Climate Change (3rd Revised Edition)

What Everyone Needs to Know

Climate Change (3rd Revised Edition)
Joseph Romm
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h210 x 140mm - 352pg
1 Dec 2022 US
9780197647134
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"This is, for my money, the best single-source primer on the state of climate change. " - New York Magazine"The right book at the right time: accessible, comprehensive, unflinching, humane. " - The Daily Beast"A must-read. " - The GuardianClimate Change:What Everyone Needs to Know is the essential primer on what will be the defining issue of our time. Newly updated with the latest in climate science from COP26 and beyond, this third edition offers user-friendly, scientifically rigorous answers to the most difficult (and commonly politicized) questions surrounding climate change. Drawing on theauthor' s decades of experience as one of the country' s most influential communicators on climate science and solutions, this authoritative guide highlights the following topics:* Key updates from the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow* Insights into changes in the political landscape, such as COVID-19 and Donald Trump' s presidency, and what these have meant for climate action in the United States andinternationally* Contemporary implications of the clean energy revolution, from solar and wind power to batteries and electric cars
PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION: "Given the pressing need for action, CLIMATE CHANGE is the right book at the right time: accessible, comprehensive, unflinching, humane. " - The Daily Beast A must-read for those who want to become climate literate and join the growing conversation about the greatest threat humanity faces today. " - The Guardian Romm provides a useful primer on the drivers of climate change, the ways that the world might achieve that target, and the obstacles to moving away from business as usual. . . [the book] is full of useful information and accessible analysis. " - Foreign Affairs An up-to-date, comprehensive examination of the science behind climate change, what these environmental issues mean for the future, and possible clean energy solutions. " - Mother Earth News
Joseph Romm, PhD, is one of the country' s most influential communicators on climate science and solutions. Romm is Chief Science Advisor for Years of Living Dangerously series, which won the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Series. He is the founding editor of Climate Progress, which New York Times columnist Tom Friedman called "the indispensable blog. " In 2009, Time named him one of its "Heroes of theEnvironment," calling him "The Web' s most influential climate-change blogger. " In 2009, Rolling Stone put Romm on its list of 100 "people who are reinventing America. " Romm was acting assistant secretary of energy in 1997, where he oversaw $1 billion inlow-carbon technology development and deployment. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and holds a PhD in physics from MIT.
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ISBN-13: 9780197647134
Published: 1 Dec 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 352

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