How we can save the planet /
Hillman, Mayer.
How we can save the planet / Mayer Hillman, with Tina Fawcett and Sudhir Chella Rajan. - 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed. - New York : St. Martin's Griffin, c2008. - viii, 319 p. ; 21 cm.
"Preventing global climate catastrophe"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Part I. The problem -- Beyond the planet's limits. Climate change : why, how, and what next? -- As if there's no tomorrow. Energy use : past, present, and future -- Eyes wide shut. The response of the general public -- Part II. Current strategies -- Wishful thinking. The role of technology -- Fiddling while Rome burns. What government is doing to reduce fossil fuel dependence -- Turning the tanker around. International negotiations on climate change -- Part III. The solution -- The blueprint for survival. Contraction and convergence -- Fair shares for all. Personal carbon allowances -- Carbon watchers. How to live within the carbon allowance -- Conclusions. Climate by negligence or climate by choice -- Postscript -- Appendix -- Biographies.
9780312352066 0312352069
Global warming.
Climatic changes.
QC 981.8 / H654h 2008
363.738/74
How we can save the planet / Mayer Hillman, with Tina Fawcett and Sudhir Chella Rajan. - 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed. - New York : St. Martin's Griffin, c2008. - viii, 319 p. ; 21 cm.
"Preventing global climate catastrophe"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Part I. The problem -- Beyond the planet's limits. Climate change : why, how, and what next? -- As if there's no tomorrow. Energy use : past, present, and future -- Eyes wide shut. The response of the general public -- Part II. Current strategies -- Wishful thinking. The role of technology -- Fiddling while Rome burns. What government is doing to reduce fossil fuel dependence -- Turning the tanker around. International negotiations on climate change -- Part III. The solution -- The blueprint for survival. Contraction and convergence -- Fair shares for all. Personal carbon allowances -- Carbon watchers. How to live within the carbon allowance -- Conclusions. Climate by negligence or climate by choice -- Postscript -- Appendix -- Biographies.
9780312352066 0312352069
Global warming.
Climatic changes.
QC 981.8 / H654h 2008
363.738/74