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Fire and Flood
A People's History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present
Taschenbuch von Eugene Linden
Sprache: Englisch

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The definitive history of the modern climate change era, from an award-winning writer who has been at the centre of the fight for more than thirty years
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter was presented with the findings of scientists who had been investigating whether human activities might change the climate in harmful ways. "A wait-and-see policy may mean waiting until it is too late," their report said. They were right -- but no one was listening. Four decades later, we are haunted by the consequences of this inattention, and the years of complacency, obfuscation and denialism that followed. Today, the staggering scale and scope of what we have done to the planet is impossible to ignore: the seasons of fire and flood have crossed into plain view.

Fire and Flood is a comprehensive, compulsively readable history of climate change from veteran environmental journalist Eugene Linden. Linden retells the story of the modern climate change era decade by decade, tracking the progress of four ticking clocks: first, the reality of climate change itself; second, advances in scientific understanding; third, the spread of public awareness; and fourth, the business and finance response. Like no previous writer, Linden has drawn together the elements of the biggest story in the world, in a book that it is gripping as history, as economic investigation, and as scientific thriller.
The definitive history of the modern climate change era, from an award-winning writer who has been at the centre of the fight for more than thirty years
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter was presented with the findings of scientists who had been investigating whether human activities might change the climate in harmful ways. "A wait-and-see policy may mean waiting until it is too late," their report said. They were right -- but no one was listening. Four decades later, we are haunted by the consequences of this inattention, and the years of complacency, obfuscation and denialism that followed. Today, the staggering scale and scope of what we have done to the planet is impossible to ignore: the seasons of fire and flood have crossed into plain view.

Fire and Flood is a comprehensive, compulsively readable history of climate change from veteran environmental journalist Eugene Linden. Linden retells the story of the modern climate change era decade by decade, tracking the progress of four ticking clocks: first, the reality of climate change itself; second, advances in scientific understanding; third, the spread of public awareness; and fourth, the business and finance response. Like no previous writer, Linden has drawn together the elements of the biggest story in the world, in a book that it is gripping as history, as economic investigation, and as scientific thriller.
Über den Autor
Eugene Linden is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Parrot's Lament, The Future in Plain Sight, Silent Partners, and several other books on animals, the environment, and other issues relating to humanity's place in the natural order. His previous book on climate change, Winds of Change, received the Grantham Prize Special Award of Merit. He has consulted for the U.S. State Department, the UN Development Program, and he is a widely traveled speaker and lecturer before audiences ranging from the intelligence community to the congregation of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. He lives in the Hudson Valley, in New York.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Zeitgeschichte & Politik
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: ab 1949
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 294
Inhalt: XL
296 S.
ISBN-13: 9780141999968
ISBN-10: 0141999969
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: B-format paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Linden, Eugene
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Penguin
Maße: 195 x 127 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Eugene Linden
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.04.2023
Gewicht: 0,246 kg
preigu-id: 122334583
Über den Autor
Eugene Linden is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Parrot's Lament, The Future in Plain Sight, Silent Partners, and several other books on animals, the environment, and other issues relating to humanity's place in the natural order. His previous book on climate change, Winds of Change, received the Grantham Prize Special Award of Merit. He has consulted for the U.S. State Department, the UN Development Program, and he is a widely traveled speaker and lecturer before audiences ranging from the intelligence community to the congregation of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. He lives in the Hudson Valley, in New York.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Zeitgeschichte & Politik
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: ab 1949
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 294
Inhalt: XL
296 S.
ISBN-13: 9780141999968
ISBN-10: 0141999969
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: B-format paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Linden, Eugene
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Penguin
Maße: 195 x 127 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Eugene Linden
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.04.2023
Gewicht: 0,246 kg
preigu-id: 122334583
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