Climate Change Begins at Home: Life on the Two-way Street of Global Warming - Couverture rigide

Reay, Dave

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1403945780 ISBN 13 : 9781403945785

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Synopsis

Climate change is one of the greatest threats that humankind faces in the 21st century. The next hundred years could see coastlines and islands submerged, and a surge in heatwaves, hurricanes, droughts, floods and therefore in pests, disease, famine and displacement. This book arguesthatwhile government and industry dither, we could all cut our personal greenhouse gas emissions by 60 per cent - the level necessary to halt the current trend according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. After summarizing today's state of affairs, scientifically and politically, climatologist Dave Reay explores the climate impact of housing, gardening, food, money, work, transport, death even. Packed with provocative case studies, calculations, and lifestyle comparisons, this entertaining and authoritative book makes the complexities of climatology understandable and challenges readers to rethink their notions of 'doing their bit'.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Climate change is one of the greatest threats that humankind faces in the twenty-first century. But while government and industry fail to act, this book argues, we could all work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60%, the level necessary to halt the c

Biographie de l'auteur

Dave Reay is a research fellow at Edinburgh University and the editor of the leading climate change website www.ghgonline.org.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1403945780
• ISBN 13: 9781403945785
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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