical changes needed.   This No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change looks at the latest findings, explores the options, and explains why carbon emissions trading and nuclear power are not the answer. It calls for measures to clean up our act, cut energy use, and improve energy efficiency.   Dinyar Godrej has been co-editor at New Internationalist magazine since 2001. He has reported on numerous human rights issues.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 5
Introduction	p. 8
Overview of climate change	p. 11
The role of ozone	p. 36
Impacts: human health	p. 44
Impacts: farming and food production	p. 56
Impacts: wildlife and forests	p. 72
The politics of climate change	p. 89
Lasting solutions for a global crisis	p. 121
Contacts	p. 140
Index	p. 141
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